comment: >
  
  Spellbook
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,
  ​
  ISO FR addict here, frustrated by all these nice ANSI sets.
  I'm currently using a good, but sad classic PBT set.
  ​
  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.
  ​
  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.
  ​
  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 >
  
  Would like to get something a little nicer than a keychron, looking to spend in the $200 range for a barebones kit >
  
  A barebones Q1 is $150. How much nicer do you think you can get for $50? >
  
  Looking for a pre-built quiet/silent keyboard, (preferably the quieter the better), not much more than $155, thanks >
  
  Don't think there are quiet prebuilts. Get a kit you like, keycaps you like, and some silent switches >
  
  
  Don't think there are quiet prebuilts.
  
  Of course there are. There are loads with silent switch options.  The post above yours links to one. >
  
  Fair enough, I stand corrected. >
  
  Hey! I'm very new to VIA, and I was wondering, is there some way that I can set up my macro pad so that if I hit a key, it switches to another layer until I switch back? For example, Layer 1 is a numpad, but layer 2 is a set of macros for a video game. If I hit a layer key on the macro pad, every key is permenantly transofmred to the other layer until I hit the previous layer. Is this something I can do?
  ​
  Thanks! >
  
  There should be a modifier for that indeed, Mo1 or Fn1 or something... Hover your mouse over them and they'll tell you on the bottom of via what they do >
  
  I do see that there was a MO one key, but the thing is it seems like this just acts as a function key so it will allow me to access the other layer while holding that key down but what I’m actually after is the ability to switch the bindings entirely so in my case I would have the MO one key and all of the key binds on the number pad with switch until I hit that key again and they would switch back to later zero so let’s say, for example, I have keys 123 and four, and all of those keys are just the numbers 1 to 3, and four but if I hit the MO key, without having to hold that key down, those 1234 keys switched to arrow keys. This is basically what I’m after. Is this possible >
  
  it's the TG function >
  
  Ahh alright thanks a ton! Do you also happen to know if it’s possible to set a key to blank? >
  
  floating switch/floating keycap, or "low profile case" (not to be confused with low profile caps or switches) >
  
  I have a Keychron Q3, recently built with KTT mint switches. I mostly like the sound (after placing it on some of the foam that came in the box as padding - which has somewhat reduced the ping) but would like a slightly deeper sound. Would adding foam to the case get me this, or do I need to do something else? >
  
  If you want deeper sound, try to do 2 layers of tape mod. Easiest mod to do >
  
  There’s a chance your keyboard is in a different ISO output language. try changing it here >
  
  Next thing to examine is your keymap - the key code next to left shift  should be ‘NUHS or NUBS’. If it’s not, then there’s your issue. >
  
  Hey what kind of jst does apex 7 use because I have 2 keebs and the jst’ are diffrent can someone help? >
  
  How much or little mods can you apply to the keychron V10 Alice? I know that the Q series are super great and can be modded, but I'm wondering if the V10 can also be modded just as much. I don't have another $100 dollars to get the Q series T\^T >
  
  does anyone know of a lock-light module for your desk? i like having the deskspace with smaller keyboards, but i miss the indicators >
  
  Looking for advice on a new keyboard for work. I keep it in a backpack between shifts, so durability is a priority. Full keyboard only as I use the numpad frequently, preferably without all the keys being compacted together like this. Lighting on the keys doesn't matter at all and I'd actually prefer not having it. Has to be wired and would prefer a braided and/or removable cable. For switches I'd like it to be as quiet as possible but still have good feedback. Based on what I've read, I think cherry browns would be ideal, but I'm not entirely sure. Also, in Canada, so has to be able to be bought or shipped here. Not opposed to building it either, just need availability of parts. Thanks for any suggestions! >
  
  Appreciate the tip on the switches. The Keychron v6 does not meet the criteria of not being tenkeyless though. Looked though other Keychron models and most are either compacted or tenkeyless it seems. >
  
  I'm confused by your first comment
  
  Fullsized with numpad
  
  The v6 is a full-sized w/numpad that is NOT the compressed layout 
  But in this comment you don't want a board with the numpad? >
  
  I'm thinking of buying a MK for my grillfriend  who was kinda fascinated by my Anne Pro 2. 
  Unfortunately my budget is very low \~50€ and I'm very out of the loop, so: at my times (a couple of years ago) the Anne Pro 2 was an absolute flagship killer, costing around 60$ and generally being a very good keeb, but now?
  Shoul I go for something else? Should I buy an used Anne Pro?
  Btw: a compact layout would be the best >
  
  Looking for a new 65% keyboard that are good quality and in stock don’t wanna break the bank too much but also don’t want to sacrifice quality. Also has to be hot swappable bc I’m indecisive when it comes to switches :P. Any suggestions would be appreciated thank you ! >
  
  Keychron q2/v2 >
  
  Hi everyone I am looking into buying a smaller mechanical keyboard for typing on my laptop. I have a full size Corsair k70 for gaming with the speed switches but the size is too big for using it with my laptop.
  Could you please give me some recommendations on keyboards that are most comfortable for typing? 
  
  my maximum size is TKL
  I was intrigued by the Fnatic Streak65 LP but I could not really find typing reviews on it, so if you have experienced I’d love to hear about it
  I am not opposed to speed switches but I think a bit more resistance would be nice for typing
  I do not have too much space also not for a wrist rest, so maybe low profile would suit best?
  I have never built a keyboard either so prebuilt is most convenient for me
  
