I’m looking to buy a decent keyboard - nothing ridiculous as I’m not a keyboard enthusiast, but decent enough for regular use. In particular, I’m looking for something…
- tkl or full size, nothing with a non-standard arrow key layout
- Pink or pink and white (or white but cheap enough I can buy keycaps with it)
- Quieter switches and shorter travel are perfered, but not a deal breaker
- Available in Canada
Currently I’m mostly looking at the Razer BlackWidow V3 for $122 CAD. I’m not exactly a Razor fan, but the only competitve option I found was the Ducky One 3 TKL for $171 CAD. I’m sure the quality is better, and the hotswappable switches are very nice, but it lacks the backlight and the media controls while being $50 more expensive.
Is there a better option I’m missing, or a good reason to pick one or the other?
Ducky One 3 RGB in white for $130 @ mechanicalkeyboards.com but it’s on backorder until mid-month. Is that the $170 CAD?
I’d get the Ducky because I am familiar with their quality and have heard the service is good. In addition, you can get Cherry MX keycaps everywhere, and PBT keycaps are the luxury version compared to ABS. Feels more solid somehow.
Cherry Reds feel like mush to me, Browns are silent but have a slight tactile bump and are my preferred switch.
ETA: Oh, the Duckys last years, decades even. The Razer might too, I don’t know but Ducky is basically the workhorse of the MK world.
Ducky One 3 TKL RGB in white is $179 CAD, so even more expensive. That said, I guess its probably worth the extra money compared to the backlight-less version at least.
like $8 to have RGB? Yeah, totally worth it.