Das keyboard - excellent for years and years.
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I was about to post this.
I'm on my 2nd blank one from them now.
No RGB, not even any print on the keys. So nice
I love the blank one. It's great for everyday use apart from passwords! Maybe I need to come up with longer word-based passwords with spaces so they're easier to type. https://xkcd.com/936/
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HHKB could be an option or not i use a laptop's keyboard as a main.
Ducky Origin
Keychron makes some. I've had two of their keyboards and love both of them.
Also have white led Keychrons. Both are K2s.
Loved them at first, overtime I’ve grown to strongly dislike the wasted key for the white backlight but they’re still great keyboards - especially for the price.
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Das keyboard? Keychron?
I've never really understood why people specifically avoid buying products with RGB lighting. You can usually just set it to a color you like, or simply turn them off. Instead people don't buy the thing they want because of the "obnoxious RGB". Imo it's like not wanting to buy a nice speaker because when you tried it at the store the volume was too high or you didn't like the sample track it played.
The RGB inevitably resets itself and turns back on. Some of them are easy to turn off. Others require software (malware) you have to explicitly install to turn off the RGB.
My desktop has a lovely feature where if I turn it off the RGB turns BACK ON. And it turns out my case is just the right angle for the RGB to shine into my face when I’m in bed.
So yes I will pay more money to not get RGB.
Any decent keyboard saves the rgb profile on the keyboard itself. My ducky, nuphy and any keychrons I've used never reset their rgb or macro settings.
My Keychrons do. They really don't like being connected to my dock or something and everyone once in a while they'll randomly reset themselves. The keychron just lets me hit the backlight down key, but if I've replaced their shitty ass factory keycaps with other ones then I don't know what that key combo is.
My keyboard at home has dip switches so I can just turn off the lights from there, and they will never turn back on. That is how it should be done, not software garbage.
That's unfortunate. A few of my co workers have keychrons and they disabled/set their back lights to a static colour and they've never had issues with it resetting.
My ducky keyboard has DIP switches and it's nice to be able to swap what I want from there.
Is that software available for every platform? Whenever I hear Gamer(tm) features, I assume that the crap customization software for Windows only. I like my mouse, but I can only customize the layout in Windows.
Many higher-end keyboards run QMK, which is a custom firmware you can modify to make all kinds of customizations to your keyboard. And the best part is that it requires no client software, it's all on-keyboard
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OpenRGB has support for a ton of devices; just make sure the keyboard is supported before buying it.
Yeah they are really helpful at night when it’s dark. Mine is just set to a solid amber color.
What sold me on RGB was when I learned that you can do more with it than just solid colors and rainbow vomit. You can actually use the lights as pixels, and display crude images that are actually visible if you use use enough lights and squint your eyes a bit.
When I first found out about that, I went from anti-RGB to RGB all the things in my latest build. RGB motherboard, RGB RAM, RGB AIO, RGB fans, RGB keyboard and mouse, RGB cables... Anything to increase the "pixel" count for a clearer image. I wanted to buy even more but then I ran out of RGB ports on the motherboard.
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From what I have experienced the obnoxious RGB lighting is just a settings option. They usually come with a few different types of settings. On my system, I just turn it so it blinks white after I push the button. Makes it nice to glance down and see if I hit the right key sometimes. Otherwise I never use the flashy colors or stuff except to show off to someone who hasnt seen it.
Unfortunately, many if not most RGB keyboards default to some sort of rainbow theme and require Windows or Mac software to adjust them. This is pretty crap for Linux users.
In addition, most keyboards have the option to just turn it off completely.
Check out https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/ They have a ton of non led-lit keyboards. I've ordered a few from them and their pricing and service is excellent.
Gotten two boards from them, great experience both times. Highly recommended
Ducky makes fantastic keyboards and some have no lights. For the ones with lights, you can turn them off.
You can just disable the lights?
The 8-bitdo keyboards are pretty solid choices without RGB, off the top of my head.
I'm using Logitech MX Mechanical Mini. It has nice subtle lavender white backlight. Other notable thing about it is, it's wireless and comes back after inactivity in fractions of second. Something many wireless mechanical keyboards struggle with.
I have a nice das for sale. You can't have my IBM model m though.
I bought one of the reproduction Model Ms and the only difference between it and my original is the case yellowing. It even has the steel plate in the bottom to give it heft. Buckling springs feel incredible and last forever. Only drawback is the noise.
I love the WASD Code it's just built like a workhorse. Their newer models have backlighting but it's all white, the only thing you can RGB is the 3 indicator LEDs (caps lock etc...) which are very discrete and personalizing them is entirely optional. No software, everything is done & stored on-board. They're pricy but usually they'll have some banger black friday or holiday sales.
You need to leave away the firstname "Gaming" from your search terms.
Filco is a typist's professional keyboard.
look around ebay for a Model M keyboard
I use a Cooler Master Masterkeys Pro M white LED board with MX Blue switches. It's nominally a gaming board but it's very subtle, the "It's a gaming product so it has to look like Gigatron's left knee cap" is held to a minimum. I mainly use the backlights in the "all keys lit" mode at its dimmest brightness or turned off.
Kinesis makes outstanding keyboards with no RGB. Keychron makes good keyboards that you can disable the RGB on.