** The Official OcUK Mechanical Keyboard Thread **

Ahh thanks, I'll take a look at that in a minute. I was looking at the older model but couldn't find out for sure what switches it had, blue sounded wrong for a gaming keyboard.

I was actually looking at this kb but it only seemed to be for sale on their website, must be because its new.
 
I'm sure a UK layout will come. Just got to give it time. I'm tempted by the Zowie with the Browns, but it's like £100. And the Steelseries 6G V2 is £75 or so. I know it's blacks though.

WASD are getting Cherry Reds for the US layout soon. I might wait and treat myself to a WASD with browns when they start the UK layouts.
 
brodie1shot said:
Got a Ficlo Majestouch 2 with the brown switches a couple of days ago and i love it so far, got a fair bit of weight to it and feels solid, great to type on, at least compared to my old keyboard anyway (Logitech illuminati). Also got the wrist wrest for it aswell.



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Can I ask, how do you like the wrist rest?
 
Arcane said:
Corsair have just announced the K60 and K90 Mech keyboards, both with Cherry Reds, one for fps and one for mmo, marmite looks but interesting none the less.
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They are going a very interesting direction, cherry reds are not that common, but then, the switches are so light, they are a very preference based switch. Like most companies are planning, Corsair will no doubt release versions with blue or brown switches, which will be better as then people can chose their favourite switch, surprised they didn't do that anyway.
 
Arcane said:
Shame the K60's not backlit, I kind of like it though. The MX Reds are similar to Blacks from what I gather.
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The rarely-encountered Cherry MX Red switches are a special variation on the MX Black, and are distinguished by a very low compression point and a low operating force.

Apart from a few followers, these keyboards have found few buyers. They are bordering on extinction as a result of a high rate of typographical errors.

ie It's very easy to misspress a key and blacks are very hard to misspress :p
 
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I've never paid more than £20 for a keyboard, but that Corsair K90 is looking very likely to be sat on my desk at home being hammered whilst playing the likes of DC Universe Online :D Might even couple it with the M90 mouse (also never paid more than £20 for a mouse).
 
I must say it is nice to see this growing interest in mechanical keyboards, a few years ago I was afraid they would die out eventually, however there seems to be a considerable amount if interest now, especially in the far east. Which promises new and interesting products for us :)

I've been using mechanical keyboards for years myself, my usual everyday keyboard is a Filco Zero tenkeyless which uses XM White switches, these require a high activation force and click very loudly (louder than a buckling spring) ...it's a bit like using an electronic typewriter keyboard actually, well perhaps not quite that extreme but as near as you can get with a keyboard I think. I also have an IBM Model M, which I have had for years, I bought it off 'that auction site' from a guy selling a load of unboxed ones he found somewhere, they were all sealed in their original boxes, totally untouched, despite the fact the one I have actually left the factory in Greenock Scotland in 1995. It's a lovely keyboard to type on, just a little large really, since I really prefer the tenkeyless format for ergonomic reasons, also I do make a lot of use of the left windows key, and the Modem M of course, does not have one.

As you may have guessed I am a fan of very clicky and tactile keyboards, I like a clear tactile bump. Although in all honesty I do sometimes think that the XM Whites are perhaps a little too extreme, a little too hard to press and a little too noisy maybe. The Model M requires quite a lot less force and makes less noise and gives a better feel imo. So do Cherry Blues in my experience. To my knowledge I have never tried the blacks, reds, browns, or a Topre capacitive myself. I have used a few ALPS boards but that was a while ago and to make a fair judgement I'd need to try one again now.

But you sure can buy mechanical keyboards in the UK, indeed we are blessed with probably the best European mechanical keyboard distributor in this country and now that a few of the more well known names in gaming peripherals are starting to really get into mechanical boards I have noticed OcUK's stock growing ...there is always the auction site for the more unusual and harder to find stuff too. Also a lot of the Chinese made stuff is distributed that way.
 
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Well they aren't ...or haven't really been a 'gaming' thing as such, traditionally the real benefit has been for people who type a lot. The way some of the gaming peripheral companies market them though you'ed be forgiven for thinking they had just invented some previously unknown piece of amazing gaming technology.

Until very recent years they have never been marketed at gamers as such. However gamers do tend to put their keyboards through a rather greater than average level of abuse, so mechanical makes sense here, they can take the abuse far better than any rubber dome keyboard for much longer and remain in perfect working condition. Also mechanical keyboards 'feel' doesn't really degrade over time with use in the same way that a rubber dome does ...I suppose they do eventually but I have't found where that point is yet to be honest, a long, long time though.
 
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Arcane said:
Corsair have just announced the K60 and K90 Mech keyboards, both with Cherry Reds, one for fps and one for mmo, marmite looks but interesting none the less.
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Look nice keyboards apart from they don't tell you in the blurb that the all the top row keys (Esc to Pause break) on the K60 are not cherry MX red's but rubberdome & it's the same on the K90 including the G-keys.
 
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