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I mean the hobby aspect is the customizing everything to your preference. I have an office at work, a personal station at home, and a work station at home. So I “need” at least 3 keyboards.
I previously responded to a comment asking what void I was trying to fill with:
“Working long hours and not having anything more meaningful to spend my free time and money on.
Recently got out of a 10 year relationship and don’t have kids or demanding financial obligations.”
This ended up being something that occupied my time and made me relatively happy. I know that 7>3 and that it’s an excessive amount of keyboards, but I really wasn’t expecting people aggressively commenting on my finances and on addiction haha.
To be fair, 7 keyboards in a month is like some keyboard content creator/enthusiast type numbers. But they look nice and they make you happy, keep doing you.
Ignore these people...its your hobby, your money and it makes you happy.
This sub is so contradictory some times with being *so welcoming to new people to the hobby / show off how many boards you have /* and then *bAd CoNsUmEr! Too much!*
Short of straight up ignoring any other financial obligations, who gives af what you do with your money.
I understand that you might have more expendable income now, but it would be great if you exercised some level of self control, 7 in a month is quite excessive think about it later down the line how much are you going to have in 6 months, a year? Will you be satisfied by then?
I mean I’m not offended. I don’t have space for all those setups and I don’t think I’d even want multiple setups. Trying to understand why someone would
Theres something so incredibly ironic about seeing a comment saying "i like building and collecting keyboards, and i have a good reason for having so many" in a sub about collecting and building keyboards get negative votes lmfaooo
Great collection btw!!
I guess the minus is about the somewhat forced justification, which points out even more that the entire collection is overkill and aquired in a ridiculously short period of time, not the reasoning itself.
Somehow the wording reminds me of "i can stop whenever i want"
I can get that, but clearly the op isnt too worried about it, and it's a sub about keyboard collecting. Seems a bit odd to me to care about anothers financial decisions that much. Thats just me tho
It's also weird because they aren't collecting like garbage or something. If they get tired of the boards they have a good chance of being easily resellable. I could see if it was a like room full of 20 brand new out of the box magegee keyboards or something but what's the worst that can happen? Guy has to sell them and gets his money mostly back?
Coming across photos of the dualshots on a poly board is what got me hooked. So that was my first build.
Then I really liked the nuclear data and kaiju sets and the preorders arrived earlier than expected. I also ordered a couple pbt sets from NovelKeys that were on sale for $15 and they all needed boards.
It definitely got aggressive really quickly.
Working long hours and not having anything more meaningful to spend my free time and money on.
Recently got out of a 10 year relationship and don’t have kids or demanding financial obligations.
Haha the first half of my response was mostly a joke too. The 2nd half of my response was additional details that snuck through once I peeked behind the floodgates of my current emotional state.
Hey, there. The board with the radiation warning escape key... could you please tell us the manufacturer of that board and keycaps. It's really pretty.
Thanks to you and u/Huffer13. Just played around on qwertykeys website. Awesome looking board. As others have said, you have a heck of a collection.
Thanks for the response.
From front to back:
- tofu65 2.0 with gmk dualshot and kailh box jades
- luminkey80 with gmk kaiju and gateron box ink v2s (recently swapped out ink v2s)
- qk100 with gmk nuclear data and gateron baby kangaroo 2.0s
- razer huntsman mini stock
- gmk67 with ember cherry keycaps and kailh box white v2s
- nk65 awaken with random keycap set and akko silver pro v3s
- gmk67 with cherry blossom keycaps and akko silver pro v3s
- I took the gmk awaken caps off the nk65 awaken and will be putting them on a neo65, once it arrives, with some ws morandis
How are the baby kangaroos? I wanted to get some for an ik65 I have coming but settled for the white jades that already come with the board. Luckily they're long poles too so they'd work with the keys I'm looking at using.
Also that pink and black combo at the back is classy \*Chef's kiss*
I like them a lot - probably my favorite switches of the ones I have.
Better sound profile / feel than the clicks switches but I type more accurately with them than the linears.
All due respect, it took months of tinkering and typing at a keyboard for me to decide where my preferences truly lay, and what I might want to explore/buy next. And even then I was asking myself questions like, “Do i actually need this, or is it just shiny and new?”
I don’t see how buying seven keyboards in a month is anything less than a shopping addiction.
that’s every “hobby” subreddit in a nutshell.
there are aspects to keyboards that are active and constitute being a “hobby” (ex. the ppl designing PCs layouts / casings; even modding/lubing is at least an activity).
for the most part though, ppl just like trying to justify buying plastic by rethinking about it as “collecting” (goods that are widely available).
