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surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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HEY NONG MAN posted:

what's a quick way to clean up my PBT keys without popping them all off? baby wipes?

I'm moving from a dirty lab area into a clean office area and I don't want people to think I'm a filthy lab rat.

baby wipes poked in between the keys with a coffee stick or something, with either a good vacuum or compressed air blast. obviously, if there's a contaminant concern, strip the keys and wash everything with mild soap

honestly i'd just pop the caps and soap everything, last time i did it the actual work was about 20 minutes excluding whatever time spent forgetting i had stuff soaking. grab a $5 wire key puller if you don't have one already, you can work much faster than with those cheap plastic rings

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JewKiller 3000
Nov 28, 2006

by Lowtax
suck it up and pop em off, then isopropyl alcohol

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
a quick way of cleaning them without popping them off, like the two posters above me have highlighted, is to pop them off and extensively clean everything

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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reminder that sa ashen is live and has ~5 days left on it's timer. a legit good set i own and vouch for, pretty much the cheapest way you can get into sa caps:
https://en.zfrontier.com/collections/keysets/products/maxkey-ashen

sa oblivion is about to kick off, many configs to choose from. basic tkl kit runs about $90, full size ansi $120:
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-x-oblotzky-sa-oblivion-custom-keycap-set

yellow borders
Jan 7, 2010

HEY NONG MAN posted:

what's a quick way to clean up my PBT keys without popping them all off? baby wipes?

dryer sheets

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
no the dryer sheets go on top

DR FRASIER KRANG
Feb 4, 2005

"Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?
I'm a millennial I don't buy that poo poo

hifi
Jul 25, 2012

has anyone played around with the new realforce? programmable actuation depth

hifi
Jul 25, 2012

also $200 so i think that's the cheapest realforce branded keyboard

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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last call for sa ashen

https://en.zfrontier.com/collections/keysets/products/maxkey-ashen

Necronomoticon
Aug 14, 2007

Millennial 80's business guy
I sold my POK3R RGB on eBay and bought a Topre Realforce 87U weighted at 55g. It's nice. Although it's hard to read the legends in my dim rear end studio apartment. I'll be bringing it to the office once my K-Type comes in.

JewKiller 3000
Nov 28, 2006

by Lowtax
congrats on your rubber dome non-mechanical keyboard :smugbert:

Necronomoticon
Aug 14, 2007

Millennial 80's business guy
thanks, it feels great living in our neotokyo cyberpunk futur, bithc

KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD
Jul 7, 2012

That looks wicked good too bad its missing tenkey

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:

That looks wicked good too bad its missing tenkey

it's not though, this is what's in the box:




maxkey opted out of doing subsets of alphas, modifiers & numpads and all the sets ship with the same 119/127 (the same 8 lovely novelties may or may not be included) keys

pram
Jun 10, 2001
no command and opt makes it no go friendo

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

no SUPER HYPER META RUB OUT no buys

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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pram posted:

no command and opt makes it no go friendo

iirc round 5/6 didn't either though

Luigi Thirty posted:

no SUPER HYPER META RUB OUT no buys

yeah that and the idiot arrow keys kinda piss me off, but lol @ trying to source an actual round 5 set these days
https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/59hmhk/vn_h_sa_round_5_sa_calm_depth_jelly_r1_binge_hws/

pram
Jun 10, 2001

surebet posted:

iirc round 5/6 didn't either though

you recall WRONG bitch

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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man, it's such a shame 7bit is loving up to a point where round 7 is pretty much dead :(

Roosevelt
Jul 18, 2009

I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.

that board would look so amazingly great if only it had a numbers pad

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug
looks like my new ergodox infinity with cherry blues arrived, just need to find a place with power and a soldering iron to assemble it

Rooney McNibnug
Sep 2, 2008

"Life always hopes. When a definite object cannot be outlined, the indomitable spirit of hope still impels the living mass to move toward something--something that shall somehow be better."
If I wanted to buy a mechanical keyboard with cherry keys (black, preferred) for office use on a tight budget, what should I be looking at these days?

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

Rooney McNibnug posted:

If I wanted to buy a mechanical keyboard with cherry keys (black, preferred) for office use on a tight budget, what should I be looking at these days?

look at getting your employer to pay for office equipment

Rooney McNibnug
Sep 2, 2008

"Life always hopes. When a definite object cannot be outlined, the indomitable spirit of hope still impels the living mass to move toward something--something that shall somehow be better."

Cocoa Crispies posted:

look at getting your employer to pay for office equipment

yeah, its gonna be bought by them, but they're fickle - thus "budget"

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

If you're getting it for an office blue switches are a must

post hole digger
Mar 21, 2011

Captain Foo posted:

If you're getting it for an office clear switches are a must

post hole digger
Mar 21, 2011

i just bought a wasd code keyboard with brown switches. seems pretty nice.

hifi
Jul 25, 2012

Rooney McNibnug posted:

If I wanted to buy a mechanical keyboard with cherry keys (black, preferred) for office use on a tight budget, what should I be looking at these days?

probably rosewill

Rooney McNibnug
Sep 2, 2008

"Life always hopes. When a definite object cannot be outlined, the indomitable spirit of hope still impels the living mass to move toward something--something that shall somehow be better."
I got a brown rosewill, thanks. Time to clack it when someone comes by to ask me a question

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Roosevelt posted:

that board would look so amazingly great if only it had a numbers pad

no one is perfect but pram is close

close but no cigar

There Will Be Penalty
May 18, 2002

Makes a great pet!

Captain Foo posted:

If you're getting it for an office spring beam switches are a must

sadnessboner
Feb 20, 2006
It's no coincidence that something awful and a profile share the abbreviation '"SA"' because they are both truly something awful

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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Captain Foo posted:

If you're getting it for an office spring beam switches are a must and also try to find a first gen model with a solenoid clicker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNRH1ULmbNA&t=6m57s

it's legit worth it to just start watching this from the beginning

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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holy poo poo he made a new beamspring video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qw6ebySet0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qw6ebySet0&t=15m5s <- just the typing sounds

Instant Grat
Jul 31, 2009

Just add
NERD RAAAAAAGE

surebet posted:

holy poo poo he made a new beamspring video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qw6ebySet0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qw6ebySet0&t=15m5s <- just the typing sounds

im hard

Dodoman
Feb 26, 2009



A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret
Lipstick Apathy
the spacebar sounds terrible

every other sound though :jackbud:

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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maxkey sa version of good ol' hella loud miami maiami:



https://kbdfans.myshopify.com/collections/maxkey/products/maxkey-miami-sa-keycaps

aesthetics

Instant Grat
Jul 31, 2009

Just add
NERD RAAAAAAGE
fuuuuuck, that's sexy

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Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

That owns

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