What type of keyboard do people use and why?
Always used chiclet style keyboard due to working on laptop or even at work but lockdown gave me time to explore mechanical.
Using MX Keys for chiclet and Keychron K1 (v4) for mechanical. Still deciding what I like.

take a look the new Model M space saver from unicomp when it comes out 👍
Programmers love the buckeling spring mech switches.

https://youtu.be/kxT1ja8OWRY

@heyheni whoa! What's going on here. Very interesting.

I love my mx keys. Mechanical is good if you are alone

Love my UHK V1 with palm rests. Have a V2 on order with palm rests as well. Pricey, but worth it.

https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/...

@xMadxHatterx someday I need to try these. Very hard to imagine working on this.
What was your motivation?

@Devnergy they are great! Literally no complaints so far.
Actually, may be a tenkeyless version. It feels too big and I dont use that side much.

@abhi2rai better ergonomics. The split + angle significantly reduced wrist pain after a day of typing.

I got a Leopold FC660C keyboard with Topre switches a while back. Most comfortable typing experience I've had with any keyboard, ever. I'm tempted to buy a second one to bring into the office whenever it finally reopens.

Only downside is price. Topre switches are possibly the most expensive keyboard switches in existence. This keyboard is TKL and doesn't have discrete function keys, but it still cost $240.

I'm using a keyboard with Kailth Chic low profile switches. I don't like tall switches and I like the feel of these. And they are not loud as well.

You can take the blue pill, and stay here in Wonderland, on devRant, talking about practical keyboard choices. Or, you can the red pill and go over to the Mechanical Keyboards subreddit, and see just how deep the rabbit hole goes....

https://reddit.com/r/...

My RSI issues went away after getting into split ergonomic keyboards, like the ErgodoxEZ.
Easy custom macro optimization through QMK also helps a lot during everyday usage.

My wallet, on the other hand...

@xMadxHatterx what about practical choices? An 80% low profile keyboard is a very practical choice: lower table footprint, less key travel, softer to push keys and a nice tactile feedback as a bonus. Backlight is also practical if you're not a blind typist and work at night

@iiii I was joking about the “practicality” of some of the Reddit MechanicalKeyboards builds you see - $500+ custom everything with lubed switches. I’m tempted to build something just to say I did it (like building a PC when I was in high school), but some of the stuff there is WAY obsessive.

@xMadxHatterx oh, true. Mine is only, like, 50 bucks (prebuilt).

@iiii any suggestions on pre-built low profile keyboards?

@abbabon ha! Googling through options I can see why :)
In all truthfulness though, want to try one of these.

@abhi2rai I would suggest mine, but they've seemingly stopped producing the one with brown switches, and nowadays make only obnoxious blue ones.

Mine is Modecom Volcano Blade. I like it and I have two of those: one at home and another in the office.

@iiii thank you! Sounds similar to Keychron K3. Will dig into it.

@abhi2rai keychron is probably a better one of two

@iiii yeah probably. K1 (v4) has been great so far. Little too much travel and noise for me but works as advertised.

@abhi2rai yeah I would like mx keys version without the numpad. Like a compact version

I only know about 1 person who hates mechanical keyboards... that would be my wife

@D3adCode let me guess. Because you have an obnoxious keyboard with blue switches which should not exist in this universe? Yes, in such case I would be hating you and your keyboard as well. 🙃