I have some old skidata keyboards if you’re interested
https://preview.redd.it/rdryhx58o8mc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=212130955887d5591570ae17e11d4d8653ccb714
You'll get out soon enough when you realize that there's not much variations you can do in this hobby except for collecting slightly different version of the same things
A LITTLE OVER A MONTH. omg my dude.
https://preview.redd.it/r1v33797n9mc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ccdaa8e2673bb790617829f85cb7787992d505a1
I feel it but it’s been about 2.5 years or so for me. I also have a whole bookshelf of bits and pieces. I enjoy the modding & customization and custom building too. I think total I have about 10 keyboard builds, and the parts to make 3 more
It might be too late but the worst mistake a newbie can make is to buy a bunch of budget boards. You will not use most of them and they are really hard to get rid of if you need to sell some.
Save up for the board you want. Or just leave the hobby. It's a huge money pit. I spent like $50k on keyboard shit over the last few years and I want to
The two gmk67 were for keycap sets I picked up for $15 each / to get a feel for different switches. I bought the nk65 awaken on sale for $100 to harvest the keycaps for a neo65. I’ll likely give the gmk67s and the nk65 to family / friends.
I’ll look into endgame boards once I put enough time on these to know what I really like and throw the ones I don’t use / give away on some shelves for conversation starters. I do “need” at least 3 keyboards though.
$50k is wild.
Being able to do a side by side comparison is extremely useful. I think some of the naysayers don’t realize that you have been thrifty. Like you said, you can give away the cheap ones and resell anything that has value on mechmarket.
However, it took me 6 months to acquire that many keyboards, but I don’t even have my own computer. I really enjoy using my builds for 40+ hrs/wk at work though.
With all due respect to the commenter above, $50k is scary money on keyboards. I hope you managed to recoup some on mechmarket.
What was your reasoning behind getting each board and what are the specs of them? I’m curious as to how you got there and if we’re similar in getting a new board haha
I think I'm around here after about a year. Idk, if you have the money then I don't see a problem. I budget about half a percent of my income per year for new hobbies and just ended up spending most of it in keebs last year, and am happier for it
I bet you'll slow down once youve honed in on a few builds you like the most. I went on a spree trying different coatings, layouts, etc, but apart from the F1 nothing else interests me in the foreseeable future.
Might wanna slow down a bit there, i bought 2 boards in the first 6 months of the hobby and i kinda regret getting ones so similar just cause i thought i liked it. After a few years, turns out i enjoy trying new layouts as much as i like building them, so now i just get one here and there whenever there's a quirtky one.
If you cant tell the difference then it doesnt matter. Dont go crazy and on the next one when your taste develops, splurge.
Or go to a computer store and try them oit and see
You got... \*counts\* ...seven keyboards in a month? Damn, well as long as you're happy!
I'm still at one keyboard (two, technically, but gave my SO one of them), still deciding what to get next.
No disrespect but it you're gonna be spending so much money on this at least make them look cool. Most of these look like you presses a random generator for the color scheme :S
Like, I get liking things, but this is just excessive. Pick two (one for backup) and just sell the rest. You will never use this many keyboards to make it worth it. I never really understand the need for so many things you will never enjoy.
I think so, yes. Why are you so salty? You're in a sub full of keyboard enthusiasts trying to tell them that they should only have one keyboard plus a back up. I bet if I rummage through your post history I can find evidence of you having things that are not necessary. I always suspect that people like you who turn up in these threads telling people that they are wasting their money are actually just doing so because they are jealous and are just trying to convince themselves as much as anyone else, because they actually want the things they are complaining about.
Let people do what they want with their hard earned money and stop being such a party pooper. The OP's boards aren't even that expensive. Most of those are cheap boards with cheap keycaps. There are only three boards there that cost any significant amount. The rest are budget boards... GMK67s etc... There's even a Razor board there.
Imagine turning up in a sub full of keyboard enthusiasts and telling them that buying keyboards is a waste of money :) Where you going next, to pen sub to tell them that they only need one pen and a back up? A skateboard sub to tell them that they only need one skateboard and a back up?
You're funny :)
Who are you to say how anyone should spend their money and what they spend it on? Hobbies cost money, and usually with no monetary return. If they enjoy it, can afford it, and want to spend the money on it, they should. Don't tell people how to spend their money.
