Comments on Profile Post by Biodegraded

I still haven’t figured out why or how there is a market for custom super keyboards. I didn’t know that was a thing and have no idea why it is.

Artisanal keycaps make even less sense to me. Most of them look like they'd hurt my fingers.

This is aiming for the neckbeard market.

I got into mech boards recently and it's just a lot less strain to type on. Also the sonic+tactile aspects can be tweaked a great deal which I believe adds to appeal. Same with aesthetics.

It's not that different from IEM audio jewelry, really. Which is part of why it makes sense for Drop to be in both markets.

Mechanical keyboards are fun because the whole neighborhood can hear when I type. I like the feel way better but that's it. No custom keys or anything special, just a basic mech keyboard.

I have a Japanese keyboard with variable weight switches (35-50 grams). I use this tool for 8-12 hours a day, so having something so ridiculously tailored to me makes sense.

@Biodegraded - Lots of people are touch typists that are fine with blank keycaps. They would be fine with some artistic mods

@rhythmdevils - I've been dabbling in the community a bit and I can see why.

1. Keyboards are one component that doesn't need constant upgrades. Anything else can be outdated within a few years

2. Like a preamp, keyboards are the one component you regularly interact with.

3. For writers/coders that spend 90% of their time typing, it makes the process enjoyable. Either with feedback, keycap profile and sound.

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4. Programmability of keyboards. If you are an editor or photographer, you probably would like macro keys to access features you use often instead of memorizing key combos

5. non-standard layouts. Smaller, bigger, split, ortholinear, rotary encoders are all possible

100% hate the fact that it's impossible to simply buy normal looking, good keycaps on demand. Instead you have to wait 18 months and get a set that would be normal except the ESC key is purple and the function keys are replaced by anime flowers.

@Garns - I think kbdfans is pretty good about having cheapish keycaps in stock. here is one set

https://kbdfans.com/collections/keycaps/products/cherry-profile-wob-bow-pbt-doubleshot-keycaps

Haha, thanks, that's where I bought from in the end (this was last year). Still exhausting though... "These ones look good! Oh, they're in Russian". Finally ended up just buying blanks to avoid having to scroll through any more pages.