I spent roughly 300 EUR. Self built.
- Bluetooth
- Split
- Concave
- Ortho
Probably $250 US with the customizations. Probably $100 for the Keychron V5 at the time. Upgraded the switches several times to figure out what I liked probably $50 there. And the right shine through keycaps from Etsy was another $100 or so.
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
Impressive
I got mine for $3 (I bought it at the thrift store)
Currently using a Keychron Q5, paid about $230.
Damn. I got my K5 Pro on sale for $125 (IIRC). But I love it, and would pay more if I needed to in the future.
$250 realforce r2 topre switches 55g
60 or 70€. Cherry MX Board 1.0 with browns
About €500, but it’s a self built charybdis paid for by work :D
Nice :D
How’d you get the paid for work part?
Well I already had gotten myself another ergonomic keyboard before (kyria v1) because my wrists would hurt when using a “normal” keyboard, and I didn’t want to drag it around all the time out of fear that it might break.
I set my eyes on the charybdis for the next build and realised that I would need it more in the office than at home so I asked whether it could be a business expense, and they approved so long as I could give them the receipts :).
Nice! What sort of company do you work for uoud say? Small / large / start up / middle tier?
Might try the same if I ever need to go to office :p
Definitely large, over 60k employees. But honestly it shouldn’t really matter as, at least for me, it was basically a requirement for me to get any work done.
OK but then it’s owned by the business then in this case. Also fine… If you already have one at home.
Well technically true, but they’re gonna let me keep it anyway because let’s be real, who else wants a charybdis?
$35. Got one for home and one for work.
What model is it? Where did you get it?
It’s an EagleTec ET-KG010-N.
Can’t remember where I bought it from, but I got em both like 8 years ago. Both still work great.
It’s a Varmilo keyboard that I paid about $100 for, got a good black friday deal on it.
$120, Wireless Varmilo. Superb keyboard, except that the super key is waaaay too difficult to reach.
$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.
7000
Custom built crkbd. I think it cost me about $200, but I can’t honestly remember I’ve had it for so long. It would be cheaper if I “rebought” it now because I found out that I like printing my own case cause it just works better.
Keychron K3 (130,- EUR) - the one with Keychron switches plus all kinds of Keychron switches - ended up with the Mint switches (it has a high bump, making it not feel squishy like browns - didn’t like reds and blacks because I couldn’t rest my fingers on the keys without pressing them).
Nuphy Air75 v2 (179,- EUR) - another 75%, because my other K3 burned through after 3 years (because I used those shitty magnetic connectors and I tried to connect it and shorted it ;_; )
Also have the Nuphy Air75 HE (168.96 USD - HE=Hall Effect switches) coming, and the K3 Max (which is programmable, as is the Air75, but the original K3 isn’t :c )