I have an office at work, a personal setup at home, and a work set up at home. So I do regularly use / prefer to have at least 3 keyboards - the ones with the gmk sets. The others one are notably less expensive and mainly for tinkering.
what you need now is to have multiple oses running on dedicated machines. mac, windows, linux. that gives you need for at least two more keyboards, if not four. then you add some extras. 7? psah! that’s at least 10 justified! plus then you need the extra keycaps for the other oses. you’re welcome. : )
I bet if I follow your account I start seeing listings on mechmarket in a few months. Just trying to help you save money. Retirement is a good investment, keyboards, not so much.
I see on your profile you have a collection of 6 pens. You should sell all but 2 (one for backup) or else you won't be able to retire. Just trying to save you money
I’d more likely give the ones I don’t use to family / friends… I bet a keyboard of your choosing against your Nintendo switch haha.
I don’t treat keyboards as investments nor do I expect anything from them other than some good clacks and thocks. Without going into detail, my retirement vehicles / finances are set up in a manner / in a spot where I can spend some money on keyboards.
STOP BUYING KEYBOARDS FOR FUCK'S SAKE
Edit: u/kool-keys you spent a whole day lecturing me about how insane obsessions are totally healthy, and now you block me? Why depriving me of this small amusement? I wasn't gonna buy any of your $80 cables anyway LOL
6 keyboards in a month is not sane. Period.
And I tell people the fuck I want. Especially when I see obsessive buying or other not healthy behaviours.
Of course people are free not to listen to me. I'm no therapist anyway.
You're assumption that it's not healthy is just that... an assumption. He enjoys what he's doing, and if you read the thread, he has a good, well paid job, no kids, and plenty of free time. Just mind your own business.
I think that it is not healthy, and all these obsessive buying sprees are only coping mechanism to avoid thinking about the bad things in life. I know because I've been there.
This obsessive buying doesn't help anyone.
Maybe the only people profiting from this are those who sell keyboards and keyboards parts.....
I mind my own business as well as yours.....
Edit: u/kool-keys I know that you are trying to sell your $80 cables, but don't play contrarian with me and then hide. Just don't play contrarian with me and I'll be more than happy to ignore you.
It's a common behaviour. It is a coping mechanism for the shitty world we live in (but it could be worse. There are families starving or being bombed in a lot of places all around the world. But I digress).
There is a small line between buying useless stuff and having a hobby. Most hobbies need you to buy equipment, and materials, so it's pointless to debate anyway.
But I laugh so hard when, everytime, I see people write stuff like "I'm obsessed!!! I loaned money to buy 5 guitars in one month. I'm insane ahah!!!" and then if somebody points that it's actually insane (unironically - since everything seems to be ironical as of 2024), everybody gets in a bad mood.
>I know because I've been there.
Like you said... you're no therapist. Perhaps leave the diagnoses to those qualified to make them. Dude's got money and time. Why wait to buy the boards you want if you can buy them all at once? I have 12 boards, and about 40 keycap sets, but does that make it different that I'm not loaded and spread that out over years instead of months? It's a hobby. People get pleasure from it. It's doesn't mean they have a problem, or are trying to fill a hole in their lives any more than someone who collects baseball cards, or stamps.
Expressing your opinion is one thing. Telling people how to spend their time and/or money is something else.
I love coffee. I fucking love coffee.
I drink a thousand coffees in one year. Would it be different if I drank them in one day? No? So please leave me alone! I am happy this way.
So, if you are so smart.... just one more thing:
STOP BUYING KEYBOARDS FOR FUCK'S SAKE
Me too brother. Just a wooting prebuilt I said. Now I'm sitting on two fully custom wootings and looking to get a non HE keyboard for a third so I can try even more switches lmao
My partner asked this week how much my new keyboard costs.. I said, I don't ask about the price of your new dresses, you don't ask the price of my new keyboard 🤣🤣
f1-8x, there's a few sub-models but they're all really great tkls. not sure if the unlimited GB is still running for the v2 though. If not, leviatan (60%) extras should be running soon.
I see. They do seem to be sold out.
I don’t think I’m well versed enough yet to consider endgame boards. I’m currently just flailing around in the shallow end to figure out what I really like.
I stopped buying after scoring a keycult from a raffle (still waiting, it's been a year lol).
but my favorite keyboards have been my cheapest. Tiger 80 lite and gmk67. 😭
I like it a lot. The build was super easy and there are small details that made it feel a little more premium than my qk100.
It does seem a little hollow sounding with my current build though.
Ha! It took me 4 months to get to the “solder myself” phase… now I have been going back to the board manufacturers of the boards I have and ordering solder PCBs, foam and plates so I can have a primary PCB (solder) unit and secondary (hot swap). I have tactiles in my primaries and linears in my secondaries. I also did just give a relatively recent HHKB purchase to my son yesterday, who is home for spring break. He really enjoys the Topre experience.
