• rockstarmode@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    For my daily drivers I have a pair of Kinesis Advantage 2’s, purchased in 2007, still kicking.

    A couple of years ago I hit up their email support with what I thought was a stuck key. They (correctly) diagnosed it as a failing switch, helped me identify another that was failing, they figured out that I’m handy with a soldering iron, and mailed me a handful of new switches and other swag free of charge.

    $370/ea 18 years ago, and I’m pretty sure they MSRP for the same price today.

    Nearly all of the labels have worn off of the keys. I never mounted the fabric palm pads, and the plastic palm areas are now mirror polished from use. I also modded them both with a Thinkpad style nub mouse.

    Things I’d change, but given I’m pretty good at modding and haven’t done them they are relatively minor:

    • Less clicky switches for the one I take to work. I already tend to pound the keys, and I make a noticable racket on the rare occasions I’m in the office.
    • USB-C connections, including PD on the built in hub
    • Qi2 wireless charging in the blank gap in the middle
    • A smarter programmable controller like the the nice!nanos on my corne

    I’m seriously considering a DataHand-like keeb like the Svalboard

  • looopTools@programming.dev
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    1 day ago

    At the moment 369USD and 379USD I have two Kinesis Advantage2 LF one with cherry browns and one for work in office with cherry quiet red

  • $40, Red Dragon, and it came with a mouse pad, mouse, and headset.

    The mouse is super basic and the headset was garbage, but the keyboard is the same quality and tactile-ness as the Corsair K70 I used to have, and that thing was like close to $200.

  • Alphane Moon@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    $120 keyboard from HyperX (before they got bought by HP).

    $120 is the limit of my budget for a keyboard. That being said, I am never going to membrane keyboards (if I can help it).

  • st3ph3n@midwest.social
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    2 days ago

    $80. It’s that 8bitdo C64-style one. I am a big fan. Love the feel of the box white v2 switches combined with spherical keycaps.