I want to buy a new mech board but not looking to drop a lot of money on it. What’s the best pre-built budget mech keyboard you’ve ever tried? ~$100 or less.

  • EpicFailGuy@kbin.social
    3·
    11 months ago

    @2tone

    @jcrabapple

    This is a personal choice. I’ve had Keychron and theyr’e very good entry level … but I DESPISE the fact that they have Bluetooth only. The fact that you have to press a key to wake the keeb up and then wait 2-3 seconds for Bluetooth to pair before you start typing bothers me to no end.

    I ended up selling mine to buy a RoyalKludge one which is an amazon clone … it’s pretty much the same thing but it has a 2.5GHZ dongle that doesn’t have that same delay.

    It also has RGB LEDs programmable software, hot swappable switches and it costs under a hundo …

    Been using it for 2 years now, very happy with it.

    • mctit@lemmy.world
      5·
      11 months ago

      I really think those Amazon brands would see noticeable sales improvement if they paid a native English speaker $10 to come up with a better name than “Royal Kludge”.

    • ethman42@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      What are you talking about? All of my keychron boards have a hard wired connection and Bluetooth

    • StarWatcherTim@dmv.pub
      1·
      11 months ago

      I agree, my current daily driver is a Keychron and so far I haven’t had a problem with the Bluetooth when I use it. I use it wired most of the time but a 2.5Ghz dongle would be fantastic.

      I just saw the Royal Kludge RK918 today and it looks just like the out of production Anker keyboard I have. It is solidly built and looks great. The only drawback I see is it appears to be like the Anker in that it is a hardwired cable, no customizing with aviator cable or such. Not all RK keyboard are like this and many have the dongle like yours.