Well I fell down the custom keyboard world.

[$anch3z]

Lubed the stalisers in my Q1, with the new Lemon switches and OMG, I think i found the sound I have been looking for. It does come at a hefty cost though from all the experimenting with switches lol

The keyboard rabbit hole can be a bit pricey, I have managed to stop with custom 75%, 80% or tkl and a 98% oh and another keychron tkl I keep in work.

As for switches, I got lucky with finding gateron yellows in my first keyboard, I have different switches in every board but settled on the weight and linear type.

Keycaps have been one of more expensive outlays, down to my poor taste and indecision

 

[Raymond Lin]

The keyboard rabbit hole can be a bit pricey, I have managed to stop with custom 75%, 80% or tkl and a 98% oh and another keychron tkl I keep in work.

As for switches, I got lucky with finding gateron yellows in my first keyboard, I have different switches in every board but settled on the weight and linear type.

Keycaps have been one of more expensive outlays, down to my poor taste and indecision

I think the most "waste of money" switches have been the Oil Kings, they come with a good reputation but I don't think they are really all that....for one thing, it blocks the RGB. I mean it is fine if your board don't have RGB or don't like RGB but it blocks it in a way that I can still see a hint of it so a bit in between. Also, the difference between it and the Milky Yellow were small (to me), vs the price difference and the milky yellow allow RGB to come through.

For tactiles, I have tried the Holy Pandas and I even tried a set of silent switches. I think these Lemon Yellows are going to be my go to now, it isn't THAT tactile, the force required isn't much, only a little. It feels almost like linear hence I was a bit surprised when they turned up because when i tried it in the store I didn't think they were tactile. But the weight of them (55g) is perfect and together with my board and keycaps, this home board is DONE.

I now move onto a work one.