Oh god... Mother of keyboards...

TKL RM550... *vomit blood*

out of topic.. that machine has quite a mouthful name... lol prapraprap

Anyway, still no picture for the actual product for the Ducky dragon limited?

first, you heard of mechanical keyboards and you google for it. Then you stumble upon Geekhack and Deskthority, and you to know more. Slowly you start to take part in the community.

Afterwards, you youtube for mechanical keyboards and then the urge of want-to-own comes and you check your bank acc. Testing out a real mechanical keyboard got you poisoned real hard, and you can no more control yourself.

After all those research and consideration, you bought home your very first mech keyboard. That's not the end, you'll look for more keyboards and accessories, key caps, wrist rests, switches, cases, bumbung, rare models etc...

I'm on your boat bro

I was planning to buy a red switch quickfire rapid... but what's stopping me is the branding all over the keyboard.. that's very unprofessional.

carbon fibre sticker sounds nice =D

by the way, what is the duration of the warranty for CM quickfire rapid?

I think I have exactly the same issue..lol

damn.. I start browsing Garage Sales and Taobao again... Please no more boards...

I've got 3 boards right now.. but I still want more zzz

Razer did not release any wrist rest for blackwidow.

as what Human10 said, you can try Ducky's wrist rest (a bit pricey), or buy from taobao, or DIY

Recommended locally available brands
- Filco
- Leopold
- Ducky

Filco MJ2 or ninja RM400 can get, try look for Cex, not sure if he's still having promotion or not. Otherwise, you can look around in Garage Sales, there are a few 2nd hand Filco.

Leopold is available from bro Cyclonechuah, RM345 with free 104 blank key caps.

Ducky you can get from many reputable sellers, eg heavyarms.
- 9008S (backlit) having sales, around RM400 with free wrist rest.
- 9008G2 having sales as well, around RM360.

Those are quality boards, you won't regret the money spent

Below RM300 for cherry mx switch keyboards? You can taobao for Keycool, PLU, or other brands

Razer BWU - Available in blue switch only, USB 2KRO, backlit, cheapest of all, have quite bad reputation
Ducky 9008G2 PBT - Available in all switches (but locally available Red and Brown only), USB NKRO, no backlit, PBT the most durable key cap
Leopold FC500R - Available in all switches, USB 18KRO,

When you said "last two seems pretty similar", I think you mean their appearance, is it?

Mechanical keyboard is all about the typing feel and functionality, those blings blings, appearance design and whatsoever is basically useless.

中看不中用 - Barks louder than bite...

If you youtube for BWU problems, there's quite a number of videos...

testing them before buying is the best solution, it's up to your own decision in choosing the best board.

backlit is acceptable tho.. I understand that... now can touch typing already, so even no backlit is perfectly OK

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Added on May 25, 2012, 7:53 pmread your previous post regarding the acer alps... you can get the contacts of the disposal guy and have a deal with them

This post has been edited by JohnDiew0107: May 25 2012, 07:53 PM

you can get IBM Model M? I'm actually looking to own one.

wahlaoo... this news at this time... ngam ngam got cash on hand... cannot lea...

do you have the chance to try out the whole keyboard before purchasing?

then... try it to your heart's content... if it works marvelously, why not.. for that price (new somemore)

Ducky 9008G2 PBT maybe you can try out at heavyarms, if you're somewhere near Kampar, I have 9008G2 PBT MX Red

Leopold FC500R, lucidlts just offered his help =D

ducky's is harder

CM QFR is one nice keyboard and affordable too =D

ps* Where you bought the Evoluent mouse?

PS** another vertical taskbar user, but I'm left positioned

This post has been edited by JohnDiew0107: May 29 2012, 09:02 PM

at first, I also felt that the space bar has different feel than any other keys, only to find out that the space bar uses stiffer switch.

for instance my 9008G2 red switch has black switch for space bar.

not sure if I missed something, what's is your board's problem?

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