So I'm not a huge keyboard snob, but I do have preferences and I don't like using really cheap spongy keyboards that feel like mush when typing.
Gengerally I've been sticking with mechanical keyboards using either Cherry Blue or Brown keys, but I haven't spent more than 100$ on a keyboard until this week. This week I picked up a Logitech MX Mechanical Mini for almost 200$.
Now a real keyboard snob is going to look at that and start sneering about it, but I didn't actually shell out 200$ for the thing - it was bought using reward points from a laptop purchase that I did recently so it cost me about 15$ in shipping costs. And that's probably a good thing given that I'm not as enamoured of it as I would have thought given the price tag for the thing.
For comparison I have been using a Keychron K6 for a while now, This is something that I picked up for a good price and it's been a great keyboard for personal work on my desktop machine. The only thing that I find that I'm missing is dedicated function keys across the top. The one that I've just picked up has the function keys across the top, and the key feel isn't bad but it's not the same as what I've been used to on the other one.
Given that the newer keyboard has low profile keys that's probably where most of the difference is coming from. The key profile is fine, but it feels like things are bottoming out quicker more like a laptop.
The funny thing is that a lot of this comes down to keyboards being very personal devices, what I like isn't always going to be the same as what someone else likes. Although if I could get this type of typing response on a laptop I would be very happy with that. To bad that all the laptop manufacturers are going to thinner and thinner devices leaving no space for things liker a mechanical key switch in the device.
Either way, it's probably a good thing that this one didn't wind up costing me as much as it did. For 200$ I would probably be taking this thing back, but for the cost of shipping it's definitely worth keeping around.