  I am looking forward to your advice.
  Edit: streak65 and fill in edit >
  
  nuphy air60 or nuphy air75 are good options >
  
  Cool I’ll look more into those, thanks! >
  
  Background: I've had plenty of experience with mechanical keyboards, but the vast majority of it has been to either buckling springs or MX Blues. I absolutely love the former, don't mind the matter too much.
  Now, though, I was recently gifted a RK61 keyboard. So, I kind of want to experiment a bit on switches. So, recommend me a good switch to experiment with.
  I've played around with the MX Reds of other people and MX Browns that came with the RK61 and... came away unimpressed. So I do have a preference for very tactile switches, I guess. But I'll listen to your replies and see what looks good. So... suggestions? >
  
  bobaU4ts, holy/glorious pandas, durock T1s 
  there are many more switches out there besides the bog standard cherry mx line >
  
  Hey there, noob question:
  As a German, would I be able to use a Nordic-ISO (or spanish, UK etc.) layout keyboard without much hastle and just switching keycaps? 
  Are  there any drawbacks (like in the hardware, besides the keycaps or with the firmware) to using an other languages ISO layout? 
  I am asking because German ISO Layouts are often double the price than for all other languages. >
  
  It doesn't matter what language is printed on your keycaps. Your operating system decides what characters your keyboard outputs.
  If you had a UK keyboard but had your language set to German in your operating system, you'd still output your familiar German characters. >
  
  Thanks! >
  
  Hey, I'm in the process of building my first keyboard which is an ergodox. Where do I find those TRRS sockets? ergodox.io tells me I should be looking for the CP-43514 or FC68129 ones but nothing comes up when I type that on aliexpress or ebay (I'm in europe if that's important). Thanks >
  
  First hit on Google. >
  
  i've had the varmilo va108m for like 2 years and it's worked fine until today. the keyboard just randomly disconnected and wouldn't work at all, even if i replugged it several times. if i leave it plugged in as usual it'll work for some time and then disconnect again. not sure what's wrong with it but i don't have the funds to buy another keyboard rn... >
  
  Have you tried opening up the keyboard? Cause you could try to repair it, hopefully it's not too difficult of a fix but you gotta open it up to see what's wrong with it. It could be just a disconnected soder. >
  
  Can anyone recommend some good barebones 65% keyboard/plate/bus I can buy on AliExpress?
  All the user friendly sites are way too expensive, but I don't want to accidentally buy junk on AliExpress. >
  
  The bm60/64 range from the Kprepublic store >
  
  Wow thanks, this is pretty perfect. >
  
  Are there any keycap sets with 3u and 3.25u space bars?
  I've been searching for 2 days, but still no luck. Seems like I've made a really decision going with a split bar back then. >
  
  Never seen a 3.25u spacebar but 3u bars should be more common in sets with larger kitting or dedicated spacebar kits. >
  
  Hii all I recently bought a 60% dragon k530, absolutely love the keyboard so far, but just one small issue. I knew what I was giving up when I made the choice to buy a 60% keyboard but at the time I guess it didn't register how much I actually use arrow keys. I can still use them by pressing function and w,a,s,d but it gets annoying having to hold down function to use them. I was curious if there was some way I could set up a mode in which I press a key once and w,a,s,d turn into arrow keys until the same key was pressed again to exit the mode. If anyone knows how to do this or has experience in this area I would appreciate the help. Thank you. >
  
  Not unless the software for that keyboard allows (doubtful). Something like that is available on qmk/via powered boards which I don’t think supports your board, but worth a check >
  
  Hi all, anyone know if there is a physical shop in Hong Kong? Would like to visit when I am here >
  
  Hey so Im modding my keeb for the first time and my switch opener doesnt seem to work it just unlocks 1 lock and sometimes doesnt even do anything. The switch opener doesnt seem to have any damages. Its outemu btw >
  
  Why do so many keycaps sets I see include canjie on them? Is there really such a large demographic for people who need to type both English & Canjie or is it more of an aesthetic thing? >
  
  You normally see Hiragana or Katakana, although there are some with Kanji.  It's mainly because there's a really strong crossover between mechanical boards and weeb culture.... surely you must have noticed :)  Many weebs in here.  So many think it looks cool.  That's the main reason really.
  You will see other languages as well, and many sets have had Hangul sublegends, and this is because back in the day, most custom boards were coming out of Korea so that's kind of a thing as well.
  TL;DR  It's mainly just aesthetics because of the weeb crossover. >
  
  Hello! O/
  I've just finished ordering everything for my black Keychron Q2 build with Idobaos MA profile blue cat keycaps. I'm having trouble finding any deskmats that fit the color scheme. I'd prefer something solid colored, but I'll take any suggestions! >
  
  Hello there, i'm looking for a 65% mechanical keyboard but i don't really know what to choseHere is what i need:
  
  can be bought in Europe, preferibly on Amazon
  Must be 65%, no less (i want to have separate arrow switches)
  Must be backlit since I write at nigth
  Must be comfortable to write on (i'm a computer scientist so I write A LOT) and possibly not super loud
  about the layout, I use the Italian one but i guess i can use any other (US?)
  
  My budget is up to 150-200 euros
  Thanks for anyone who can help me
  Bonus points if i can chose a color different from white but this is something not important at all, just kind of a 'nice to have' >
  
  I’m not sure if it’s on amazon but Kbd67 lite is a decent option >
  
  Saw these at a local con, any idea what sort of keycap set this is?