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Where did all the keyboard kits go? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by pineapple@lemmy.ml to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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I took a break from mechanical keyboards because I had a keyboard I was happy with. Now I need another for a second desk and it seems like all the keyboards people recommend now are fully pre-built.

This doesn't make sense to me, I really like the ability to chose my switches and keycaps (especially my keycaps). I don't see why you would get a keyboard that already has these when the first thing your going to do is replace them.

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[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Epomaker th40

Yeah that's one cheap board, rapidly entering the price point that it would be given away in a box of cereal. The detour I ordered last year wa

[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 1 points 30 minutes ago* (last edited 30 minutes ago)

Yeah that’s one cheap board

For what I'd be getting it seems like a really good deal, 2.4ghz wireless and Bluetooth. Sounds good too (imo). It also has two pre-lubed linear switch options but they both seem very similar. It's a plastic case but I don't have a huge issue with that, and at this price point a metal case is just impossible.

Perhaps the cheapness of switches shows how much we are being scammed on keycaps. Maybe keycaps are just expensive because of the group by system and most keycaps being produced in relatively small batches.