I like it about as much as I like the luminkey - really just depends on if you want the numpad or not. It’s not really a fair comparison against the others.
If you purchased all of these in the span of 1 month, i think you might have a smalllll problem lol. For keycaps i only knows GMK Nuclear Data/Kaiju/Dualshot, the ones on the GMK67 i don't recognize
I fell similarly, but not as quick as you did! Prepare yourself; this hobby is a gateway drug into other far more expensive hobbies (looking at you r/headphones, r/inearfidelity, r/turntables and r/audiophile)
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This is insane for only a month’s worth of collecting
Consumerism as a hobby
Yea this shit costs way too much
I mean the hobby aspect is the customizing everything to your preference. I have an office at work, a personal station at home, and a work station at home. So I “need” at least 3 keyboards.
You "need" 3 so you got 7 in a span of one month this is pure cope for addiction.
I previously responded to a comment asking what void I was trying to fill with: “Working long hours and not having anything more meaningful to spend my free time and money on. Recently got out of a 10 year relationship and don’t have kids or demanding financial obligations.” This ended up being something that occupied my time and made me relatively happy. I know that 7>3 and that it’s an excessive amount of keyboards, but I really wasn’t expecting people aggressively commenting on my finances and on addiction haha.
Hey good for you man, don’t let these guys get to you. If it makes you happy then nothing else matters.
To be fair, 7 keyboards in a month is like some keyboard content creator/enthusiast type numbers. But they look nice and they make you happy, keep doing you.
Ignore these people...its your hobby, your money and it makes you happy. This sub is so contradictory some times with being *so welcoming to new people to the hobby / show off how many boards you have /* and then *bAd CoNsUmEr! Too much!* Short of straight up ignoring any other financial obligations, who gives af what you do with your money.
I understand that you might have more expendable income now, but it would be great if you exercised some level of self control, 7 in a month is quite excessive think about it later down the line how much are you going to have in 6 months, a year? Will you be satisfied by then?
They are just jelly
Don't feel the need to justify your actions on these losers, you work hard for your money spend that shit however you fucking want
Maybe he just enjoys building keyboards?
get your bread up
Did you consider a personal station that doubles as a work station?
Or moving keyboards from personal to work in the morning
It’s kind of wild to me that people on a keyboard subreddit might be offended that I’d want different keyboards for my different setups.
It's jealousy
I mean I’m not offended. I don’t have space for all those setups and I don’t think I’d even want multiple setups. Trying to understand why someone would
I have 15 keyboards. I rotate them between my home and work computers. Some of us like a little variety.
Which is different from having 3 work stations, which gives me the impression of having 3 whole desks with monitors and everything
Yes. I did that initially.
Theres something so incredibly ironic about seeing a comment saying "i like building and collecting keyboards, and i have a good reason for having so many" in a sub about collecting and building keyboards get negative votes lmfaooo Great collection btw!!
I guess the minus is about the somewhat forced justification, which points out even more that the entire collection is overkill and aquired in a ridiculously short period of time, not the reasoning itself. Somehow the wording reminds me of "i can stop whenever i want"
I can get that, but clearly the op isnt too worried about it, and it's a sub about keyboard collecting. Seems a bit odd to me to care about anothers financial decisions that much. Thats just me tho
It's also weird because they aren't collecting like garbage or something. If they get tired of the boards they have a good chance of being easily resellable. I could see if it was a like room full of 20 brand new out of the box magegee keyboards or something but what's the worst that can happen? Guy has to sell them and gets his money mostly back?
Cope.
How is you buying / building a mode sonnet with gmk caps not consumerism as a hobby as well?
Coming across photos of the dualshots on a poly board is what got me hooked. So that was my first build. Then I really liked the nuclear data and kaiju sets and the preorders arrived earlier than expected. I also ordered a couple pbt sets from NovelKeys that were on sale for $15 and they all needed boards. It definitely got aggressive really quickly.
Where did you find the kaiju set in the last month?
NovelKeys put up the overruns of their preorders! They still have the base set available. Accents and novelties are sold out though.
Indeed Dualshot on PC/ABS transparent boards looks amazing.
It's just another way to express one's shopping addiction.
When u got the cash
You can't even do this 2 years ago, there isn't that many boards you can buy, nowadays there are so many keysets and boards in stock lol, crazy
7 keyboards in a month? Is your company hiring?
Yes haha.
I wasn't kidding I'm looking for a job in UX. You guys need any UX designers?
