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1 HN user recommended this between 2018 and 2021, in 2 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
Since we're talking Model M, I will leave here my two cents about this whole mechanical keyboard wave that's been going on for some years now.
And before everyone downvotes me:
- yes, I own a mechanical keyboard (more than one, actually).
- Yes, one of them is a Model M. I also own an Unicomp Endura Pro (the one with the TrackPoint).
- Yes I have used some other Cherry-based keyboard (cherry blue and another color I didn't care remembering)
- Yes I have used a Topre-based keyboard.
Well, here is my two cents: mechanical keyboard are pointless.
It's one of those memes of this industry (like stickers on laptops). While I acknowledge that some membrane keyboard typing experience are atrocious, sometimes it's just a matter of brand/model. For example the "Dell Business Multimedia Keyboard" typing experience is remarkably good (link: https://www.amazon.com/KB522-Dell-Business-Multimedia-Compat...).
Quite frankly, I'd throw my Endura Pro in the trash can if that Dell Keyboard was available with the addition of a TrackPoint.
Mechanical keyboards offer no real typing aid, no speed-up, they are heavy, noisy (the "hey everybody look at me" kind of noisy), they have unnecessary accessories (rgb lighting wave effect? but why?) and above all they are unreasonably expensive.
Quite frankly, the best keyboard I have used so far is the ThinkPad USB Keyboard (1st gen, basically an X220 keyboard within a nice enclosure with a decent palmrest). It's light and checks all of my boxes. And it's not louder than a regular keyboard.
I own a real model m and an unicomp endura pro.
The model m was cheap because I literally pulled it out of the dumpster.
The endura pro was a complete waste of A LOT of money considering double shipping (usa to usa and usa to europe since they would not ship to europe, and that implies a re-shipping handling fee) and import duties on top of that.
The keyboard is loud but doesn't add anything really to my typing. And the trackpoint works at different speed if you go right vs left, and that drives me crazy (regular in a direction, super slow in the other).
Really, don't waste your money on an unicomp keyboard.
So after having played with a bit of keyboard, my favourites are the ibm/lenovo sk-8845 and a plain and simple dell usb keyboard (https://www.amazon.com/KB522-Dell-Business-Multimedia-Compat...).
That dell keyboard is very good, way better than any mechanical keyboard. So good that I stole one from my previous employer before leaving.
Mechanical keyboard is just a meme in my opinion, and one of the dumb ones.
Believe me, I've wasted enough money on keyboards to tell.