It seems that we need a keyboard thread, after all

i used to dislike Rgb lights but for some reason I now enjoy having a rainbow in my keyboard. Don’t know why it can be.

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No. I really don’t know why it can be.

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It’s too distracting for me. I don’t mind if that’s on someone else’s setup but for personal use i’d rather not have it.

Anyway here’s my spare keyboard.

Keychron K2 Non-Backlight Wireless Mechanical Keyboard - Non-Backlight Aluminum Frame / Keychron Mechanical / Brown Switches

It’s a mix of the default keys with some custom ones. Purchased for $65.20 + $10 for shipping and later i got the travel case for it (too lazy to look up the cost). I quite like it with the exception that it doesn’t have the number pad.

Also on my Logitech keyboard I have these custom keys. The brass question block is my prized possession

Forgive the dusty as hell keys

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I love them!

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My one use of RGB on a keyboard: I have static color blocks set for the different types of keys - one for the numpad, one for arrows/home/end/etc, one for the main “keyboard” section… makes it easier to orient in the dark or without fully looking at the keyboard.

I know someone who has it set to do rainbow swirls whenever a key is pressed… would drive me absolutely nuts.

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Not my keyboard, but I just found out this is a thing that exists:

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Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit eating plastic.

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I picked the wrong day to be spanish. I want toasted bread ISO-SP layout! :melting_face:

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I want to say that i posted about this in TOP, not that it matters as i am glad to see it here too :slight_smile: the keys are terribly cute and if i recall the cost of the keys wasn’t too bad.

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yep, I think it was in a post-thread about keyboards. But still relevant, and still want them…

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Ridiculous that they are selling this in 2025 without USB-C

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This is brilliant, thanks for digging it up!

I should
a) look into Molly Sole’s work; the melted keyboards are inspired
b) finally go and visit my sister and BIL; they moved near Norwich just before the covid calamity and travel plans had to be shelved.

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Not melted, but a chinese company released ceramic keycaps. ANSI only, because of course. :melting_face:

They look quite amazing:

And apparently they sound quite good. The ceramic dampens a lot of the high tones, leaving a deeper sound. Yeah, weird that we start thinking about our keyboards sound but… it is what it is :laughing:

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Ceramic keys would be pretty interesting :thinking:, i also saw some maker youtubers i follow make wood keycaps and that also looked great. Could’ve been cleaner and would prefer them to be regular keys instead of low profile ones but i still liked their attempt at it.

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I’m a big weirdo, then. I like the light clicking sound of my current keyboard’s blue switches, but sometimes I miss the chonky thocks of my old one.

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Here’s an old review from when they were on Kickstarter:

This channel has a lot of keyboard content. He has an energy, so fair warning.

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In another bar I frequent they also did a “post your keyboard” thing, and I was impressed by this piecebuilt battlestation:

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That’s… OMG. And I though the Hyper7 was big:

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