Looking for nice budget keyboard

3 years ago by jcrabapple to c/mechanicalkeyboards

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.

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2tone 15 points 3 years ago

Can't go wrong with Keychron: https://www.keychron.com/...

But it does depend on what you're after

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jcrabapple 4 points 3 years ago

I love Keychron. I have a K2. Was thinking about a C1 Pro Custom. Only $80.

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2tone 3 points 3 years ago

So many options from them, really. You could also look at epomaker, and even Drop has a few options, but you'll get most bang from Keychron

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HidingCat 1 point 3 years ago

Can't really go wrong with that, if you like it, go for it!

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papaya 1 point 3 years ago

The first board that made me fall into this rabbit hole was a K2, it's a great budget board! My friend has a C2 and is quite happy with it.

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EpicFailGuy 3 points 3 years 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.

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mctit 6 points 3 years 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".

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jcrabapple 1 point 3 years ago

Hmm I don't think you're using the right Keychron boards. Mine has USB.

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jcrabapple 1 point 3 years ago

I'm not worried about that because I hard wire my keyboards anyway.

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ethman42 1 point 3 years ago

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