Best Value mech keyboard
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I picked up a Redragon K582 Surara (Otemu red switches) for £46 (you need to click to activate a voucher before adding to basket to get this price from the place I ordered it, and I think that's one per customer).
I'm so impressed with it that I just bought another one for my youngest son's birthday.
It's got really solid build quality, good lighting options, compact footprint, the keycaps seem good quality, and the switches feel really satisfying to use.
It's US layout, but I don't find that a drawback myself (I actually prefer the wider return key for touch-typing efficiency).
I'm so impressed with it that I just bought another one for my youngest son's birthday.
It's got really solid build quality, good lighting options, compact footprint, the keycaps seem good quality, and the switches feel really satisfying to use.
It's US layout, but I don't find that a drawback myself (I actually prefer the wider return key for touch-typing efficiency).
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I managed to bag a logitech g513 carbon from the bay £65 it was new sealed so it may be worth a try.
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I Bought a new HyperX Alloy FPS mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Brown switches. It has a Deutch keyboard layout, hence cheap price of £38.99 on an auction site.
Replacement UK keycap sets can be bought for as little as £7.99 at some places which will obviously change it into a UK layout. Overclockers do a very nice Glorious PC Gaming Race set of UK keycaps for £14.99.
This is probably the cheapest way to get hold of a good Cherry MX mechanical keyboard. Be careful when doing this though because some mechanical keyboards use non standard key sizes. Logitech and Corsair for example have a slightly longer spacebar (6.5) and a shorter windows key. So replacement keycap sets wont fit. Razer has an even longer spacebar (6.0) although the new Razer Blackwidow X Tournament Edition has a standard keycap set which is a step in the right direction. Ducky, HyperX, Das, Deck, WASD all have standard keycap sizes so replacement sets can be purchased easily and swapped over.
Surely one of the many reasons to buy a mechanical keyboard is the modular design so switches and keycaps can be replaced easily. Yet the leading brands dont let you do this? Crazy.
Replacement UK keycap sets can be bought for as little as £7.99 at some places which will obviously change it into a UK layout. Overclockers do a very nice Glorious PC Gaming Race set of UK keycaps for £14.99.
This is probably the cheapest way to get hold of a good Cherry MX mechanical keyboard. Be careful when doing this though because some mechanical keyboards use non standard key sizes. Logitech and Corsair for example have a slightly longer spacebar (6.5) and a shorter windows key. So replacement keycap sets wont fit. Razer has an even longer spacebar (6.0) although the new Razer Blackwidow X Tournament Edition has a standard keycap set which is a step in the right direction. Ducky, HyperX, Das, Deck, WASD all have standard keycap sizes so replacement sets can be purchased easily and swapped over.
Surely one of the many reasons to buy a mechanical keyboard is the modular design so switches and keycaps can be replaced easily. Yet the leading brands dont let you do this? Crazy.