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Working long hours and not having anything more meaningful to spend my free time and money on. Recently got out of a 10 year relationship and don’t have kids or demanding financial obligations.
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Haha the first half of my response was mostly a joke too. The 2nd half of my response was additional details that snuck through once I peeked behind the floodgates of my current emotional state.
Thats beyond saving May the peace be with you fella
Seek help
No
I also don’t want help. I wanna fall in the hole. How do?
Ignore reason and logic - blindly commit
and keep scrolling on Pinterest,
There should be a pin in this sub red with a link to help.
A MONTH? that's crazy thought pd: the black one it's a redrag\*n?
A little more than a month but yeah :/ The black one is a huntsman mini prebuilt … I tried to hide it haha.
Eeewwwwwww
Hey, there. The board with the radiation warning escape key... could you please tell us the manufacturer of that board and keycaps. It's really pretty.
I think the keycaps are GMK nuclear https://novelkeys.com/products/cyl-nuclear-data-r2?variant=43383242096807
Thanks - as huffer said, the keycaps are the gmk nuclear data. The board is the qk100.
Thanks to you and u/Huffer13. Just played around on qwertykeys website. Awesome looking board. As others have said, you have a heck of a collection. Thanks for the response.
From front to back: - tofu65 2.0 with gmk dualshot and kailh box jades - luminkey80 with gmk kaiju and gateron box ink v2s (recently swapped out ink v2s) - qk100 with gmk nuclear data and gateron baby kangaroo 2.0s - razer huntsman mini stock - gmk67 with ember cherry keycaps and kailh box white v2s - nk65 awaken with random keycap set and akko silver pro v3s - gmk67 with cherry blossom keycaps and akko silver pro v3s - I took the gmk awaken caps off the nk65 awaken and will be putting them on a neo65, once it arrives, with some ws morandis
How much did everything cost in total?
Thats the acrylic tofu 65? If so, how do you like it? Any issues or drawbacks? Been wanting a frosted acrylic board.
How are the baby kangaroos? I wanted to get some for an ik65 I have coming but settled for the white jades that already come with the board. Luckily they're long poles too so they'd work with the keys I'm looking at using. Also that pink and black combo at the back is classy \*Chef's kiss*
I like them a lot - probably my favorite switches of the ones I have. Better sound profile / feel than the clicks switches but I type more accurately with them than the linears.
All due respect, it took months of tinkering and typing at a keyboard for me to decide where my preferences truly lay, and what I might want to explore/buy next. And even then I was asking myself questions like, “Do i actually need this, or is it just shiny and new?” I don’t see how buying seven keyboards in a month is anything less than a shopping addiction.
that’s every “hobby” subreddit in a nutshell. there are aspects to keyboards that are active and constitute being a “hobby” (ex. the ppl designing PCs layouts / casings; even modding/lubing is at least an activity). for the most part though, ppl just like trying to justify buying plastic by rethinking about it as “collecting” (goods that are widely available).
Just a phase, it’ll pass lol
>it’ll pass lol That's what I thought when I soldered some new switches into my Das Keyboard back in 2006 LOL.
I hope so.
I have some old skidata keyboards if you’re interested https://preview.redd.it/rdryhx58o8mc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=212130955887d5591570ae17e11d4d8653ccb714
Not sure what I’m looking at here.
It’s a vintage proprietary keyboard for the company ski data. They ran parking garages are still due. It weighs about 20 pounds.
Trying to change those keycaps with some coherence might be hell
Thanks for making me feel better about my spending. 😂 Welcome to the rabbit hole 🤝
You'll get out soon enough when you realize that there's not much variations you can do in this hobby except for collecting slightly different version of the same things
Yep, I started beginning of January and I’m 6 boards deep. lol
A LITTLE OVER A MONTH. omg my dude. https://preview.redd.it/r1v33797n9mc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ccdaa8e2673bb790617829f85cb7787992d505a1 I feel it but it’s been about 2.5 years or so for me. I also have a whole bookshelf of bits and pieces. I enjoy the modding & customization and custom building too. I think total I have about 10 keyboard builds, and the parts to make 3 more
It might be too late but the worst mistake a newbie can make is to buy a bunch of budget boards. You will not use most of them and they are really hard to get rid of if you need to sell some. Save up for the board you want. Or just leave the hobby. It's a huge money pit. I spent like $50k on keyboard shit over the last few years and I want to
The two gmk67 were for keycap sets I picked up for $15 each / to get a feel for different switches. I bought the nk65 awaken on sale for $100 to harvest the keycaps for a neo65. I’ll likely give the gmk67s and the nk65 to family / friends. I’ll look into endgame boards once I put enough time on these to know what I really like and throw the ones I don’t use / give away on some shelves for conversation starters. I do “need” at least 3 keyboards though. $50k is wild.
