So there’s this funny sale on Amazon a few days ago where you can get an Outemu Blue switch 60% mechanical keyboard for $15
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B09BKW8ZN7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
So I picked it up.
Did a couple keycap changes with keys that I mostly just had laying around. Also installed some O-Rings which made the extremely loud clickity-clack of the Outemu Blues MUCH quieter. It’s apparently actually hot swappable with other outemu switches, so I think i’m gonna use this to play around with stuff like lubing, stabilizers, switch swapping etc. at $15 I don’t mind if I mess it up.
However it also VERY quickly made me realize that there’s no way in hell that I could use a 60% as my daily driver, 65% would be the lowest I could go, the function keys needed for arrow keys was way too inconvenient for me - and even with arrow keys turned on permanently thanks to a function key shortcut, now I need to use a function key to use the “?” symbol.
Still, better than the laptop keyboard if I want to play minecraft and its small enough to fit in my laptop bag, which is pretty nice.