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Keychron c2 brown switches

I love a number pad folks

I done been down this rabbit hole for years :)

I always liked Ducky's keyboards, and I like tactile switches. Started with a One w/MX Brown switches, then progressed to a One 3, also with Browns - but this board had hotswap sockets so I got to play around with different switches without soldering hassle. I found I liked the heavier weight of Clear switches, but I wanted to experiment with smaller form factors, so I got a One 3 SF (65% layout) with factory clears. I loved this thing until I started to develop tendonopathy in both wrists.

I type for a living so I had to figure something else out, and wound up going full enthusiast with a 5x6 dactyl manuform:

(Not my picture)

These things look bizarre but god damn, they're ergonomic as FUCK. Form and function are unified. It took me a solid 6 weeks to re-learn how to type but my wrists thank me every day.

I just recently kitted it out with 78g Zilent V2 (silent tactile) switches and low profile DSA keycaps - feels like I've found the holy grail. It's bonkers how much better my typing experience is now.

This is literally a tool of my trade, so fuck it I'm using the best tool I can get. Plus I just love how fucking weird it looks on my desk!

I use a Vortex Race 3 with mx-silvers (linear and super light keys) very compact keyboard but it has all the keys I need. I have been using mechanical keyboards since like 2010. I got a couple and I sold/bought various ones over the years. I have tried cherry mx reds/browns/blues and blacks over the years but of the standard switches I like red the most. I do enjoy browns as well.

I do think topre is really cool stuff as well.

My current keyboard below

I have one. It's called an Atrix and it goes CLACK CLACK CLACK.

LOVE THAT SHIT

CLACK CLACK CLACK CLICK CLACK CLICK CLICK CLACK

Should be nice typing my stories and doing world-building and making notes with this thing.

Good stuff.

Welcome to the the club.

I've got a Keychron Q2 with Gateron Pro Red switches. It's a quite and smooth switch and the brass plate provides such a nice thock sound. I honestly don't type on it enough lol.

I have an Epomaker RT 100 and I love it.

Nice! The world of mechanical keyboards has a lot of interesting subcultures and niches for different varieties and styles. There are so many more switch types now it’s hard to keep up.

self-ASMR

I got a black one with a white backlight a while back when I was purging my desktop of all tacky RGB peripherals. That must have been like 2018 or so, still works great especially after I pulled all the keycaps off and deep cleaned it a year ish ago. Feels great but the clicks can get in the way when I'm in a Teams meeting or a Discord call, lol.

witness this

Also, try out 20-25 g. Choc switches. MX switches don't go that light. It's pure bliss.

I refuse! I recently did another solder on my cheap membrane keyboard from 2009! Keep on trucking!

depending on whether you like that "sandy" feeling, it's possible to lubricate the switches to give them a smoother feeling.

I have a Das Keyboard Professional with Cherry MX blue switches. When I post too much, the neighbors call in a noise complaint.

I also have an old Adesso with non-interchangeable switches; I forget if they're blue or brown. WASD and the spacebar started sticking within a year and a half, so it's somewhere in limbo between "soldering project" and "e-waste."

"Thock" sounds like brown switches.

Nice, I've looked into that keyboard and it looks awesome. The one I have is basically a cheaper knockoff of that one by redragon. The compact 75% layout is the best.

Not sure how to describe it.

the typical method of describing a mechanical keyboards sound is by seeing what kind of switches they have. for example, i'm currently typing on a keyboard with cherry mx-red equivalents (a linear variety of switch). i have a different keyboard with cherry mx-brown switches (kind of clackity).

Nice! I got a Zoom TKL for $50 second hand and am very hype about it. It definitely helps my posture overall when doing computer things.

Nuphys are great, just keep an eye out for battery bulge in a year or two—there was a recent issue with that, reported by some buyers.

I have a white Space 65 V3 with lubed Ink Black switches and ePBT Scandi caps (main), a GMMK Pro with penguin switches and Honey caps, and a Keychron K14 with lubed old Cherry Browns. Building a green Vanguard 65 for my girlfriend soon.

I like topre switches. Currently using a Realforce R3SD11, my first was a CM Storm Novatouch TKL which was also very good. Have also tried other switches, but I don't like the noise they make.

Behold, the final boss, the grand master, the ultimate typing machine.

I have a keyboard that I bought off a friend who used to custom build them, but its basically just bare PCBs and standoffs and the angles are a little funny (its a bit tall and doesn't have legs to prop it up at an angle) so I never use it, I just use my laptop keyboard. its better that way anyhow, then I don't have any adjustment period switching back and forth, I'm always typing on the same keyboard, whether at home or out and about

It's hard to go back to membrane keyboards

Nice. I use this TKL mostly (big fan of the form factor) that I got in a group buy (such a limited run it's basically doxxing). I also have a Keychron Q6, for when I need more keys (ARMA). I'm a big linear fan (tangerines all the way), I don't want to be too loud and I don't really like tactiles. Cherry MX Browns are some of the worst switches ever made, imo.