There is a good thread about them here
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18299334&highlight=mechanical
They are completely different to type on and use to a basic keyboard, they are more responsive, more comfortable to use and the difference in use is actually a 'wow'.
The hardest thing about buying one is deciding on the switch type and what you will mainly use it for. The black switch is really popular for gaming but not so much for typing. I started with blues (which sound like many Legions not just one) and then settled on browns. I would like to try a red set myself, but I think I probably type more than I game (and I work from home on it which is a pleasure in comparison to the **** ones we have at work).
I use a Filco but the same OEM make the new CM keyboards and so they look a real bargain (only have the black switches here presently though).
They are all a bit nosier than a regular keyboard but the blues are the loudest.
While it seems an odd thing to throw money out, its like any peripheral and after you have a good one you wonder why you didn't get one before. After all you spend all day interacting with it.
A lot of them have less lights and macros and all that jazz than some 'gaming keyboards' and you do pay more for those features on a mechanical keyboard but its still worth it in comparison.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18299334&highlight=mechanical
They are completely different to type on and use to a basic keyboard, they are more responsive, more comfortable to use and the difference in use is actually a 'wow'.
The hardest thing about buying one is deciding on the switch type and what you will mainly use it for. The black switch is really popular for gaming but not so much for typing. I started with blues (which sound like many Legions not just one) and then settled on browns. I would like to try a red set myself, but I think I probably type more than I game (and I work from home on it which is a pleasure in comparison to the **** ones we have at work).
I use a Filco but the same OEM make the new CM keyboards and so they look a real bargain (only have the black switches here presently though).
They are all a bit nosier than a regular keyboard but the blues are the loudest.
While it seems an odd thing to throw money out, its like any peripheral and after you have a good one you wonder why you didn't get one before. After all you spend all day interacting with it.
A lot of them have less lights and macros and all that jazz than some 'gaming keyboards' and you do pay more for those features on a mechanical keyboard but its still worth it in comparison.
