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Looking for nice budget keyboard (dmv.pub)

submitted 1 year ago by jcrabapple@dmv.pub to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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I want to buy a new mech board but not looking to drop a lot of money on it. What's the best pre-built budget mech keyboard you've ever tried? ~$100 or less.

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[–] EpicFailGuy@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

@2tone

@jcrabapple

This is a personal choice. I've had Keychron and theyr'e very good entry level .. but I DESPISE the fact that they have Bluetooth only. The fact that you have to press a key to wake the keeb up and then wait 2-3 seconds for Bluetooth to pair before you start typing bothers me to no end.

I ended up selling mine to buy a RoyalKludge one which is an amazon clone ... it's pretty much the same thing but it has a 2.5GHZ dongle that doesn't have that same delay.

It also has RGB LEDs programmable software, hot swappable switches and it costs under a hundo ....

Been using it for 2 years now, very happy with it.

[–] mctit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I really think those Amazon brands would see noticeable sales improvement if they paid a native English speaker $10 to come up with a better name than "Royal Kludge".

[–] ethman42@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What are you talking about? All of my keychron boards have a hard wired connection and Bluetooth

[–] StarWatcherTim@dmv.pub 1 points 1 year ago

I agree, my current daily driver is a Keychron and so far I haven't had a problem with the Bluetooth when I use it. I use it wired most of the time but a 2.5Ghz dongle would be fantastic.

I just saw the Royal Kludge RK918 today and it looks just like the out of production Anker keyboard I have. It is solidly built and looks great. The only drawback I see is it appears to be like the Anker in that it is a hardwired cable, no customizing with aviator cable or such. Not all RK keyboard are like this and many have the dongle like yours.

[–] jcrabapple@dmv.pub 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not worried about that because I hard wire my keyboards anyway.

[–] jcrabapple@artemis.camp 1 points 1 year ago

Hmm I don't think you're using the right Keychron boards. Mine has USB.

[–] Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago

My Keychron has a dongle, although it was one of their more costly models.