** The Official OcUK Mechanical Keyboard Thread **

The Asgard said:
Ordered a Filco brown M2 with Blue WASD and Red ESQ for some bling.
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Great choice mate!
I found that at first I was hitting the bottom quite often so it was quite loud but slowly I am started to get a feel for the tactile bump (although it is very subtle) and I am not bottoming out the keys as often now, It seems that my typing has sped up a little and it is not as loud as I first thought.

I will get my o dampers pack from the USA soon so I will install them and see how the keyboard feels and update the thread.
 
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MrZippo said:
Great choice mate!
I found that at first I was hitting the bottom quite often so it was quite loud but slowly I am started to get a feel for the tactile bump (although it is very subtle) and I am not bottoming out the keys as often now, It seems that my typing has sped up a little and it is not as loud as I first thought.

I will get my o dampers pack from the USA soon so I will install them and see how the keyboard feels and update the thread.
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Let us know how it goes with the dampers? Interested in a link to the place you bought the dampers?
 
I was looking for a new keyboard as well and came across this thread. I have had my fair share of keyboards over the years, spent quite a lot of money on G15s and others. This time I just wanted a great keyboard for work and home. I do a lot of typing at work and wanted something that would be great to type on. I never used the macro keys on the G15 and I also have no need for backlighting.

Having had a read about all of the different key switches I decided to settle on the MX Browns. I wanted something that would be good for typing on mainly, though I do use it for gaming at home as well. I did not want the blues do to the noise, and the blacks were said to not to be as good to type on.

Being the impatient person that I am the only keyboard in the UK that I could find with MX Browns that was in stock was the Zowie Celeritas. I was originally looking for a Filco Majestouch-2 with the brown switches but I did not want to wait so in the end I got the Zowie Celeritas.

Well apart from the aforementioned problem with the Celeritas keys getting a little dirty, it has been fantastic. It feels so nice to type on compared to my old keyboards that I am now a true convert. I now wonder why I spent all that money in the past on keyboards with LCD screens and backlighting when all I really wanted was a really nice keyboard to type on.

I am probably never going to use the feature on the Celeritas to change the repeat rate of a key, but I do find the ability to change the windows key into an extra control key useful, not sure if the Filco can do that. It was probably the only feature that I used on the G15 as well.

I am also not too keen on the lights on the F9-F12 keys that display which repeat rate you have selected, but thankfully you can turn all of the lights off on the keyboard.

All in all I am very happy with my new keyboard, I would highly recommend trying a mechanical keyboard to anyone that does a lot of typing.
 
I was just about to pull the trigger on a Noppoo Choc Mini with brown switches last night off the bay. Can I get coloured WASD keys for them?

I mainly game / chat on forums, but do not want anything too clicky as game late sometimes. Anything better in the price range?
 
PapaLazaru said:
I was just about to pull the trigger on a Noppoo Choc Mini with brown switches last night off the bay. Can I get coloured WASD keys for them?

I mainly game / chat on forums, but do not want anything too clicky as game late sometimes. Anything better in the price range?
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Pretty much all keycaps will work on the Noppoo, the only downside is you can't do a full replacement of all the caps as the right shift is a non-standard size.

I'd recommend getting the white one, as that has PBT keycaps, which will feel nicer, and also not wear out as quickly, my one has a fair bit of wear after 6 months. Especially if you're a hunt and peck typer, it will make a difference if you can't see the keys ;)
 
I want to get my dad a mech keyboard for Christmas. It'd be for 99% typing, so the Cherry G80 seems like an affordable choice with the blue switches... have a feeling he might prefer the sound/feel of the browns, but I can't see any brown switch keyboards at around the £60-70 mark grrrr.
 
MasterPlan1 said:
I'd recommend getting the white one, as that has PBT keycaps, which will feel nicer, and also not wear out as quickly, my one has a fair bit of wear after 6 months. Especially if you're a hunt and peck typer, it will make a difference if you can't see the keys ;)
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Will look into it. Seeing the keys are not a massive issue as I can touch type though I have remembered I preferable need to disable the windows key due to being left handed, but still using WASD. My thumb loves hitting the Windows key, so much so, I have removed it from my Reclusa.
 
The noppo choc mini I ordered with browns from the bay was £65, only issues are that its US layout and no numpad.

I didn't want a numpad to save space and the US layout isn't a big deal.
 
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