Good evening to everyone. How much are you into mechanical keyboards? Because I am well into this more than I want to. I didn't know anything about this niche up until a couple years ago. I saw this hype growing around this new type of keyboard which is not the usual cheap ones which I usually buy or have used all my life. I was seeing that these keyboards are quite expensive and apparently they had more stuff inside than what I knew. I was hearing these new buzzwords like switches, keycaps, PCB, gaskets, stabilizers and all sorts of new stuff. PCB I knew because it basically stands for printed circuit board. Every kind of tech has those. Then I went on to YouTube and maybe checked out a few videos and I realized they sounded better than what I had. They sounded more like a keyboard should sound than what I had. Now I really don't know the exact word to describe this, but that's how I felt. And I thought I needed to buy one of those.
Then started the research. I went on to learn what is a switch? What is a keycap? How do all these things work? Is the stabilizer important at all or what is a gasket in this regard? I went ahead and searched all of it on YouTube, watched videos and tutorials about how to pick what to pick. And then I realized these things are quite expensive. And the most fascinating part to me is that the simple keyboard which I had known all my life had only three parts, a front side, a backside and a membrane. Yes, I'm talking about the old membrane keyboards. And now they have so many moving parts inside and it is so intricate that it's mind-boggling. Finally, I gained the courage to actually buy one. Thankfully, these Chinese brands have always been a more affordable option. I fetched myself a Redragon keyboard. Started using it. And straight away felt the difference in the advancement of technology. Loved it. After a couple years I managed to buy a new set of keycaps, something more aesthetically pleasing. Also a set of switches which sound better. These new switches I got, have a more creamier sound, while the default I had was a bit clackier. And it produced a lot of sound, More than I could afford.
Do any of you use mechanical keyboards? If so, what's your experience? And how is the niche going in your community? I believe someday I will switch to a 75% layout, because it's minimal and aesthetic, but for that I need to realize that I don't need the other 25% of the keys. Maybe someday.
