wait ur good news... can't wait to taste the keys~

Slick from linustechtips likes Filco or Ducky...

Is this justifiable?

Is there a superior brand?

theyre both superior brands

I subscribe to him too! And yes, those brands are awesome.

the flex is not the pcb, but the casing. low quality, me is sad...

He means that you can't simply compare between PCB mounted and plate-mounted boards.

Each have their own way of functioning and advantages.

well, dont know about advantages and functions, but it feels low quality'ish.

advantage...cheaper price? good for those with tight budgets imo

Not really.

AFAIH, PCB mounted switches are even pricier than normal plate mounted switch. As PCB mounting doesn't have the steel plate to support the position of switches, the switches had to come with 2 extra pins/legs (plastic pins) to ensure the switches being mounted onto it firmly.

PCB mounting also means easier to disassemble the switches (good for modder) and lighter overall weight of the keyboard (which is good for smaller travel keyboards).

Lastly, even the typing feels also had quite a significant differences. Plate mounted switches will feel more solid and hard while PCB mounted will feel more soft and elastic/flexible when bottom up the switches.

Of course, I don't deny that PCB mounting may cause a board to be "flexible" and less solid (I feel you with my Cherry MX 2.0 Board), but also thanks to that board, I realize that some switches (RED for me) actually feel better on PCB mounted boards.

BTW, PCB mounted yet solid and not much flexing boards do exist (Cherry 3000 series and PLUM96 are nice examples).

thanks for the enlightenment i'm still noob in mech board haha

power logic mech keyboard crappy? any 1 got experience
example strikeeagle mki3

The one that uses Kailh red switch?

Not sure what do you mean by low quality.
Is the case going to fall apart when you are typing?
Or did the casing chipped out on some sides?

Some people think that heavier boards have better quality. There's a whole wiki on it at Geekhack.
Just a suggestion, maybe you can put some weights on it and see if it changes your opinion?



This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Nov 29 2012, 09:00 PM

want to buy mechanical keyboard with backlight..any suggestions?

lets talk budget!

i really don't have a range since i saw all the mech keyboard price..if suggested, i'll just start saving money from now

at least rm250 and above

and what is it that you prefer sir?

with that money, i bought HPE from taobao

No range? Optimus Maximus anyone?

Just kidding. Maybe you can wait for Ducky Shine 2.