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Full Size Mechanical keyboard recommendations. (EU) (lemmy.world)
submitted 22 hours ago by to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml
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Hello,

After using de IBM Model-M for years (since about '91) I was forced to switch to something else. In '10 I bought me the DasKeyboard Model S Ultimate and in '20 the 4 Ultimate. Now after 16 years the model S is showing it's age and some switches are starting to give up.

I can buy me another 4 Ultimate, but it could also be a good time to look at alternatives, as I kinda start to prefer hotswap switches ( so I can replace them when they fails) and would prefer an EU company that makes the keyboard. (or at least develops it, while it's made in China, like almost all other products)

Requirements:

  • Fullsize (100%), as muscle memory of decades is harder to retrain)
  • Cherry MX(2A?) Blue
  • Wired
  • When backlight is unavoidable, it should be able to turn off without software. (or turned off by default)
  • Available via a shop in EU (pref NL)

Very nice to have:

  • Blank caps
  • No backlight
  • Media keys
  • Price below € 200,=
  • Non US company (pref EU)

Alternative is to get me a final DasKeyboard 4 Ultimate and a few switches to try to replace the failing switches on the model S or a separate windows key so I can use my Model Ms (have 4 of them) for work.

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[–] 6 points 21 hours ago (1 child)

Keychron do very nice full size mech keyboards, but are made in China

Partly commenting so I can come back and see what others say, I'm currently not aware of any EU-made mechanical keyboards

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    • [–] 2 points 18 hours ago

    This doesn't have blue switches, but matches all your other requirements, and is actually from a Dutch company: https://wooting.io/

    Their Wooting 2 HE is full-size, and since it uses hall-effect switches you won't even need to worry about faulty switches. The switches are not clicky like Cherry Blues though, they are linear (more like Cherry Reds). It also allows adjusting the actuation point, so the sensitivity of the key can be adjusted to personal preference.

    I found them because I got fed up with key chatter on my normal switches, these switches theoretically last forever.

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    [–] 1 point 18 hours ago*

    I can't believe Das keyboards is still soldering switches in 2026. I don't have an EU recommendations but hot swap has already saved me 2 keyboards

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    [–] 1 point 16 hours ago

    i know only of https://dygma.com/ and https://splitkb.com/. dygma has few non split keyboard models, but sllitkb I believe do not (duh).

    They're all >200€ tho afaik.

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    [–] 1 point 8 hours ago

    I've been using Durgod keyboards for a while (my first is my daily driver at home and has had no issues since I bought it at least 8 years ago. I bought a second for work recently and quality is consistent with the first. Is Chinese company, not sure if they have an EU shop, not sure if they have a cherry MX blue option, you'd need to run through the full size units and see what they have in stock (they offer a lot of cherry MX options), no backlight, not sure if you can get blank keycaps, not sure what you mean about media keys, mine has some media options (stop play vol control etc) accessible via a FN key. Should be sub 200eur for the big ones, they are sub 200aud.

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    [–] 1 point 17 hours ago

    https://modelfkeyboards.com/

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