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PresidentScree t1_j69e500 wrote

Love these boards. I’ve been looking at a q9 and now I realise I can’t do without a backspace key top right. That’s ISO looks great though.

And those keycaps on the RK look really nice - spacebar aside - where did you pick them up?

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Comfortable_Mango_11 OP t1_j69j6a7 wrote

Yep they included hundreds of key variants but forgot to make a spacebar without the cute winter landscape. I'm not the most adventurous shopper... I got them here: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B0BNBWS24W?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

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PresidentScree t1_j69jfnu wrote

Thanks, I think i have a red spacebar lying around somewhere. They look much better in your photos than the sales pictures… appreciate it.

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concentus7 t1_j6ac6w4 wrote

Keep meaning to get a Q9

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Comfortable_Mango_11 OP t1_j6clt83 wrote

It's fantastic to type on but the delete key fiasco (there isn't a good place for one) makes me wish I hadn't bought the ISO version... either I'll buy another Q9 with ANSI or a Q2 which just looks a whole lot more normal and less weird to deal with. Love the sound and heaviness of this thing.

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concentus7 t1_j6dd58r wrote

Yeah, ANSI is definitely the right move with the Q9. I would definitely not recommend a 40% or 50% for anyone not first used to using a 60%. It can be a steep learning curve.

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Comfortable_Mango_11 OP t1_j683y8e wrote

The square brackets are now normal round brackets ( ). That blue cursor key is backspace. BT is there because i don't have an FN2 key... all in all, it's a pain in the ass and great if you want to annihilate your own productivity!

As for the RK, I'd like it a whole lot better if it had cursor keys! Good cheap keyboard, though.

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Orb_Ponderer_5 t1_j69abr7 wrote

what are the Q9's keycaps?

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Comfortable_Mango_11 OP t1_j69cnr6 wrote

Tragically they don't have a name. I found them on Amazon Germany under the catchy heading "UK Keycaps 172 Keys Double Shot SA Profile Layout 6.25u/7 uISO/ANSI Layout Suitable for Mechanical Keyboard Keycap GH60 GK64 RK61". The cardboard box they come in is labelled "UK 172 Dark Blue Brown Keycaps". They are nice, though! It appears they shipped from Wales.

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pokopf t1_j69q4kx wrote

Are you ISO-DE user? Or you use the setup seen on your keycaps

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Comfortable_Mango_11 OP t1_j69r28s wrote

I've always used ANSI keyboards. I ended up with this ISO oddity because it was the only one I could find in blue, with a knob. (then the next day I found the USA layout exactly like I wanted...Keychron themselves have it.

Anyway the weird keys (+ and @) are there because I use them more than the squiggly tilde/ grave accent and the backslash that was next to the Enter key.

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SimplyJosho t1_j6cwgit wrote

Awesome builds! Do you plan on going into sub-40s next?

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