Well I fell down the custom keyboard world.

t2na said:
I genuinely forgot how irritating it is to wait for a keyboard order to arrive so you can get to building.

In the meantime, I've lubed and filmed some Gat Oil Kings in preparation and the OTC 9009 keycaps have also arrived so I'm good to go!
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That's the trouble when you have the ability to order your specific preferences, you almost have to forget it was ordered (group buys feel the worst). Saying that, your NEo75 seemed pretty quick considering it was only one month with custom config. Isn't the one month point pretty much right now?

We'll need some photos of that Neo75 after you get it setup.
 
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Tried some different switches over the weekend.

Wuque Studio WS Morandi , liked the sound of these but the amount of stem wobble makes them not nice to type on so out they came.

TTC Venus, really like these, sound and feel great to type on, different design to any other switches I've seen. Will be using these from now on as I prefer the sound of these compared to the slightly clacky sound of the SW x CS Ghost Dragon's I got last week.
 
Just picked up a Wooting 60he mainly for playing CS2. Some nice features on there but some of them seem a bit gimmicky. I got it used for a good price. I think I would be a bit disappointed if i had paid full price for it.
 
henry hoov3r said:
Just picked up a Wooting 60he mainly for playing CS2. Some nice features on there but some of them seem a bit gimmicky. I got it used for a good price. I think I would be a bit disappointed if i had paid full price for it.
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The thing I've noticed most with owning a Wooting is that it doesn't necessarily feel incredible when you use it for gaming, it just makes all other keyboards feel really bad for gaming.

It's definitely worth spending time dialling in your actuation settings and mod-tap too, and having certain profiles. I find that my main 'gaming' profile works well with certain actuation points on specific keys and the other day I found I was 'inspecting' my weapon too frequently in one game I play causing me to occasionally do it mid-gun fight. Quick adjustment on the software, make that specific key a lot less sensitive and I'm sorted!
 
carrot1401 said:
So having had a few days with my Monsgeek M1 V5 there isn't really much more to add:

Being able to switch between wired/wireless/bluetooth WITHOUT having to remove the wire is super useful. In previous keyboards it would always default to wired if the cable was plugged in. This system makes it much easier to switch!
The wireless usb connector has no distinguishable features to confirm it is for said keyboard. No text, no logo, nothing. Something to note in the future.
Fn key is no longer green, no idea how I did that...
Weight wise, it is just over 1800g which is nearly three times more than my previous keyboard.

Tempted to grab a second with some quieter switches and o-rings for the office keyboard! Not sure how I can go back to a plastic keyboard :-S

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Been a couple of months now and thought I'd just update people: This is still awesome. No issues. Loud and proud with Gateron Melodic switches. This is my end game keyboard and my happy ending :-)
 
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I think I have three of the top tier boards currently out, the Keychron Q6 Max is both amazing and annoying in that you cannot get nice colour themed OSA profile caps so stuck with these white caps that are good but just look rubbish against the darker tone of everything else. You only get this cap theme if you buy the metal keyboard too, the plastic one comes with darker caps which is annoying, and finding OSA profile with UK ISO layout is impossible. I don't want third party caps as I like this key shape and profile, more comfortable than the usual sharp angled caps found on most other keyboards.

Sigh!

The other two are Wooting two HE and [model to be announced in coming days!]. All three use QMK/VIA which I like a lot, the Wooting feels the cheapest even though it's not lol, 950g and hollow sounding typing is very annoying I have found, meanwhile the 2.1KG of the Q6 Max is immense and feels/sounds amazing, the 1.6KG of the [model to be announced in coming days!] isn't far off with linear inductive switches and feel and better colour theme.
 
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I’m sure it’s because I’ve exclusively used 60% boards since around 2019 but full size always look absolutely massive to me now.
 
Ducky now has the QMK/VIA web software, Rapid Trigger etc are standard. I think Wooting will need to rethink their material choices after this month if they want to reach a wider audience not just pure gamers given the pricing.
 
henry hoov3r said:
They do actually feel quite cheap. Ive got a Ducky Mecha mini and that feels like a tank compared to that. But what you are paying for is the gaming features and the software,
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Yeah, I also think you’re better off getting the Wooting module and putting it in an aftermarket case.

