It’s a curse. But a satisfyingly clicky one.
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I need to replace my Halo True’s. Might be worth a try then!
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Anything will feel like that after Cherry blues tbh lol. I have an old cooler master board with those and man they are bad.
Cherry blues ain’t bad, but I’d been using them since like 09ish. So there’s definitely just a lot of familiarity bias there. It’s sorta funny how blues used to be in literally every gaming keyboard. Really that’s the only reason I started using them LOL.
I used a Model M for a while and figured nothing else would even come close to the feeling of buckling springs, but sheesh the box jades at least imo do a good job at it. Model M is so sick but if you actually need NKRO it’s sorta useless unfortunately.
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Mine could be from a bad batch or something, I have heard of Cherry having issues with newer switches being more scratchy compared to vintage stuff. Mine would be like 2016-ish switches.
Anyways while I used them I thought they were great, but I recently found that board in a closet and they just felt so unsmooth and wobbly.
I think newer mechanical keyboard users just have way higher standards, as opposed to yours having been a bad batch or anything. Nobody used to care about wobbling, lubing switches was viewed as a pointless meme, and if you bottomed out after a keystroke that meant your typing was bad.
I don’t think blues are that bad personally, but I think I’m also just admitting that I have no standards or frame of reference for modern stuff when I say that LOL.
the box jade is very different than the halo true, i love the halo trues and the box jades. the jades have lighter springs, and if you want something very tactile and aggressively clicky the jades are incredible
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Lighter AND tactile??? I’m so down! Gonna have to swap some.
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the clickbar mechanism that the box switches use are so great for tactility, and the jade have a thicker click bar than normal so its even more pronounced.
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It would be a long time before I seriously considered buying, but suggestions are welcome.
I’d be interested in one with the following:
- TKL or 100% ANSI layout
- Single-color back lighting (though I wouldn’t turn down full RGB)
- Tactile switches (a definitive ‘click’ feel without being overly loud - brown switches?)
- solid keys (i.e. don’t feel loose or sound completely hollow)
- stable base that won’t flop all over my desk while typing
- price tag ≤ $50
- Single-color key caps w/ legends preferred (just no blanks)
The Surefire Kingpin M2 looked really good, but idk if the red/linear switches would be different enough from my current membrane keyboard. It did have some nice features though, like a metal front-panel and braided USB cable.
Thanks for this. The real hardcore mechanical keyboard enthusiasts are always EXTREMELY picky. It’s a real princess and the pea community. They are basically almost never happy with any new switch that comes out complaining of ‘scratchiness’, or wobble or not tactile enough etc. It’s borderline insane. I found it to be a community where the idea was the pickier you are about absolutely every aspect of your keyboard (especially sound (get those hollow sounding spacebars away from me 
)) as well as the larger sum you spent on it, the better you were. Ridiculous.
I agree that Cherry blues aren’t bad at all. They are fine switches. I also feel the same way about Cherry browns which everyone knows has a legendary status of being ridiculed. They are just fine. Absolutely shocking, I know!
I got out of that enthusiast community realky fast after purchasing a couple of boards I was happy with - one for home and one for work.
I really like a good mechanical keyboard, but its not a great hobby and the community is generally a bit ridiculous.
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yeah i used to like the idea of getting fancy high end mechanical keyboards
but i have actually bought 2 identical consumer ones, one for work and one for home
they are both keychron v series tkl , the work one has a few macros, and cherry silents to be considerate to colleagues
I cant imagine ever “upgrading” now other than to possibly just get some nice looking pbt keycaps
no shade to people who like the fancy ones, its a cool hobby, but just like yoyos the price to performance ratio rapidly decreases after you spend a hundred dollars/pounds/euros or so
so if its your hobby go wild, but if you just want one thats good, dont feel that you are missing out on not having loads of blingy ones
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Idk, I just really dislike them. I am definitely not an enthusiast.
Also kind of a silly point to make on this forum considering how minor the differences between high end yoyos are
Oh mate, I am not having a go at you! It’s perfectly fine not to like certain switch.
It was basically a vent about the ridiculous elitism in the hobby overall.
There is a difference betwen yoyo as a hobby and keyboards. Yoyos are far more about what you do with it. Actual skills and creativity. It’s not a simple input device.
Yes you are right about high end yoyos for the most part. I suppose it depends on what you categorize as high end.
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I really like Keychron. I think they are the best value overall for mechanical keyboards.
I didn’t mean to sound so defensive 
I do agree though, I love collecting, so I try to stay away from hobbies that are purely consumerism so I can at least kinda justify it. Sneakers are by far the worst one I dipped my toes in.
And I guess relatively minor, I can definitely tell the difference between my yoyos, but there’s definitely a lot of overlap in my collection from a functional perspective.
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I have 3, my first, nearly 10 year old Corsair with browns. I also have a more modern steelseries that I got for free and repaired (it had a broken cable) with some kind of software programmable mechanical keys where you could set the travel before it triggers and stuff like that.
My favorite though, is a cheap little blue AJazz K620T I got for 20 bucks in its box at goodwill. It has switches that are tactile and clicky (but not really loud) and they just feel great. They’re just called Ajazz Blue Switch, but my friend has a switch sampler thing that has a grid of like 30-40 different switches and it felt closest to the Kailh Pro light greens.
I would like to make or buy a split board someday, and I do miss having a numpad and normal arrow keys just a little bit. Not that much though lol
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yeah defo miss a numpad here when i have to work in excel,
might need to solder one up as a fun project
the dream wpuld be a left numpad board, but they are generally quite expensive and rare or hard to find cap sets for
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External num pad might be good. I know I need one for work. I love my CTRL High Profile, but I miss the num pad when I’m doing data entry.
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