Please suggest nominees for the Best regular keyboard or keyboard family in 2012. Only full size keyboards. You have to give a short motivation for each suggestion. It is not a requirement that the keyboard was released in 2012. If you think a vintage keyboard was the best, you can suggest it.
Current suggestions (this list is frequently updated):
IBM Model F family
Cherry G80-3000
Cherry G80-1800
Cherry G80-2551
Ducky Shine
WASD v1
IBM Model M
[Call for nominees] Best regular keyboard 2012
- webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
- DT Pro Member: 0000
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- bhtooefr
- Location: Newark, OH, USA
- Main keyboard: TEX Shinobi
- Main mouse: TrackPoint IV
- Favorite switch: IBM Selectric (not a switch, I know)
- DT Pro Member: 0056
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Model F 122-key. Layout that's still useful 29 years later, durable construction (except the top case), one of the best feeling keyboards ever, and extremely useful with Soarer's converter.
- Ascaii
- The Beard
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Main keyboard: CM Novatouch, g80-1851
- Main mouse: Corsair M65
- Favorite switch: Ergo clears, Topre
- DT Pro Member: 0019
Cherry G80-3000...the standard. Still one of my first recommendations to anyone wanting to get into mechanical keyboards.
Cherry g80-1800...my absolute favorite "full-size", everything is there, but it is still compact. I really wish there were more keyboards that took this kind of an approach.
Cherry g80-1800...my absolute favorite "full-size", everything is there, but it is still compact. I really wish there were more keyboards that took this kind of an approach.
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- Location: Belgium, land of Liberty Wafles and Freedom Fries
- Main keyboard: G80-3K with Clears
- Favorite switch: Capacitative BS
- DT Pro Member: 0049
Model F XT - noisy, crisp feedback, completely remappable thanks to Soarer's excellent converter and relatively small distance between main section and mouse.
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- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- DT Pro Member: 0011
Some of you might oppose this, but...
I would like to nominate Ducky Shine, simply because it is a no-nonsense keyboard with backlighting and 6-KRO available in several ISO layouts, and in several switch variants.
It does not look over-the-top like some gaming keyboards do, it does not have a glossy surface and is not overpriced.
Ducky sets the standard for what a modern mechanical keyboard should be like.
I would like to nominate Ducky Shine, simply because it is a no-nonsense keyboard with backlighting and 6-KRO available in several ISO layouts, and in several switch variants.
It does not look over-the-top like some gaming keyboards do, it does not have a glossy surface and is not overpriced.
Ducky sets the standard for what a modern mechanical keyboard should be like.
- Acanthophis
- Location: Germany
- DT Pro Member: -
WASD v1.
manufactured by Costar, fully customisable keycaps in different colours, different fonts, and choice of custom graphics.
Also great customer support.
manufactured by Costar, fully customisable keycaps in different colours, different fonts, and choice of custom graphics.
Also great customer support.
- webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
- DT Pro Member: 0000
- Contact:
XT? AT? Both? I think I'll combine the F 122 key, XT, etc. in the Model F family unless one objects.