Post the ugliest keyboards you've seen!

davkol · 04 Apr 2018, 20:59

This atrocity is fun too, thanks Colemak forum for reminding me:

Blaise170 · 04 Apr 2018, 21:02

TheInverseKey · 04 Apr 2018, 21:08

Oof That is terrible and should be condemned.

digital_matthew · 04 Apr 2018, 21:13

I actually think it's pretty cool looking. But no way am I spending time to learn that layout.

depletedvespene · 04 Apr 2018, 21:19

davkol wrote: ↑This atrocity is fun too, thanks Colemak forum for reminding me:...

That's not ugly — it's, instead, ill-designed, but that's a different issue.

Now, let's find an vomit-Artisan filled version of that! Or better not...

Blaise170 · 04 Apr 2018, 21:29

Very few artisans actually look good to me. The only one that I've seen that I really love are these:

Findecanor · 04 Apr 2018, 21:38

Blaise170 wrote: ↑That thing is hideous! Especially having this logo on it!

There is a special place in hell for people who would put that logo on an innocent keyboard.

davkol wrote: ↑Reddit strikes again.

I have a feeling that that choice of keys is more out of necessity than an intentional style choice.

TheInverseKey · 04 Apr 2018, 21:39

Blaise170 wrote: ↑Very few artisans actually look good to me. The only one that I've seen that I really love are these:

They are still practical and look nice so I myself wouldn't mind them. The problem with artisans is that they cost wayyyyyy to much to justify it for me.

jihadu · 04 Apr 2018, 21:55

True, but if it was for the cost alone, I would never justify buying anything other than Tai-hao caps

fohat · 05 Apr 2018, 03:09

Blaise170 wrote: ↑Very few artisans actually look good to me. The only one that I've seen that I really love are these:

Those are truly beautiful.

davkol · 05 Apr 2018, 12:41

Elrick · 05 Apr 2018, 13:00

fohat wrote: ↑
Blaise170 wrote: ↑Very few artisans actually look good to me. The only one that I've seen that I really love are these:

Those are truly beautiful.

Agreed, truly detailed and really amazing fitting all of that into a single Key-cap, yet you'll still have those spending $1200+USD on a single old Click-clack

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green-squid · 05 Apr 2018, 13:06

I think grab bag vomit keyboards can look pretty good if they're done right IMO. If I had the money for one of those grab bags, I'd love to get one!

Blaise170 · 06 Apr 2018, 15:54

I actually sold a bunch of "grab bags" last year with old keys that I didn't use anymore. Not sure where they are now, but I wasn't going to use them anyways so meh.

digital_matthew · 06 Apr 2018, 21:46

davkol wrote: ↑

Does orihalcon make a USB converter for that?

snacksthecat · 07 Apr 2018, 01:26

I maked this

codemonkeymike · 07 Apr 2018, 02:25

snacksthecat wrote: ↑I maked this

Looks fine to me

green-squid · 07 Apr 2018, 23:04

Drclick wrote: ↑
Wodan wrote: ↑Did anyone save a link to that molested MX5000?
this one?

Spoiler:

photos-f62/cherry-5000haade-t18218.html?hilit=MX%205000

FXT · 08 Apr 2018, 17:34

Looking at Reddit is basically cheating. That site just seems to draw in people with horrendously bad taste. I found this in under a minute of scrolling through/r/mechanicalkeyboards

samuelcable · 08 Apr 2018, 17:41

FXT wrote: ↑Looking at Reddit is basically cheating. That site just seems to draw in people with horrendously bad taste. I found this in under a minute of scrolling through/r/mechanicalkeyboards

I will never, ever understand novelty/artisan caps that let you see the stem, I just find it horribly ugly.

and I agree I've seen enough ugly artisan filled keebs on the subreddit to last a life time

depletedvespene · 08 Apr 2018, 18:25

FXT wrote: ↑Looking at Reddit is basically cheating.

Perhaps we should split the "anti-pimped" category I proposed earlier into two: non-reddit and reddit.

Sadly, your entry is mild, compared to the hideousness that can be found over there.

FXT · 08 Apr 2018, 18:52

I will agree that it's mild in comparison to some of the boards that were posted in this thread, but it's still pretty hideous. It's got way too many artisans, a bunch of mismatched colors/caps, and perhaps worst of all it has a flipped spacebar. That trend needs to die already. It's not more ergonomic and it looks stupid.

davkol · 08 Apr 2018, 21:54

On that topic, I was recently browsing older posts in the Geekhack media subforum, mainly in the What did you add to your Keyboard today? thread, and the keyboards and keysets back in ~2014 somehow looked more tasteful than what I usually see these days. Like, as if there was more attention to detail, when there were only vintage keycaps and much fewer group buys with simpler color themes.

Elrick · 09 Apr 2018, 01:50

samuelcable wrote: ↑ I agree I've seen enough ugly artisan filled keebs on the subreddit to last a life time

Don't forget to add Geekhack here as well, they seem to attract supreme 'Fugliness' on a grand scale

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Blaise170 · 09 Apr 2018, 17:28

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200 ... =824&kw=lg

Myoth · 09 Apr 2018, 17:31

Blaise170 wrote: ↑http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200 ... =824&kw=lg

I don't even have to click on the like to know who this is from ...

depletedvespene · 09 Apr 2018, 17:47

I thought this thread was for ugly keyboards, not molested keyboards...

pansku · 09 Apr 2018, 17:47

I don't recognise the seller but is it from the guy with the ruined 5251 or from the person with the purple plate F107?

Blaise170 · 09 Apr 2018, 18:01

depletedvespene wrote: ↑I thought this thread was for ugly keyboards, not molested keyboards...

Well in this case it's both.

j0d1 · 09 Apr 2018, 18:41

pansku wrote: ↑I don't recognise the seller but is it from the guy with the ruined 5251 or from the person with the purple plate F107?

I am intrigued, I want to see those keyboards but I don't find anything with the search feature, do you have links nearby?