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Need recommendations for a portable low profile keeb (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Copernican@lemmy.world to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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My partner loves her GMK67 with outemu panda switches I built for her a while ago. Now that she has to go in the office she constantly complains how shitty the keyboards are.

What would you recommend for a low profile portable keyboard to give a similar experience the GMK67/Panda that is safe to throw in a backpack, but also a bit quieter for an office setting?

I was looking at the Nuphy Air60 since it has a case option, but I don't know what switch would be good, maybe Wisteria or Moss?

Also looked at the Keychron, but from the switch descriptions only the Mint and Banana sounded close to a switch I would want, but nothing is currently in stock in a 60% layout.

Am I looking in the right direction, or are there other recommendations?

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[–] thatguyadmin@lemmy.itsallbadsyntax.com 2 points 1 year ago

I have many nice diy Ortho boards for at home, but at work I have a computer I do CAD on. Because I share this machine and use the numpad a lot, and decided to just get a full sized board. Ordered one of the cheap ones with low profile choc switchs from Amazon. Since then I ordered an ISO layout TKL for my wife, and a 65% for my gaming PC. They are the definition of "good enough". For around the price of one high quality board I now have 3 boards that have been getting daily use and are still "good enough" years later.

To also add, my wife cannot really feel the difference in her cheap low pro, and my lubed Planck. Her only feedback was "Ortho is hard for her, but it looks cool".

My only suggestion is to ease newer users. If she is used to her GMK67, make sure the layout is the EXACT same. Some smaller boards do weird things with the right shift and arrow keys.