rockfella
Ambassador of Buzz
The one in my siggy. It is good for it's price. Fully changeable RGB. Havit HV-KB366L
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Mechanical Keyboard under 5000
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chimera201
Wise Old Owl
Good mech keyboards are well worth the price as they last well over 10 years. Membrane ones usually develop issues in a year if you do typing regularly. It's a pity they don't make the media buttons mechanical.
omega44-xt
Gear up ...
Oh, ok. How old is it now?
omega44-xt
Gear up ...
My KB, CM Devastator 3, is 3+ years old now. I didn't have decent KBs fail in a year or so yet, I used to use a Logitech wireless one before this for 3-4 years.
rockfella
Ambassador of Buzz
It's new .. few months.
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setanjan123
In the zone
Thanks for all the suggestions. I ordered GK61 from Aliexpress after lots of research. Since its my first mechanical keyboard and I am a bit budget constrained. Compared to brands like Ant Esports and Cosmic Byte this is much more well regarded. Went with Gateron Blues. Cost me around 2800 including shipping.
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Some mechanical keyboards have mechanical media keys as well, though they are mostly an existing key to be used in conjunction with the Fn key.
chimera201
Wise Old Owl
I am not talking about outright failing. But some of the keys tend to not register the keystrokes in the first try within a year of use, sometimes you have to press harder or at a certain angle for the keystroke to register. All the keys on my 5+yr old mech keyboard still feel as it was on Day 1 (except for the media keys which aren't mech).
omega44-xt
Gear up ...
My Logitech wireless one did have some keys which had to pressed after 2-3 years of use. I think a few keys stopped, that's why I threw it away. My current KB has no issues at all since 3 years, just bit dirty which isn't as easy to clean as a mech KB with removable keycaps. My KBs with home PCs have lasted a few years without issues as well, so never had a membrane KB fail in 1 year (never bought those ₹200 KB though).
My old Logitech KB was 800-900 & Devastator 3 combo was like 2.5k (its mouse failed in 2 years though, left click issues), so hard-pressed to justify 7-9k on a KB for me. I know many who will likely not spend over 1-1.5k on KB+mouse.
rockfella
Ambassador of Buzz
You are right. Membrane keys do tend to get stickier/harder to press within 1/2 years. I will not buy a membrane again.
rockfella
Ambassador of Buzz
YMMV with less typing.
omega44-xt
Gear up ...
I surely don't type all day, but surely more than most people + gaming on it. Maybe I was just lucky, IDK, but KBs from good brands have lasted me a few years. Last KB that gave me issues was my old laptop's KB which I replaced but ironically that wasn't used as much as my Devastator KB.
vito scalleta
In the zone
I have seen good reviews for Gamdias Hermes E3. Comes in both Black and white and has RGB backlighting too. Its TKL.
It seems to have bad keycaps but decent keys for the price.
It seems to have bad keycaps but decent keys for the price.
skeletor
Chosen of the Omnissiah
Nope. USA.
cute.bandar
Cyborg Agent
Any mechanical wireless keyboard with multimedia keys @ 5k ?
Didn't want to start a new thread as I am not sure if I am go ahead with this.
Didn't want to start a new thread as I am not sure if I am go ahead with this.
SaiyanGoku
kamehameha!!
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omega44-xt
Gear up ...
No
I think Cosmic Byte GK11, Redragon SURARA K582 & Gamdias Hermes M5 are some good choices under 5k sorted cheapest to most expensive.
This is a wireless option I found, not sure how good it is:
Amazon.in: Buy Cosmic Byte CB-GK-14 Sirius Bluetooth & Wired Mechanical Keyboard with Per Key RGB, Outemu Blue Switches (Black) Online at Low Prices in India | Cosmic Byte Reviews & Ratings
cute.bandar
Cyborg Agent
ok I am abandoning multimedia keys. I'll figure something out for those. Options please ?
@omega44-xt Thanks for that. I had looked into it. It seems to we a bluetooth one which is big no, coz latency.