I’m looking to buy a decent keyboard - nothing ridiculous as I’m not a keyboard enthusiast, but decent enough for regular use. In particular, I’m looking for something…

  • tkl or full size, nothing with a non-standard arrow key layout
  • Pink or pink and white (or white but cheap enough I can buy keycaps with it)
  • Quieter switches and shorter travel are perfered, but not a deal breaker
  • Available in Canada

Currently I’m mostly looking at the Razer BlackWidow V3 for $122 CAD. I’m not exactly a Razor fan, but the only competitve option I found was the Ducky One 3 TKL for $171 CAD. I’m sure the quality is better, and the hotswappable switches are very nice, but it lacks the backlight and the media controls while being $50 more expensive.

Is there a better option I’m missing, or a good reason to pick one or the other?

  • TwanHE@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    If you’re gonna use it for games I can’t recommend a Wooting 60HE or another hall effect switch keyboard enough. Having full control over the actuation and reset point makes it feel more responsive than any mechanical keyboard I had before.

    Not having a set point makes it so much more intuitive, moving downwards activates a key and moving upwards deactivates it. Instead of having to go past the hardware defined trigger point.

    • truxnell@infosec.pubEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Oh god I didn’t want to see this post. Been considering replacing my Ducky one ii and this sounds real sexy…

      How does it feel and respond outside twitch FPS? I’ve had many years on CS source/overwatch/TF2, but I play plenty of chill games of late so I’m not always desperate for reducing latency. Still sounds amazing

      • TwanHE@lemmy.world
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        32 minutes ago

        If it involves any vehicles being able to emulate a controller and actually being able to control your turning speed or engine power by how deep your pressing the keys is a godsend. Not having to rapidly tap A/D to do a shallow turn makes driving actually fun on MnK.

        Also being able to set certain keys u might fatfinger to a lower action point is really nice. Or desyncing activation and deactivation distance so you don’t accidentally release keys you need to hold for actions is great.

        It’s really how a keyboard for gaming should have always been imo in terms of options and tuning, especially with a fast you can change the settings through the website or app.