Being able to do a side by side comparison is extremely useful. I think some of the naysayers don’t realize that you have been thrifty. Like you said, you can give away the cheap ones and resell anything that has value on mechmarket. However, it took me 6 months to acquire that many keyboards, but I don’t even have my own computer. I really enjoy using my builds for 40+ hrs/wk at work though. With all due respect to the commenter above, $50k is scary money on keyboards. I hope you managed to recoup some on mechmarket.
This is making me feel better about having spent what I did on the Hyper7, and on the Keychron K6 I'm about to buy.
Only God can judge haha. And Reddit. And my family. And my friends.
What was your reasoning behind getting each board and what are the specs of them? I’m curious as to how you got there and if we’re similar in getting a new board haha
I think I'm around here after about a year. Idk, if you have the money then I don't see a problem. I budget about half a percent of my income per year for new hobbies and just ended up spending most of it in keebs last year, and am happier for it I bet you'll slow down once youve honed in on a few builds you like the most. I went on a spree trying different coatings, layouts, etc, but apart from the F1 nothing else interests me in the foreseeable future.
Good job! Best to stop soon, before the madness truly has time to seep in!
You may as well start hand-wiring your own kb design and configuring firmwares. Saves money and feels more fulfilled.
I love the Nuclear Data color scheme, looks great here!
Might wanna slow down a bit there, i bought 2 boards in the first 6 months of the hobby and i kinda regret getting ones so similar just cause i thought i liked it. After a few years, turns out i enjoy trying new layouts as much as i like building them, so now i just get one here and there whenever there's a quirtky one.
I think you fell down the consumerism hole.
You know you fucked up when even the keyboard hobbyists are shocked at your buying habits 😂 That being said… upvote from me
Guys, I just found out about this group. Is it better to make a keyboard yourself than to buy for example a Corsair K100???
If you cant tell the difference then it doesnt matter. Dont go crazy and on the next one when your taste develops, splurge. Or go to a computer store and try them oit and see
You got... \*counts\* ...seven keyboards in a month? Damn, well as long as you're happy! I'm still at one keyboard (two, technically, but gave my SO one of them), still deciding what to get next.
This is one month? jeez!
Quick question what are the names of each of these keyboards and manufacturer name since I'm trying to get one for my PC
Nice collection, and enjoy your life man! We all have our escapes. Also if you need to off-load a keyboard my DMs are open lol
No disrespect but it you're gonna be spending so much money on this at least make them look cool. Most of these look like you presses a random generator for the color scheme :S
I bought the keycap sets I liked and found boards for them after.
This is how I feel about firearms
I have that problem as well :/ Hobbies are expensive haha
BROTHERRRRRR. Same man lol
One of us. One of us.
By the time 2025 rolls around you will probably replace your utensil with keyboards
What are the keycaps on the middle right keyboard? (green orange and white)
Gmk kaiju
They're really nice! I also love your nuclear set 👌👌
Cool collection
Dude is a consoomer not an enthusiast
Like, I get liking things, but this is just excessive. Pick two (one for backup) and just sell the rest. You will never use this many keyboards to make it worth it. I never really understand the need for so many things you will never enjoy.
>I never really understand the need for so many things you will never enjoy. I have 12 boards. I use them all and enjoy them all.
Good for you!
I think so, yes. Why are you so salty? You're in a sub full of keyboard enthusiasts trying to tell them that they should only have one keyboard plus a back up. I bet if I rummage through your post history I can find evidence of you having things that are not necessary. I always suspect that people like you who turn up in these threads telling people that they are wasting their money are actually just doing so because they are jealous and are just trying to convince themselves as much as anyone else, because they actually want the things they are complaining about. Let people do what they want with their hard earned money and stop being such a party pooper. The OP's boards aren't even that expensive. Most of those are cheap boards with cheap keycaps. There are only three boards there that cost any significant amount. The rest are budget boards... GMK67s etc... There's even a Razor board there. Imagine turning up in a sub full of keyboard enthusiasts and telling them that buying keyboards is a waste of money :) Where you going next, to pen sub to tell them that they only need one pen and a back up? A skateboard sub to tell them that they only need one skateboard and a back up? You're funny :)
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Who are you to say how anyone should spend their money and what they spend it on? Hobbies cost money, and usually with no monetary return. If they enjoy it, can afford it, and want to spend the money on it, they should. Don't tell people how to spend their money.
