Mechanical Keyboard

Op states he wants a keyboard with cherry red keys.

why are people suggesting black widow?

the corsair boards and the Qpad are the only gaming orientated boards with reds.
I am looking at the MK85 soon myself as I want a black board with cherry reds.

my current Corsair is brilliant to type on but I just want an all black keyboard.

i used to own a black widow too btw and the reds are so much nicer for all round use.
 
rjkoneill said:
Op states he wants a keyboard with cherry red keys.

why are people suggesting black widow?

the corsair boards and the Qpad are the only gaming orientated boards with reds.
I am looking at the MK85 soon myself as I want a black board with cherry reds.

my current Corsair is brilliant to type on but I just want an all black keyboard.

i used to own a black widow too btw and the reds are so much nicer for all round use.
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I got the MK85 a few weeks back, it's great and responsive. Good build quality. Highly recommended!
 
rjkoneill said:
Op states he wants a keyboard with cherry red keys.

why are people suggesting black widow?

the corsair boards and the Qpad are the only gaming orientated boards with reds.
I am looking at the MK85 soon myself as I want a black board with cherry reds.

my current Corsair is brilliant to type on but I just want an all black keyboard.

i used to own a black widow too btw and the reds are so much nicer for all round use.
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Sorry, saw other people recommending it so thought I'd add something myself, however yes the qpad 85 looks really good, the reviews I've seen have been really poitive.
 
rjkoneill said:
Op states he wants a keyboard with cherry red keys.

why are people suggesting black widow?

the corsair boards and the Qpad are the only gaming orientated boards with reds.
I am looking at the MK85 soon myself as I want a black board with cherry reds.

my current Corsair is brilliant to type on but I just want an all black keyboard.

i used to own a black widow too btw and the reds are so much nicer for all round use.
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To be fair he did also state he wanted a keyboard with no media/macro keys and black, the Qpad is both red backlit and has media keys :p Granted it is technically black but the red backlighting is a pretty significant feature of the board.

The only things I can really see that fit the bill are boards like the Filcos or the actual Cherry boards but I don't think you can get a Cherry board with red switches in a UK layout.
 
I've been looking into mechanical keyboards over the past week or so - the general consensus seems to be that Filco is king. No flashing lights or media buttons, excellent build quality and choice of switches - should fit the ops needs.

Personally i'm looking at the Filco Ninja which is a ten-keyless compact board with front-side printed keys. I'm going for the Cherry MX Brown keys as i do a mix of coding and gaming, and also need to keep the noise down(missus happy).

The Majestouch 2 is basically the same but with the numpad and standard keys (you can get a fullsize ninja if you fancy the side-printed keys)

There's lots of thorough reviews of most of the mechanical keyboards on a forum called geekhack. Now those guys take their keyboards seriously!
 
kingbal said:
There's lots of thorough reviews of most of the mechanical keyboards on a forum called geekhack. Now those guys take their keyboards seriously!
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... Don't you?

Clearly you do otherwise you wouldn't know Filco :D

... and this is just the beginning my friend ... soon you will be buying keycaps, tinkering with controllers (OK extreme) and looking for ClickClacks :D
 
inSilica said:
... Don't you?

Clearly you do otherwise you wouldn't know Filco :D

... and this is just the beginning my friend ... soon you will be buying keycaps, tinkering with controllers (OK extreme) and looking for ClickClacks :D
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Haha well no, not really.

I stumbled over the concept of mechanical keyboards by accident. I then did my usual thing: research the hell out of it for a week, find out what's best then buy it (though i haven't completed the final step yet)

I've already been looking at PBT caps and read about filco ping!
 
inSilica said:
... Don't you?

Clearly you do otherwise you wouldn't know Filco :D

... and this is just the beginning my friend ... soon you will be buying keycaps, tinkering with controllers (OK extreme) and looking for ClickClacks :D
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It's when you see something like below and start thinking to yourself 'now I know I don't have a second PC but I'm sure I could find a use for another Filco' that you really need to be worrying :p

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If you don't want backlighting I think the best priced keyboard with reds is the QPad MK50. While it does have media keys they are just alternative functions of the f keys. It seems to fit the rest of your spec.
 
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kingbal said:
I think the bright yellow would hurt my eyes! This however, i could live with:

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I have the full version of this. If it broke I would order another in a heartbeat. I can't go back to normal keyboards now. Couldn't recommend highly enough!:p (I may have also only had it a week so still a bit over excited by it!)
 
haha nice - I was going to get full size but I can't actually remember the last time I used the numpad.

Have you got the brown switches too? How are you finding them?
 
@inSilica what are you using as wrist rests in that picture??

One thing that's holding me back (ever so slightly) from buying is the wrist rest situation - I'm using one of these at the moment and have to say the rest is perfect:

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It's a Microsoft 3000 wireless btw
 
I absolutely love them. They are fairly quiet which is nice, to me the tactile nature of the switch didn't jump out at me till I tried to type on a rubber dome keyboard which genuinely felt awful in comparison.

Each individual key press feels so much more precise. I haven't done massive amounts of typing on the Filco, but I do think I can type faster! ( I have an old Compaq at work with Cherry Brown switches and that gets a hammering! This actually prompted me to get the Filco as my keyboard at home was very much lacking in comparison) Gaming I find a charm too. No problems whatsoever playing BF3 or anything else. I have had a little play with a BlackWidow and while still nice, it wasn't what I wanted in a keyboard.
 
Update: We have established Filco are great keyboard.

I will mainly be Gaming, Coding and Using Word. If i get a filco are there any good wrist rests i could purchase?
 
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