This is the problem I have with ducky one 2. At the end i got varmilo va87m and very happy with it.

This post has been edited by watermineral: Mar 13 2018, 02:02 PM

This is the keycaps problem.. Well, the left and right of long keys too tight, so, each side will dominance and shift to the side you press it on.
If you want solve this, just put a bit of tissue in it. It will balance it out.

The new Ducky keycaps is still is the trial and error products, from Hardcap. Hope they can improve it.

it was the same issue last time when i bought the CM Pro S.

Yeah.. Even last time certain Filco have that. That's why many ppl come here and look for solutions.

I dunno why back then we looking for solution, instead of using our consumer power.

This post has been edited by quovadis123: Mar 13 2018, 03:31 PM

I still have this board. Board is typical Ducky One. Not bad but not amazing either. Some creaks here and there. Spacebar rattles when pressed making it really annoying.

The main issue is the keycap printing especially the light blue ones. The dye sub quality is not good as the ink bleeds. A bit of and eyesore really but I don't really care. Thinkness is good. Quite thick.

Ink bleed is not dye-sub.
Heard they just printed it. Not to bash it, but I think they release too many models in a year. QC for boards still fine, just the keycaps, many models screwed us up.

it has been done by a guy at mymkb fb page. in short it should be good to go. you should read about his findings also.

maybe you should check out the similar led profile for pok3r first (maybe there is one) firmware replacement like this one might be possible, but it might not be an easy one. (i'm noob so i guess it's not that easy hehe)

budget is heallthy, so go for Cooler Master, Filco, Vortex, and iKBC. what's your preferred form factor? you might find something that you want at storeuni.com

.. if it's plain water, it should be ok after it's dried up. it might take weeks to dry up if you don't disassemble the board.

very nice

i believe it's warped large keys. i think i need to find time check this key cap set also.

varmilo is at a different level compared to ducky.

that kinda held me off of getting the Horizon set (made by Hardcap) and they're a little thin at 1.2mm.
maybe i should go for Varmilo first, too bad there's no more options for mixed colours on their Taobao store. Only the plain ones.

This post has been edited by zorbyss.: Mar 13 2018, 08:09 PM

Hard to say, but, new manufacturer always like trial and error.
Now you see ducky mixed with those big god brands for ducky new models.
Their models now too fast already, I bet local distri will not last long if continue like that. No new things, just repetitively same stuff with different color.

Just wait Hardcap improve only can buy. I like stopped selling local Ducky after the MIYA sakura. Too much issue for both of seller and distri..

hardcap is like tai-hao in some ways.

for prebuilts, varmilo is one of the finest. their caps are also decent. yes they are plain, but to me they are nicer than hardcap's. you can make do mix and match with those plain colors.

edit: of course there are plenty of other options.

This post has been edited by horns: Mar 13 2018, 10:04 PM

Just another community sales for those really want to get a CM Wrist Rest at RM 25. For today only.

hmm. looks like they stopped selling VB87M.
enough spending for the month. i'm broke.

like a wise man said, just take it slow for this hobby.

sometimes getting too many stuff at once is a problem too, especially when you do switch testing. i still have bags of switches and key cap sets untouched until today.

have anyone tried ergoclears?
I wonder which spring should i go for.
ppl have been recommending 62g as it's the go-to weight for ergoclears

No i haven’t tried ergoclears yet. It will take some time to make such switches afaik. About spring weights, i have read that the better option should be 65g to counter the ‘sticky’ slider issue perfectly. Also, lubing of switches is a must. I just did a very brief study on ergoclears only, so i might get things mixed up.

I’m not that into tactile switches yet. So far i’m still playing with my favorite switch type, linear. There are still some that I haven’t tried before.

Oh ok; hopefully they can improve more after this.

Yeah ducky released a lot of stuff recently, many of them are through collabs. I agree that if the trend continues, there is no innovation from them. For colors, it’s not actually an attraction, even if they are key cap sets. (I just realized that hardcap copied many colorways from big brands too; quite lazy lol)

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sometimes you just don't understand why they do this.



This post has been edited by horns: Mar 15 2018, 04:50 AM

Tried a red board for a few months. Keys are too light for me. Get accidental presses while resting fingers on the keys.
Plan to try Gateron or Cherry Black switches instead down the road.

Some said using springs from Blue/Brown/Red. I wonder what weight does these spring has.
As for lubes, do I need to get better lube? I've been using some generic lube (marketed as off taobao. working fine so far but should i invest more?

Finally I got my replacement keycap and small gift from ducky Taiwan.

black is better for you. (perhaps gateron yellow also) personally, in terms of linear switches, kailh box red/black is the nicest. they're pre-lubed; followed by lubed gateron red/yellow/black (affordable yet offers better smoothness compared to cherry mx switches at stock state); then finally lubed cherry mx red/black (and their silent versions)

for ergoclear, it's better to try different springs out by yourself. for weights of common cherry mx switches (actuation force), you can just look them up at https://deskthority.net/wiki/Category:Cherry_MX

for lubes, imo it depends. if you can get better lubes, seriously by all means get them. i believe there are solid reasons why sifus recommend them. to me, it depends on builds. if you wanna do a permanent build with soldered switches, you should get better industrial-grade lubes because they should last longer, and re-applications might be troublesome and time-consuming. i just settle with cheap lubes like Super Lube (note that they are industrial grade also), because i can get it locally, and secondly, i use CIY boards, so re-application is very much quicker.