I bought my first mechanical keyboard last March, the Corsair K68, and liked the upgrade to Cherry Red switches from membrane. However, within 6 months the supporting stem on the D key cap crumbled and had to be replaced (via slow post from China). Now, just a few months later my left Control key had also broken too, and thanks to the Chinese New Year I'm likely to be waiting 3 to 4 weeks (from first request) for a replacement. It's crazy to be replacing a keyboard that's not even a year old but it seems that's what I have to do as Corsair seem to think replacing key cap after cap is the way to go. That has left me feeling incredibly disappointed in the brand and I doubt I'll be buying from them again....
That being the case what would be a good alternative with the same Cherry Red switches that isn't going to fall apart on me? The K68 has media buttons so that's a bonus but I'd like to keep it around the same price (i.e around or under £100).
* the problem with both keys is that the column that the switch inserts into has crumbled on one side leading to it collapsing into the keyboard.
That being the case what would be a good alternative with the same Cherry Red switches that isn't going to fall apart on me? The K68 has media buttons so that's a bonus but I'd like to keep it around the same price (i.e around or under £100).
* the problem with both keys is that the column that the switch inserts into has crumbled on one side leading to it collapsing into the keyboard.