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What's the difference between an expensive mechanical keyboard and a cheap one?

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ZOOM-
91 posts
Joined July 2018
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ZOOM-
I just winder What's the difference between an expensive mechanical keyboard and a cheap one?

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i use this mechanical keyboard with red switch
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Sasami-san
60 posts
Joined June 2018
Sasami-san
Basically nothing lmao except maybe build quality, and even there some cheap keyboards beat expensive ones
Mr Sonic
34 posts
Joined March 2015
Mr Sonic
Maybe the life-time of the switches, but I wouldn't mind that if the keyboard is good.
Hibaragi
36 posts
Joined November 2018
Hibaragi
Notthing It's up to your skills
shmowzoww
56 posts
Joined January 2018
shmowzoww

Hibaragi wrote:

Notthing It's up to your skills

Well in terms of your playing, yeah it is for the most part. In terms of actual build quality and life span of the keyboard itself though, pretty different depending on the brand and build quality.
Endaris
5,282 posts
Joined June 2010
Endaris
Higher priced ones will usually have a better cord, better cord management, hopefully better build quality and you will most likely have PBT double-shot keycaps opposed to ABS double-shot keycaps or even cheaper ones where the characters on the keys wear off over time.
Note that PBT double-shot keycaps alone will usually make up 30-40€ of the price.
Sometimes just better marketing though.
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ZOOM-
91 posts
Joined July 2018
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ZOOM-

Endaris wrote:

Higher priced ones will usually have a better cord, better cord management, hopefully better build quality and you will most likely have PBT double-shot keycaps opposed to ABS double-shot keycaps or even cheaper ones where the characters on the keys wear off over time.
Note that PBT double-shot keycaps alone will usually make up 30-40€ of the price.
Sometimes just better marketing though.


good information. Thank you
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Katsuki Hakurei
43 posts
Joined June 2019
Katsuki Hakurei
Not really any except for build quality [depending on what company made it] and sometimes the parts [parts as in the keycaps and the keyboard backplate and things material] [depending on what company made it] i have a Tecware Phantom Keyboard, and it only costed me RM170, [41USD] sometimes 50USD if ur in other countries, and it has excellent build quailty, and it has a Software too, sure the software isnt all that great and the light on the keyboard isnt that good, but its like 50 USD for a mechanical keyboard its well worth it, plus it used outemu switches, they are very good, heck i like the outemu blues over the cherry blues, so there arent really any diffrence, IMO it really depends on what company made it
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