I want to buy a new mech board but not looking to drop a lot of money on it. What’s the best pre-built budget mech keyboard you’ve ever tried? ~$100 or less.
- setVeryLoud(true); ( @isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca ) 5•1 year ago
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Yep! I’m going to go with the C1 Pro for $80!
- nottheengineer ( @nottheengineer@feddit.de ) 4•1 year ago
Keychron and nothing else. None of the gaming branded keyboards even come close, the value is insane.
- HidingCat ( @HidingCat@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
Keychrons are nice at the US$100 budget, but if you go really cheap there are some bargains to be had. Akko makes some nice stuff, and the Chinese ecommerce sites are swamped with decent stuff that goes on sale at various times.
- nottheengineer ( @nottheengineer@feddit.de ) 1•1 year ago
Akko boards are nice too, but keychron has consistently been better at the same price for all the ones I tried.
- anon6789 ( @anon6789@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
We have 2 Tecware Phantom RGB at home that have been great. They have a decent number of options and we’ll under $100.
I just use the RGB for backlighting, but SO had the pudding caps and they look great if you’re into that. The software hasn’t been too bad for us either.
- Shatur ( @Shatur@lemmy.ml ) 3•1 year ago
Take a look at the 8bitdo keyboard.
- Eitan Tarkovski ( @eitan_tarkovski@infosec.pub ) 3•1 year ago
If you do not mind 60% keyboards, some of the Dierya products might be the way to go, e.g.:
- Dierya DK61SE, available for $25.99
- Dierya DK61E available for $49.99
Both are available with brown, red or blue switches. Comes in nice packaging for budget keyboard (here some unpacking, testing and review).
I have the Dierya DK61SE. It is nicely built, and I can take in my work laptop case, if I am traveling and working away from office, but wanna use a mechanical keyboard instead of my laptop built-in keyboard.
- 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘 ( @01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ) English3•1 year ago
I looked into getting these, too! I ended up being gifted a keychron C1. I really like it. Then I got GSA caps and Fekker switches, and now I love it.
- sudo pacman -Syu ( @youngyoshieboy@lemmy.ml ) English2•1 year ago
It depends on where you live. A quick rerview with local seller to get what in stock first. I live in third world country, the entry level usually is: Akko, Keychron, NJ
- JBloodthorn ( @JBloodthorn@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
If you want ULTRA budget, I’ve used this cheap ass keyboard daily for 4 years now: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CLYNW78/
I’ve beat the crap out of it (literally, nodejs be frustrating af sometimes), but it’s still good as new. Some of the switches I’ve swapped out for Silent Black since my newborn was sleeping next to me at the time, but the original switches all work fine. It’s got all the RGB bells and whistles, but I leave it on white.
- cassetti ( @cassetti@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
I am a big TLK fan so I opted to get a Keychron K8 - it’s got bluetooth, solderless replaceable switches, VIA keymapping, RGB LED lighting etc.
Overall I’m very pleased with the keyboard for the price
- ISOmorph ( @ISOmorph@feddit.de ) 1•1 year ago
If you’re not against buying chinese products, Redragon has a good reputation and I’m satisfied with my keyboard from them
- milkytoast ( @milkytoast@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
I’m super happy with my keychain c1, though it is my first so I’ve got nothing to compare to. dunno how much I paid, wasn’t much tho
- HidingCat ( @HidingCat@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
You mean Keychron right? Your autocorrect kinda messed it up for you.
- milkytoast ( @milkytoast@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
lol yea
ducking autocorrect
- HidingCat ( @HidingCat@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
Friend got a cheapie on sale, US$7.50 give or take a few cents. Bog standard 104 keyboard, Ducky-like clone, and came with Cherry Reds and PBT keycaps. Nothing significantly good but the overall build and feel were easily better than quite a few keyboards at 5-7x the price.