The primary issue with this keyboard is that now I have to go to work and use a crappy keyboard all day. I don't think I can quite justify buying one of these and then putting it in the ungentle hands of our IT department.
Also they aren't on sale for $40 any more. So there's that.
Also also this keyboard actually makes more noise than I thought it would, and given my tendency to attack the keys it's perhaps not the best fit for a quite office environment.
@Neff
Correct. I hadn't thought about replacing the caps but the noise level is not really an issue at home. It's good to know if I want to replace my work keyboard at some point, though.
@selfnoise How are you liking the new board overall?
@Neff
It's very nice. The main problem; I need to train myself to remember there are macro keys on the far left because I keep putting my hands in the wrong place.
But it is my far the most soothing keyboard I've ever used, and the combination of tactility and sound makes me want to write things. It is also full of silly LED tricks which really accomplish nothing but add some charm.
And it doesn't slide around on my desk, unlike my work keyboard.
@selfnoise Yeah, I can imaging that being an issue. I have a hard enough time remembering the second layer shortcuts for multimedia on my keyboard. Having to shift my typing position would throw me for a loop.
@selfnoise you went with Cherry Reds, right?
Do you have the stock keycaps on? On the boards I have the stock caps were really thin and sounded louder. I replaced them and that helped reduce some of the sound of bottoming the keys out