I'm a huge mechanical keyboard enthusiast, and for some reason my family and friends just don't understand my love for keyboards. But that's their problem, I suppose. I view it as a hobby and something that I can enjoy while bringing practical benefits to my computer experience.
What kind of keyboard do you have? Do you care as much as me or do you not understand? If you don't understand, then I understand because it is an odd thing to be obsessed about, in a way. :)
Anyway, here are mine:
From top to bottom, I have the Rosewill RK-9100 with Cherry MX Blues. I want to sell this one and get another 100% board, mostly because it's not a high-quality board and it has an abnormal layout with the left modifiers. It was my first mech and provided a good introduction to the world of mechanical keyboards, but I need a more substantial resident for my desktop.
Then the CM Storm QuickFire Rapid Keyboard with Cherry MX Greens. This keyboard is nice, but I just can't get in to the Greens, making it my least-used keyboard. I also want to sell this one and get a different 80%.
On the bottom comes the V60 with Cherry MX Clears. This keyboard is my newest and I use it mostly with my laptop, and I will be using it for all things portable. I haven't used it with my desktop yet, and this is mostly because of an incredibly annoying wobble due to uneven pads on the bottom, and I haven't figured out a good enough solution for it yet (I did find that the thickness of a credit card is just enough to make the board completely flat). This one will be staying with me for a while, and I'm going to hopefully customize it quite a lot with a custom case, though I haven't quite figured out what I want for the keycaps.
I just recently got a Corsair K70 with MX Cherry Reds and all I can say is wow. I've never owned a mechanical keyboard and the difference is astounding. The only problem I run into is accidentally hitting the "A" key when I'm gaming since I have a habit of resting the weight of my hand on my ring finger. Not a huge problem and it's just something I need to get use to. All and all I am hooked on mechanical keyboards and will be using them from here on out.
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I have a QFR with mx blues and PBT blanks. Working on a custom ergo clear board.
I'm a complete novice in the whole mechanical keyboard world, but I got a Razer Black Widow Ultimate, and I love the feel of it. I feel like my typing is so much better on there. Right now, I'm using a laptop, and the thing just feels so foreign to me. I love the clicks. I love how the thing has a distinct feel when I press down on a button.
Since I've been streaming on Twitch, I really want to eventually get something a bit quieter, because it sounds like I'm hitting one of those dog clickers over and over sometimes.
I hope to eventually get something something else if my streams start picking up or this thing breaks. Typing on a membrane or laptop (I think they're at least a hybrid or something weird) just feels weird for me now. I will probably ascend to a custom build later on. Hopefully something a bit quieter.
I have two identical Leopold tenkeyless with Cherry MX Browns; one for home and one for work. Feels like blue switches, but with much less clicky-clicky.
As for the layout, it's compact without being squished like laptop keyboards, *shudder*. Arrow keys and the other navigation keys get their own space without being in the way.
I'm a huge fan of the 80% or 100% boards as well, but my V60 is pretty nifty as well. It just takes a lot more getting used to having everything important on a second layer.
Also, about the browns: is the tactile bump slightly squishy compare to a blue? I feel like even without the distinct click, blues have a much more sharp bump, but browns feel slightly less pronounced in their bump.
I haven't used blues long enough to answer that question, but I would definitely say that the bump is not terribly pronounced. I have been away from my mechanical keyboard for about two months now (moving and no work) and I know when I get back to it I'll be bottoming out the keys every time. But it's enough so that once you get used to it you can use it properly and comfortably, which is the whole point.
The thing about the smaller boards is that they just feel more cramped, even if you actually have the same size keys—but that's obviously just personal preference.
I rock the simplest mech's there is, i suppose. Cherry MX-Board 3.0 with MX-browns. My first choice, because I am a broke student mainly. Also, it is a very basic, but high quality board. In the end features like backlight, RGB-colors, anti-ghosting and n-key rollover are nice features, only that I simply do not need them. I rarely push more than three keys at a time, ever.