- Jun 3, 2011
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so i just bought myself a new keyboard; !ermagherd, you say, "another crazy expensive thing which does nothing better than a standard $8 keyboard?"
wait, my friend. wait.
i got myself a VicTsing keyboard.
apparently they don't earn enough to maintain a website, because the only google link i can find is to their amazon webstore (incidentally, the link is here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01D41O5P2/ref=s9_dcacsd_dcoop_bw_c_x_1_w )
(that's the promotional photo, but it's genuine)
this is a tenkeyless cherry-clone mechanical, in this case a mx blue. i've done a 5 minute google search and i suspect the switches are Outemu Blue:
the switch is similar to mx blue, i can't really tell the difference; there's a lot of bottoming-out sound (also due to the backplate) with the switch' satisfying dip after activation. i'm gonna update when i install the dampeners next week, i suspect it will make the sound much better.
the keyboard is VERY rigid, there is barely any twist at all in the body, even using force. the keys are raised against the plate (there is no "shell" between plate and keys, it only covers the plate, so the bottom of the switch is visible). the cable is soldered (which i prefer, since i have never, ever had a cable come loose on a keyboard, and it's firmly in place unlike my wobbly and expensive CODE keyboard) and it only comes on USB, with full NKRO. there is one Windows key (left) and one Function key to use the media commands integrated into the F-keys (which i am never going to use ever).
the caps are ABS but they feel substantially better than the ABS i had on my CODE, which was pathetic (had to buy a set of PBT because of how bad they were). there is no backlight on this model but there are models available with it. the larger keys are decently balanced (backspace, spacebar, etc).
ok.
the keyboard was 27GBP shipped.
or, for you traitors who hate the queen, $30.
I will update the thread during the next days over a month, to see what goes wrong and what goes well; for now, i would say this keyboard is a steal - if you were thinking about getting some MX Blue but didn't want to throw $100 on a switch that's not made for gaming (they really aren't .. plus, the sound is ridiculously distracting when i'm playing), get one right now.
wait, my friend. wait.
i got myself a VicTsing keyboard.
apparently they don't earn enough to maintain a website, because the only google link i can find is to their amazon webstore (incidentally, the link is here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01D41O5P2/ref=s9_dcacsd_dcoop_bw_c_x_1_w )
(that's the promotional photo, but it's genuine)
this is a tenkeyless cherry-clone mechanical, in this case a mx blue. i've done a 5 minute google search and i suspect the switches are Outemu Blue:
the switch is similar to mx blue, i can't really tell the difference; there's a lot of bottoming-out sound (also due to the backplate) with the switch' satisfying dip after activation. i'm gonna update when i install the dampeners next week, i suspect it will make the sound much better.
the keyboard is VERY rigid, there is barely any twist at all in the body, even using force. the keys are raised against the plate (there is no "shell" between plate and keys, it only covers the plate, so the bottom of the switch is visible). the cable is soldered (which i prefer, since i have never, ever had a cable come loose on a keyboard, and it's firmly in place unlike my wobbly and expensive CODE keyboard) and it only comes on USB, with full NKRO. there is one Windows key (left) and one Function key to use the media commands integrated into the F-keys (which i am never going to use ever).
the caps are ABS but they feel substantially better than the ABS i had on my CODE, which was pathetic (had to buy a set of PBT because of how bad they were). there is no backlight on this model but there are models available with it. the larger keys are decently balanced (backspace, spacebar, etc).
ok.
the keyboard was 27GBP shipped.
or, for you traitors who hate the queen, $30.
I will update the thread during the next days over a month, to see what goes wrong and what goes well; for now, i would say this keyboard is a steal - if you were thinking about getting some MX Blue but didn't want to throw $100 on a switch that's not made for gaming (they really aren't .. plus, the sound is ridiculously distracting when i'm playing), get one right now.