My dad used the same IBM keyboard his job at the time gave him for over 20 years and when it finally broked he went on eBay and got the same one again.
Lil pricey for a keyboard but about as much as a good mechanical. They're fun to type on since the buckling spring switch is really unlike anything else out there.
Unfortunately there's a sort of middle layer between cheap, shitty rubber dome keyboards and proper mechanicals like Ducky or Leopold that most mechanical keyboards fall into where you're still paying $100+ for a keyboard but it's going to just break after two years.
I've had this 25 dollar mechanical keyboard for 4 years, I've spilled coffee into it at least a dozen times.
I've had pretty good luck with my $30 Redragon -I've had it for about that long and it's even had the escape key torn out with absolutely no lasting damage to it.
100% correct here. One thing to look into in your next purchase OP is to get a board with swappable/repairable switches, PCB, etc. That way if you do have issues in the future it's replacing some switches, keycaps, etc instead of the whole rig.
They stopped making good keyboards at some point, I think I may have gotten the last one.
i think my IBM model F is approaching 40 years old now :meow-floppy:
Still works, lmao.
I have a model M that's precisely six years older than I am. Kind of neat to look at the sticker and see my birthday.
Of course it's broken because I never bothered to replace the busted switches when I bought it and my current computer doesn't have a PS/2 port but one day I'll have a space where I can repair it with parts from another dead model M and can type without waking people up.
That's amazing, very cool find.
Do you know what's wrong with the switches? The thing I remember failing on the Model Ms is the internal membrane sandwich separating when the little plastic rivets break off. If that's the failure, then you really just need to drill out the rivets and bolt the thing back together.
It was either that or a spring slipping out of place and not clicking. That was just a matter of taking the key off and reinstalling it, usually took a few tries to get the spring realigned.
Never bothered to crack it open to see what's wrong with it, just found that some keys are dead. I've got the parts to replace anything broken with a different model M that clearly used to be used in a prison (property of sticker on it lmao) but it's all been in a closet for 5 years.
i’ve always gotten logitech mice, because they’re always available at every computer store. their cheap mice are literal tanks and last fucking FOREVER, but their one gaming mouse i got crapped itself after a year.
Good chance Logitech replaces it. I've had my G502 replaced twice, one of which gave me an upgrade from the original to the RGB version.
Double typing and key presses not registering all over the board. The last straw was the Enter key going to shit today
Is it wireless? I had a k360 that had very similar sounding problems from logitech. Switched to a wired one and seems alright but we'll see.
I believe the model OP uses is wired. I had a similar wired keyboard (a G412, I think) and the keys started to have issues registering presses as well.
i'm loving the keychron I recently purchased and now I fear for it
Yeah, the modern hybrid mechanicals logitech makes are shit. I have one of the old original Das Keyboards and it's working fine.
I went through the tedious process to RMA Logitech headphones. They followed through but it was a headache
