Re: [uug] PSA: mechanical keyboards

2013-01-17 Thread Jeremy Sandberg
All the tech specs of my keyboard specs says is: "Full mechanical keys with 50g actuation force". Upon more investigation they appear to be blue switches: click and tactile feedback. On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Bryce Redd wrote: > Blues and browns. I like browns a lot. > > > On Thu, Jan

Re: [uug] PSA: mechanical keyboards

2013-01-17 Thread David Hilton
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:48 AM, Bryce Redd wrote: > Stay away from the reds unless you know exactly what you're getting > yourself into. They don't offer any tactile feedback at all, it really > threw me so I returned the whole keyboard after two days. > I've not used the red, but my brother h

Re: [uug] PSA: mechanical keyboards

2013-01-17 Thread Bryce Redd
Blues and browns. I like browns a lot. On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Bryan Murdock wrote: > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:00 AM, Jeremy Sandberg wrote: > > How long did you give yourself to get used to it. I _just_ got a > mechanical > > keyboard and I had the same problem too. However, I pu

Re: [uug] PSA: mechanical keyboards

2013-01-17 Thread Bryan Murdock
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:00 AM, Jeremy Sandberg wrote: > How long did you give yourself to get used to it. I _just_ got a mechanical > keyboard and I had the same problem too. However, I push a key down about > half way, when it makes the noise, then it sends a key stroke to the > machine. I d

Re: [uug] PSA: mechanical keyboards

2013-01-17 Thread Bryce Redd
Stay away from the reds unless you know exactly what you're getting yourself into. They don't offer any tactile feedback at all, it really threw me so I returned the whole keyboard after two days. Jeremy - browns are easier to push than blues, but not by much, I'd try one before purchasing. On T

Re: [uug] PSA: mechanical keyboards

2013-01-17 Thread Jeremy Sandberg
How long did you give yourself to get used to it. I _just_ got a mechanical keyboard and I had the same problem too. However, I push a key down about half way, when it makes the noise, then it sends a key stroke to the machine. I don't have to push it all the way down and if I lift it up a few m

Re: [uug] PSA: mechanical keyboards

2013-01-16 Thread Peter Konrad Konneker
The reds take less pressure to activate. They don't click or bump, though, methinks. (audible vs tactile) This may be helpful. http://www.overclock.net/t/491752/mechanical-keyboard-guide -Peter On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Bryan Murdock wrote: > Um, sorry about the last empty message I se

Re: [uug] PSA: mechanical keyboards

2013-01-16 Thread Bryan Murdock
Um, sorry about the last empty message I sent. I obviously need a mechanical keyboard to prevent that kind of slip from happening again. In all seriousness, I bought a similar keyboard from monoprice recently. It had cherry mx blues. It really bothered me how far I had to move the key up and do

Re: [uug] PSA: mechanical keyboards

2013-01-16 Thread Bryan Murdock
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 4:43 PM, David Hilton wrote: > Cherry MX switch keyboards are nice. I have one from wasd keyboards with > brown switches, for tactile feedback but low noise. > > If you have considered buying mechanical keyboards in the past, now is a > good time to reconsider. Newegg has

Re: [uug] PSA: mechanical keyboards

2013-01-16 Thread justin
I'll place another vote for browns. They're pleasantly clicky, but not enough to annoy your coworkers. Love my Cherry browns :) --j On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Bryce Redd wrote: > Out of browns, blues and reds which I've owned, the browns are my > favorites, you'll never regret it at $67

Re: [uug] PSA: mechanical keyboards

2013-01-16 Thread Bryce Redd
Out of browns, blues and reds which I've owned, the browns are my favorites, you'll never regret it at $67 either. On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 12:47 AM, Peter Konrad Konneker wrote: > You can also pay attn to newegg down the road if you can't currently > purchase. Occasionally the prices will dip l

Re: [uug] PSA: mechanical keyboards

2013-01-16 Thread Peter Konrad Konneker
You can also pay attn to newegg down the road if you can't currently purchase. Occasionally the prices will dip lower than this even. Have see the reds down to 40ish I think. On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 4:43 PM, David Hilton wrote: > Cherry MX switch keyboards are nice. I have one from wasd keyboar