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  Would like to get something a little nicer than a keychron, looking to spend in the $200 range for a barebones kit
context: what switches would you guys recommend on a zoom too with a carbon fiber plate? i’m not too sure what kind of switches and coins profiles compliment a cf plate.
  for switches I like a tactile or heavier linear >
  
  Keychron or Leopold?
  I’m not an avid Keyboard connoisseur so won’t likely do something DIY or build it myself (yet). I know Keychron switch can be swap despite having Gateron with it, but overall which one you’d suggest for playing (A LOT) of MOBA? Needs NKRO for sure, Bluetooth would be nice so long as no delays. Budget will limits to $250 and whilst we are at it TKL or something smaller is much preferred. >
  
  I don't know the quality of those newer keychrons, but the ones in the same price range as leopold (k4, k8, etc.) Usually have have tons of rattling and are pretty hollow, and the keycaps feels cheap. In this case they're not even in the same ball park, leopold feels way better.
  Though, leopold don't make wireless boards afaik, if that's important for you try looking into akko boards, same price range. Only downsides is that it has north facing leds which makes cherry profile keycaps sound a bit funky and the logo is kinda fugly.
  Both around 100 usd-ish >
  
  
  leopold don't make wireless boards afaik
  
  Apparently they have. FC750RBT for example, is a TKL Bluetooth of theirs. I would still recommend a Keychron K board because of the price, but with their $250 budget, they definitely can find better. >
  
  I live in the UK and have only started to dive into the keyboard rabbit hole recently. I've always used prebuilt stuff from Razer/Steelseries and have decided to move on. I've never been much of a tinkerer, so I'd like things to be as simple to put together as possible, but it's not a deal breaker if I have to do some work.
  The theoretical set-up that's been in my head for a few days now is a GMMK Pro with Gateron oil king black switches. I'm still looking at keycaps but I'll probably end up with PBT pudding caps of some description.
  I've obviously heard all the horror stories with the GMMK pro stabs being overlubed and generally just bad, so I fear it could not be the most simple option for me, although I do really like the look of the board. If it's the case that swapping the stabs out is cheap and easy then maybe I'll just go for it.
  The oil king switches took my interest because they're heavier than the QX2 red switches in my Steelseries prebuilt, so I'm hoping they will help a little bit with pressing 2 keys by accident. They also come factory lubed which sounds convenient for me considering I want to avoid tinkering around with things too much.
  Being completely new to this, I'm sure that there are things I may be overlooking, so I call upon the power of Reddit for any advice. I'm fully open to suggestions.
  Thanks in advance. >
  
  I would advise you to not get the GMMK Pro. It's not a great board.  It's a nightmare to work on, with fourteen screws holding the PCB to the plate, when it actually needs none whatsoever, and the case has 8 screws when four would suffice.
  The screws are all cheaply made, with a ridiculously fine thread pitch, so they strip really easily as well.
  The plates are badly made, and don't fit very well, and some third party stabilisers are a very poor fit. They have supposed to have fixed this, but in reality, it's just not as bad as it used to be.  The stock plates also give a very uneven sound profile across the board and some switches don't fit well, meaning that removing the keycaps pulls the switch with it.  This can happen on many hot swap boards, but the shit plates make it worse on this board.
  The stock stabilisers are very poor, and more often than not, overlubed so they stick all the time.
  The gasket mount just doesn't work. I mean literally doesn't work, the damned thing is as stiff as a tray mount.  If all of this wasn't enough, it's actually poor value for money when compared to similar boards such as the Keychron Q1.
  As an additional slap in the face, Glorious are just a shit company with some very dubious history of plagiarising other people's designs, and also making ad campaigns disguised as "blogs" that directly slag off other keycap manufacturers in order to big up their own.  It all leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
  And yes... I have a GMMK Pro  (long story), and this is not just hearsay. It is redeemable, but it takes additional work and expense on a board that is already not great value for money.
  Get the Q1. It's better... and cheaper and looks pretty much the same. >
  
  +1 on this comment, i tried GMMK pro and had a Q1 and i'd suggest Q1. It's not much better board but if the money is similar why not save some bucks >
  
  Does anyone know if the Gateron KS-9 Pro 2.0 switches interfere with north facing LEDs? >
  
  It's pretty safe to assume that all switches that have a regular size pole will interfere with north facing LEDs if you're using Cherry profile caps. >
  
  I don't know if it has a regular sized pole or not, it's not detailed anywhere that I've seen. >
  
  Usually when it's not mentioned, it's a regular size pole. >
  
  I have a NuPhy Air 60 with Gateron Red. I'd like to try browns. Would Kailh Choc V2 switches fit the keyboard? Are there better alternatives to the switches? >
  
  They should, most low profile cherry style will >
  
  I appreciate your response. Thank you! >
  
  I’m looking for a keeb with an lcd screen like the Mercutio. Anyone have any recs? >
  
  Keydous nj81 >
  
  Not bad, thanks! >
  
  Thought on rk84? I want a black keyboard, hotswapple, wireless and cheap since im gonna change the switches and keycaps. I found alot of keyboards and research about them but still keep going back to the rk84 >
  
  Not sure about thst but a keychron v1 is a 75% board hot swap and pretty good quality >
  
  How about the k2v2 >
  
  Would highly recommend the K2 Pro over the K2. You can even get it barebones so no need to waste the default switches/caps. >
  
  Does it come with mx brown since im going to use cherry mx >
  
  You can buy mx browns separately to add on to your board >
  
  I bought a wired rk61 off amazon with programmable rgb. I downloaded the software to change the lights, which worked fine. However, every time I unplug the keyboard or shut off my pc it reverts back to default factory settings. Does anyone know how to fix this issue? >
  
  That really shouldn't happen, I'd return it >
  
  Hi there,
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  ISO FR addict here, frustrated by all these nice ANSI sets.
  I'm currently using a good, but sad classic PBT set.
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  One solution : create my own set. So I wrote all the specs (preview/colors/prints/sizes/positions/icons I want), now I need to find a keycaps set maker.
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  So far the only ones I found that can do ISO layouts are Krome Keycaps, but they are overbooked. I know DIYkeycap, but they do ANSI only.
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  It wont be a full usual set: it's for a 65 keys keyboard, but with some variants of some keys it's about a 100 keycaps set.
  I'm not interested into WASD or Maxkeyboards, because I want PBT (and quality).
  Any recommandations ? Thanks ! >
  
  Why not buy a good keycap set that has iso keys?
  Most of drop.com mt3 sets have iso extras. Kbdfans also had iso extras on their np profile >
  
  Because I havent found any. To be fair, there are a very few (for instance, the one I have rn, classic IBM-ish grey), but not very fancy ones.
  ISO FR "not-pastel-not-Naruto-not-Aliexpress-not-fluo-not-ugly" is hard to find, especially PBT ones.
  KBDfans international addons are "basics", but not complete for ISO FR, a lot of keys are missing. 
  And never found anything that can fit on Drop.com neither.
  That's why I don't have much solutions. My own print with my own colors. And now I like a lot the specs I did ahah. >
  
  Looking for 75% recommendations with a knob, would prefer an aluminum case and screw in stabs. Would be open to group buy or used options. >
  
  Mammoth 75 >
  
  Think that may be a little out of my price range lol >
  
  Get a Keychron