Mechanical keyboards don't make me type faster but my fingers are less fatigued then when pressing those mushy buttons. As for the noise, I live alone. So, who cares? Also there are switches that are not noisy. Mechanical keyboards are customizable, which is a big deal for me since I want my keyboards to have a unique look.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

how do your fingers get more fatigued from membrane keys?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Start typing 8 hours a day 5 day a week for a year

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Pretty sure I'd still prefer membrane

by Anonymous 1 year ago

\*Some\* mechanical keyboards are customizable, the even more expensive ones, but for me even those are not enough. For instance, there is no customizable mechanical keyboard in the world that can provide me with glyphs and layout I need for my language (Eastern European QWERTZ Latin).

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Membrane keyboards are cheaper yes.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Just shows you know nothing about keyboards. If your key fails on a membrane, that's the whole keyboard out. If a key fails on a mechanical, you simply swap that one switch.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Except you need to have exchangeable switches, which is on only about 1% of all mechanical keyboards, expensive AF, just for professionals who have backup switches or channels to quickly acquire them. On the other side, membranes rarely break, but mechanical switches pretty often.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

yeah but at a replacement cost of $15 ($10 if I go with a wired one) I think that's a risk worth taking

by Anonymous 1 year ago

But a key won't normally fail, there's nothing mechanical going on else the keycap breaks... somehow. it's just two traces on the silicone with a conductive pad to touch them to complete the circuit.

by Anonymous 1 year ago