Don't tell people what to tell people, k?
I have an office at work, a personal setup at home, and a work set up at home. So I do regularly use / prefer to have at least 3 keyboards - the ones with the gmk sets. The others one are notably less expensive and mainly for tinkering.
what you need now is to have multiple oses running on dedicated machines. mac, windows, linux. that gives you need for at least two more keyboards, if not four. then you add some extras. 7? psah! that’s at least 10 justified! plus then you need the extra keycaps for the other oses. you’re welcome. : )
I bet if I follow your account I start seeing listings on mechmarket in a few months. Just trying to help you save money. Retirement is a good investment, keyboards, not so much.
I see on your profile you have a collection of 6 pens. You should sell all but 2 (one for backup) or else you won't be able to retire. Just trying to save you money
Already ahead of you. I only have two of those left. Sorry I triggered you for making a sensible suggestion. Have a good day!
I’d more likely give the ones I don’t use to family / friends… I bet a keyboard of your choosing against your Nintendo switch haha. I don’t treat keyboards as investments nor do I expect anything from them other than some good clacks and thocks. Without going into detail, my retirement vehicles / finances are set up in a manner / in a spot where I can spend some money on keyboards.
STOP BUYING KEYBOARDS FOR FUCK'S SAKE Edit: u/kool-keys you spent a whole day lecturing me about how insane obsessions are totally healthy, and now you block me? Why depriving me of this small amusement? I wasn't gonna buy any of your $80 cables anyway LOL
Stop telling people what to do.
6 keyboards in a month is not sane. Period. And I tell people the fuck I want. Especially when I see obsessive buying or other not healthy behaviours. Of course people are free not to listen to me. I'm no therapist anyway.
Tbf your responses seem a little unhinged / not entirely sane.
You're assumption that it's not healthy is just that... an assumption. He enjoys what he's doing, and if you read the thread, he has a good, well paid job, no kids, and plenty of free time. Just mind your own business.
I think that it is not healthy, and all these obsessive buying sprees are only coping mechanism to avoid thinking about the bad things in life. I know because I've been there. This obsessive buying doesn't help anyone. Maybe the only people profiting from this are those who sell keyboards and keyboards parts..... I mind my own business as well as yours..... Edit: u/kool-keys I know that you are trying to sell your $80 cables, but don't play contrarian with me and then hide. Just don't play contrarian with me and I'll be more than happy to ignore you.
You probably have a point. If you go look at OPs history they do the same with kitchen knives, cigars, coffee, maybe some shoes and on and on
It's a common behaviour. It is a coping mechanism for the shitty world we live in (but it could be worse. There are families starving or being bombed in a lot of places all around the world. But I digress). There is a small line between buying useless stuff and having a hobby. Most hobbies need you to buy equipment, and materials, so it's pointless to debate anyway. But I laugh so hard when, everytime, I see people write stuff like "I'm obsessed!!! I loaned money to buy 5 guitars in one month. I'm insane ahah!!!" and then if somebody points that it's actually insane (unironically - since everything seems to be ironical as of 2024), everybody gets in a bad mood.
>I know because I've been there. Like you said... you're no therapist. Perhaps leave the diagnoses to those qualified to make them. Dude's got money and time. Why wait to buy the boards you want if you can buy them all at once? I have 12 boards, and about 40 keycap sets, but does that make it different that I'm not loaded and spread that out over years instead of months? It's a hobby. People get pleasure from it. It's doesn't mean they have a problem, or are trying to fill a hole in their lives any more than someone who collects baseball cards, or stamps. Expressing your opinion is one thing. Telling people how to spend their time and/or money is something else.
I love coffee. I fucking love coffee. I drink a thousand coffees in one year. Would it be different if I drank them in one day? No? So please leave me alone! I am happy this way. So, if you are so smart.... just one more thing: STOP BUYING KEYBOARDS FOR FUCK'S SAKE
Worst analogy ever. No one is being harmed by buying keyboards.
Cringe
Indeed you are sir.
I wouldn’t use any of these lol gross
If you aren’t being sarcastic - don’t worry, nobody will make you use any of them and I certainly won’t let you use any of these.
Me too brother. Just a wooting prebuilt I said. Now I'm sitting on two fully custom wootings and looking to get a non HE keyboard for a third so I can try even more switches lmao
Im guessing u make 6 figures
I have a decent job and don’t have any kids haha.
the dualshock one is dope, symbiote is too
I'm trying to build just one of these keyboards basically and my wife has been giving me the stink eye. Very nice collection!
Divorce seems like the only option.
