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Mechanical Keyboards

Table of Contents

  1. Mechanical Switches
  2. Keyboard Sizes
  3. Sub-70%
  4. Tenkeyless
  5. Fullsized
  6. Custom-Built Keyboards
  7. Additional Resources

Mechanical Switches

Most modern mechanical Cherry MX-style switches come in three flavours:

  1. Linear
  2. Tactile
  3. Clicky

Where the three refer to the tactility and sound profile of the switch when pressed. A linear switch has no additional tactility when fully depressed and the only sounds produced by such is from the switch being fully depressed and un-depressed. A tactile switch has a “tactile point” close to the actuation point from when it is un-depressed to being fully depressed. A clicky switch is similar to a tactile switch except clicky switches produce a typically loud ‘clicky’ sound when the tactile point is actuated. Further reading on the categories of switches can be found in Additional Resources.

Linear

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Tactile

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Clicky

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Keyboard Sizes

Mechanical keyboards come in a variety of keyboard sizes. Conventional keyboards featuring alphanumeric keys, function keys, navigational keys, and a number pad keys are considered to be “100%” or “Fullsized.” Many mechanical keyboards are targeted toward gamers and programmers who may not need the full size of the 100% form factor and as a result a vast majority of mechanical keyboards on the market are smaller than 100%. A short list of keyboard sizes of interest is listed below. Further reading on the sizes of keyboards can be found in Additional Resources.

Sub-70%

  1. Royal Kludge RK61
  2. Motospeed CK61
  3. Geek GK61
  4. Akko 3068
  5. Anne Pro 2

Tenkeyless

  1. Velocifire TKL02
  2. Drevo Tyrfing V2
  3. Drevo Joyeuse V2
  4. RAKK ILIS
  5. Tecware Phantom 84
  6. HexGears GK707
  7. Keycool 84

Fullsized

  1. Motospeed CK89
  2. Hexgears GK705

Custom Keyboards

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Additional Resources:

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