Guys, I bought my first Mechanical Keyboard back in February, it was the Durgod K320- used one at quite a good price. Cherry red switches. Just want to share a bit of my experience. TBH it didn't turn up as how I thought it would be. The first impression is definitely good; well-made solidly build keyboard. Heavy. And the doubleshot pbt keycap simply is amazing attention to detail.

In term of typing experience.. I gave myself sometime to get use to it... I am only occasionally a gamer. Most of the time, I do normal typing(+-70wpm), and use with various softwares. After few months of using the keyboard, I think I can conclude that Cherry red Switch simply is not my favorite. I am not sure if I will like Blue or Brown switches. I thought gamer is swear by Red switches, but this 1-2 weeks I have been playing games more often, I found my finger rather tired, especially playing fps and car racing game, where I constantly have to press onto the "W" forward key. I feel like I need to use more force than i used to in compare to those typical membrane keyboard.

As for Typing, i also dont find it excel either... I think the best typing experience I had is the Razer Green Switch... I have tried a few Cherry Blue switch in the stores, and I still feel the razer green feels more "refined". I am thinking to replace my Durgod keyboard with smthing of a tactile keys... but I am a bit hesitate to go Razer as the build quality isn't as good , and the plastic keycap isnt doubleshot pbt which I really enjoy now. But at the same time, I think im more eager to trying out their green switch in my next keyboard.

Another mistake I made is that, I thought I will like the TKL layout... unfortunately for what I do, I really missed the numpad when needed,  I always like smaller footprint keyboard such as the 65% or TKL, for its compactness and look. Unfortunately I need both the F1-F12 function keys and occasionally numbpad.. Look like i just have to stuck with a Full size keyboard.

Any advice on what keyboard i should look for next? I really have been thinking maybe mechanical keyboard isnt the thing for me, and I considering jumping back to normal membrane keyboard such as the expensive logitech mxkeys. Before doing that, I like to give mechanical one more try, as I probably just choose the wrong switch.

btw, anyone interested to swap keyboard with me? I wan to experience different switches before investing in one that I really like.

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lol i will try explain: i started hand-pick my switches for a particular build after i found out stock switches do have different BOM, especially springs, e.g., there are two different stock springs in gateron white 67g that i have. one is shorter with lesser coils; another is longer, with more coils. to eliminate potential inconsistency due to springs, i just choose one of them for the same build. (this is also why it's better to get more switches than you need for a build). alternatively, i can just grab a bag of custom springs, and replace them all together. so i decided to do a little experiment.

i started with stock switches with stock springs; then i tried chinese-made springs; and finally branded custom springs. i chose 65g, with gateron yellow stock springs as reference. they are all linear-rated springs.

the key observations from this experiment are as follows:

1. the differences between the first two (stock vs. chinese-made custom springs) are mainly related to weight. chinese-made custom springs are similar to stock springs ('hard' in nature, pingy; the 'hardness' in feel, i believe, is mainly due to the characteristics of spring materials and similar designs). to me, they feel the same, but chinese-made custom springs provide a wider range of weights to cater for our needs, hence they got the weight part covered. also, for chinese-made custom springs, inconsistency in spring weight happens more often;

2. when i went for branded custom springs, the scope to cover have changed. on top of spring weight, they have unique spring designs and innovations that can change switch feels and sound further; the consistency in spring weight is covered too.

you will definitely feel the obvious differences between a build of gateron yellow with stock springs, one with chinese-made 65g, and one with tx 65g. (the first two are harder to differentiate, at least to me)

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honestly, the more you go into details, the more you will find out about shitty stuff like this. as consumer, we expect manufacturers deliver according to specs. unfortunately, it's really not the case.

on a greater scheme of things, most people will treat this as insignificant deviations. it's ok because we all still survive hehe (let's embrace these perfect imperfections )

items from melgeek's previous gbs: z70 ultra; dusk, dawn mg profile key cap sets; and mj64 4-mm-thick brass plates.

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- a hefty plate

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