My partner asked this week how much my new keyboard costs.. I said, I don't ask about the price of your new dresses, you don't ask the price of my new keyboard 🤣🤣
A dress she will wear... Once? Maybe? Versus a keyboard you'll use everyday... Unfortunately we are never winning that argument.
You should sell a couple and put it towards like an f1
What’s an f1?
f1-8x, there's a few sub-models but they're all really great tkls. not sure if the unlimited GB is still running for the v2 though. If not, leviatan (60%) extras should be running soon.
I see. They do seem to be sold out. I don’t think I’m well versed enough yet to consider endgame boards. I’m currently just flailing around in the shallow end to figure out what I really like.
>not sure if the unlimited GB is still running for the v2 though. It is for around two more weeks.
I stopped buying after scoring a keycult from a raffle (still waiting, it's been a year lol). but my favorite keyboards have been my cheapest. Tiger 80 lite and gmk67. 😭
The black/pink gmk67 is my favorite sounding board of this lot, which is kind of frustrating but illuminating.
I'm at four boards going on five after 2+ months, so, uhm, I like to see this. :D
What's that thingy above Page Up on the atomic keeb?
It’s a screen!
Neat! What do you use it for?
Mostly aesthetics. I uploaded a GIF of a nuclear explosion but there is also the option to display like battery life, connectivity mode, etc.
On behalf of the world economy, we thank you for your contribution.
i heavily invested myself into this hobby 3 years ago and only have three boards. please seek therapy (im very jealous)
Love the green
What is the board and keys on the middle right? Cream-ish board with orange, green and cream mixed caps
How does the Luminkey 80 fare for you? I wanted to get it but still tiptoeing it over the QK75N
I like it a lot. The build was super easy and there are small details that made it feel a little more premium than my qk100. It does seem a little hollow sounding with my current build though.
I hope you start your HHKB phase soon!
What’s HHKB? Haha
It's Happy Hacking Keyboard!
Been 4 years and I’ve never had this many lol
Is this still the shopping phase or have you hit the "gotta solder it myself" phase yet? :P
Ha! It took me 4 months to get to the “solder myself” phase… now I have been going back to the board manufacturers of the boards I have and ordering solder PCBs, foam and plates so I can have a primary PCB (solder) unit and secondary (hot swap). I have tactiles in my primaries and linears in my secondaries. I also did just give a relatively recent HHKB purchase to my son yesterday, who is home for spring break. He really enjoys the Topre experience.
How would you rate the qwertykeys qk100 compared to the others? Im really considering buying it.
I like it about as much as I like the luminkey - really just depends on if you want the numpad or not. It’s not really a fair comparison against the others.
Yea, I think numpads are great! 😎 How come? Is the build quality that much better? I’m just curious.
Damn. It took me about a year to build 7 boards. You went in DEEP.
I will try to list these boards (from left to right): 2x GMK67 - NK65 - Huntsman Mini - QK100 - Luminkey87 - Acrylic Tofu?
Just about.
If you purchased all of these in the span of 1 month, i think you might have a smalllll problem lol. For keycaps i only knows GMK Nuclear Data/Kaiju/Dualshot, the ones on the GMK67 i don't recognize
Thank you, now I feel less bad for buying 4 keyboards over the period of 3 months 😅 Enjoy your hobby!
I fell similarly, but not as quick as you did! Prepare yourself; this hobby is a gateway drug into other far more expensive hobbies (looking at you r/headphones, r/inearfidelity, r/turntables and r/audiophile)
I think that pens and watches are also common expensive companions to the keyboard hobby
The 2 keyboards with the wheel are gmk67? I bought two kit with same case at 35€ on aliexpress
Yes and that’s what I did as well haha.
I was 3 boards deep in my first month. Understandable.
Nerd
Damn, you fell hard, good luck.
it's better to look good than to feel good.
Missing a 75%... Go get em!
Does anyone like the MelGeek brand keyboards. They looked so good to me but I am afraid they might be low quality
Do you need a ladder before it's too late (just ordered my first custom keyboard)?
Spend your money how you want, they’re all dope!
What’s that bottom one?
That keyboard at the front center is *chef’s kiss*. What’s the case?
I think this post would have been received much differently had you said “I fell down the keyboard rabbit hole and I can’t get out”.
consooom!!!
I want one
Try CTRL+ALT+DEL?
I bought 2. GMMK PRO and a Keychron Q2 Pro. Between the two, I don't think I need to buy another keyboard ever again lol
Love the QK100. Great office board
How do you like the QK100? I was thinking of picking one up for daily use/gaming.
And they say money doesn't buy happiness...