MK2016

[klikkyklik]

I can't be the only one that instantly fell in love with this color scheme.

Anyone familiar with this board? Thick PBT keycaps, Cherry blue, brown, or red. It's apparently a rebranded Ducky. Currently $120 with free shipping from mechanicalkeyboards.com.

Any opinions?

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https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/in ... ail&p=1504

A review on KeyChatter:

https://www.keychatter.com/2015/12/14/r ... om-mk2016/

[zslane]

No you're not the only one. I fell in love with a more infamous variation from history: Space Cadet.

[klikkyklik]

Yep, you're right - I knew I'd seen that pattern somewhere!

[andrewjoy]

It is a nice colour scheme.

I have some very similar grey caps but not the blue.

[klikkyklik]

I haven't been much of a big keycap nerd (yet?), but have to say that when I see some interesting key color combinations pop up on Massdrop, I regret not having a standard-layout Cherry board to put them on. I need another keyboard like I need a hole in the head, but I'm having troubles trying to resist this one. I think I'm going to have to quit looking at it until after Christmas to see if I feel the same way about it.

Although... the only PBT keycaps I've experienced are from an AEK II (now on a Dell AT101W) and my Realforce. To use them on a Cherry (blue) would be a new experience for me.

See? Talking myself into it. This damn hobby is more like a disease!

[Khers]

It looks almost exactly like my first mech in recent years, the Ducky Shine 2 to which I added Ducky's blue/grey PBT-caps. Though mine were of the rather weird etched variety rather than the arguably prettier dye subbed ones.

[klikkyklik]

You have good taste!

[Khers]

You're too kind!

The stuff on MD can sometimes be quite enticing, but the fact that I, like you, don't own a standard layout Cherry-keyboard has saved me a bit of money.

I do tend to pile up on keycaps I don't need though. So, despite needing a new keyboard about as much as most people on here, I actually need a Cherry keyboard to use as a display case.

[klikkyklik]

Considering that the Realforce didn't originally have a PBT space bar because of distortion/warping that can occur with that material, I figured that maybe this thing had an ABS space bar too; however I just got a response from the GM of MK and it is indeed PBT.

[zslane]

Here's my Filco with Round 4 SPH on it (along with a red Esc key cribbed from PuLSE). This will one day be replaced with a white Varmilo with Round 5a Space Cadet, but I just love the blue and gray colorway, especially with white double-shot legends. So tasty.

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I only have MX-equipped keyboards because for me, keyboards are merely vessels to hold beautiful SP keycaps. Maybe some day CM will produce a full ANSI 104 version of the NovaTouch with properly silenced sliders, but until then I'm an MX red switch devotee and an SP spherical keycap junkie.

[klikkyklik]

Nice, man- that looks sweet.