Hi, first post here. Wonder whether you can give me any advice.
Thinking about purchasing my first mechanical keyboard. Been researching a bit into the myriad of manufacturers, key plastic types, switch types, backlighting and all that confusing stuff.
I need advice on a few points if possible.
I will be using this keyboard for typing and coding. No gaming.
1 : Tenkeyless - I think I want this. It seems more ergonomic and comfortable.
2 : I would like PBT keycaps, not ABS. I like that old school feel, and also I would like them to last and not go shiny. I would like them to be double shot or Dye sub, something that will last. Also, I don't really want to have to buy another keycap set, so I would like these to come as standard with the board.
3 : I would ideally like a board without backlighting I think, upon reflection, although this is not as important a point.
There seems to be a limited amount of options to buy in the UK. I'm mainly looking at Ducky, but have also looked at Filco and WASD CODE.
Now the problem with the Filco (Majestouch 2) and the CODE is that for some reason they both have ABS keycaps. I don't want the extra expense of having to buy another set, ideally.
That leaves Ducky, which is my preferred choice. There are a few models :
The Ducky One :
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/duck...own-cherry-mx-switch-uk-layout-kb-21v-dk.html
Nice PBT keycaps (are they double shot?), TKL, good. Backlit though, not a biggie.
Then we have the Ducky One 2 :
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/duck...ical-gaming-keyboard-uk-layout-kb-23j-dk.html
Nice double shot PBT keycaps, TKL, good. Backlit though. Not a biggie.
Then we have the Ducky One 2 Skyline :
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/duck...ical-gaming-keyboard-uk-layout-kb-23e-dk.html
Nice "seamless" (whatever that is) double shot PBT keycaps. Tkl. Not backlit. Lovely retro-ish look. Good.
There are a few of the Ducky Ones I like, for example the white and grey :
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/duck...ical-gaming-keyboard-uk-layout-kb-22m-dk.html
However, this does not seem to be available in TKL, so that's a dealbreaker for me.
I was about to pull the trigger on a TKL Skyline, but two issues arose - Firstly, some folk say the bottom of some of the keycaps have not been finished properly, and also more importantly, the shifted legends are actually next to the unshifted legends, not above them, as is usually the case. What's the deal with that. Why do they do that? I'm not sure I'm that keen on that. It looks a bit messy. Is it actually better, or some new thing or something? Quite a few of the new Ducky boards seem to have this.
So I'd really like to get a Ducky, it just seems that I can't get hold of one that exactly meets my spec. Can any of you give me some input on this? Which one is best? Any of you own any of these Ducky boards?
I think that PBT keycaps and TKL size are the most important factors to me.
Thinking about purchasing my first mechanical keyboard. Been researching a bit into the myriad of manufacturers, key plastic types, switch types, backlighting and all that confusing stuff.
I need advice on a few points if possible.
I will be using this keyboard for typing and coding. No gaming.
1 : Tenkeyless - I think I want this. It seems more ergonomic and comfortable.
2 : I would like PBT keycaps, not ABS. I like that old school feel, and also I would like them to last and not go shiny. I would like them to be double shot or Dye sub, something that will last. Also, I don't really want to have to buy another keycap set, so I would like these to come as standard with the board.
3 : I would ideally like a board without backlighting I think, upon reflection, although this is not as important a point.
There seems to be a limited amount of options to buy in the UK. I'm mainly looking at Ducky, but have also looked at Filco and WASD CODE.
Now the problem with the Filco (Majestouch 2) and the CODE is that for some reason they both have ABS keycaps. I don't want the extra expense of having to buy another set, ideally.
That leaves Ducky, which is my preferred choice. There are a few models :
The Ducky One :
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/duck...own-cherry-mx-switch-uk-layout-kb-21v-dk.html
Nice PBT keycaps (are they double shot?), TKL, good. Backlit though, not a biggie.
Then we have the Ducky One 2 :
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/duck...ical-gaming-keyboard-uk-layout-kb-23j-dk.html
Nice double shot PBT keycaps, TKL, good. Backlit though. Not a biggie.
Then we have the Ducky One 2 Skyline :
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/duck...ical-gaming-keyboard-uk-layout-kb-23e-dk.html
Nice "seamless" (whatever that is) double shot PBT keycaps. Tkl. Not backlit. Lovely retro-ish look. Good.
There are a few of the Ducky Ones I like, for example the white and grey :
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/duck...ical-gaming-keyboard-uk-layout-kb-22m-dk.html
However, this does not seem to be available in TKL, so that's a dealbreaker for me.
I was about to pull the trigger on a TKL Skyline, but two issues arose - Firstly, some folk say the bottom of some of the keycaps have not been finished properly, and also more importantly, the shifted legends are actually next to the unshifted legends, not above them, as is usually the case. What's the deal with that. Why do they do that? I'm not sure I'm that keen on that. It looks a bit messy. Is it actually better, or some new thing or something? Quite a few of the new Ducky boards seem to have this.
So I'd really like to get a Ducky, it just seems that I can't get hold of one that exactly meets my spec. Can any of you give me some input on this? Which one is best? Any of you own any of these Ducky boards?
I think that PBT keycaps and TKL size are the most important factors to me.
