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.

    • jcrabappleOP
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      511 months ago

      I love Keychron. I have a K2. Was thinking about a C1 Pro Custom. Only $80.

      • @2tone@lemmy.world
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        211 months ago

        So many options from them, really. You could also look at epomaker, and even Drop has a few options, but you’ll get most bang from Keychron

      • @papaya
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        211 months ago

        The first board that made me fall into this rabbit hole was a K2, it’s a great budget board! My friend has a C2 and is quite happy with it.

      • HidingCat
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        111 months ago

        Can’t really go wrong with that, if you like it, go for it!

    • EpicFailGuy
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      11 months ago

      @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
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        511 months 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”.

      • jcrabapple
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        111 months ago

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

      • jcrabappleOP
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        111 months ago

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

      • StarWatcherTim
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        111 months 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.