I have my Wooting60 in a Freebird case, lower typing angle and much more premium than the standard case. Mounted it with the friction pad and I’ve also just swapped to GEON Raw switches. Obviously all adds to the cost but I think the ‘out of the box’ Wooting offerings are definitely, as you say, more about the features and software you get.
 
I mentioned it a few posts above but the improvements to the Wooting since swapping switches from the Lekker L60s (v2) to the GEON Raws has been much more noticeable than I anticipated. I always like the L60s, more than the L45s which felt too light, so I never felt like I needed to try a different HE switch.

I picked up the Geon Raws (50g version) from KBDFans as the UK store I usually order from was on a pretty length pre-order - and they arrived inside a week! At the same time, I also swapped from a traditional gummy ring mount to using the new silicone friction fit pad that Wooting recently released and the two together have really made both the sound and feel such an improvement over what I was running before. The friction fit pad is definitely a little more tricky to get in place compared to a regular tray mount (or even a gasket mount or full gummy o-ring) but once you've got one side in then you can largely just apply pressure until the USB-C slot lines up.

It's definitely harder to get hall effect keyboards to sound and feel as nice as a typical mechanical keyboard would. I still think the sound and feel on my Bakeneko60 (with Gat Oil Kings) is my absolute holy grail but it's great that we're already starting to see improvements with hall effect switches. The Wooting board is just such a great gaming keyboard that I now will notice if I'm not using it for fps games so the more options we have to improve the sound and feel, the better.
 
t2na said:
I mentioned it a few posts above but the improvements to the Wooting since swapping switches from the Lekker L60s (v2) to the GEON Raws has been much more noticeable than I anticipated. I always like the L60s, more than the L45s which felt too light, so I never felt like I needed to try a different HE switch.

I picked up the Geon Raws (50g version) from KBDFans as the UK store I usually order from was on a pretty length pre-order - and they arrived inside a week! At the same time, I also swapped from a traditional gummy ring mount to using the new silicone friction fit pad that Wooting recently released and the two together have really made both the sound and feel such an improvement over what I was running before. The friction fit pad is definitely a little more tricky to get in place compared to a regular tray mount (or even a gasket mount or full gummy o-ring) but once you've got one side in then you can largely just apply pressure until the USB-C slot lines up.

It's definitely harder to get hall effect keyboards to sound and feel as nice as a typical mechanical keyboard would. I still think the sound and feel on my Bakeneko60 (with Gat Oil Kings) is my absolute holy grail but it's great that we're already starting to see improvements with hall effect switches. The Wooting board is just such a great gaming keyboard that I now will notice if I'm not using it for fps games so the more options we have to improve the sound and feel, the better.
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I really need to get my hands on some oil kings, I'm just so comfortable with my current setup that I don't know if I can be bothered lol!
 
jinxpad said:
I really need to get my hands on some oil kings, I'm just so comfortable with my current setup that I don't know if I can be bothered lol!
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Are you on a soldered board? It's always so much more effort to desolder every single switch to change that I don't think I ever bothered changing my soldered boards!

Oil Kings are really nice, I still find they need lubing to help with the feel but they didn't need switch films and the 'out the box' sound is on par/better than lubed Black Ink v2s. I also really like the 55g actuation force, definitely feel like the 50-60g point is my preference for a linear switch.
 
t2na said:
Are you on a soldered board? It's always so much more effort to desolder every single switch to change that I don't think I ever bothered changing my soldered boards!

Oil Kings are really nice, I still find they need lubing to help with the feel but they didn't need switch films and the 'out the box' sound is on par/better than lubed Black Ink v2s. I also really like the 55g actuation force, definitely feel like the 50-60g point is my preference for a linear switch.
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nah, hotswap forever, Im garbage with a soldering iron.
 
I find Milky Yellow VERY similar to Oil Kings....I tried both in my keyboard and currently have the Milky Yellows in, I like them so much I put them in my Nuphy Halo. The fact that they are like 1/3rd of the price make them great value.
 
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