Do you like your keyboard for coding?

[honey the codewitch]

Yeah the 5QS. The main reason i got it was I was chewing through my keycaps in no time and I wanted to be able to replace them. I haven't had to replace these. The other reason I got it was I was dropping keys because my fingers are quick, yet lazy so I mash multiple keys at once. This keyboard is NKRO meaning I don't drop letters anymore. Weee!

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[_WinBase_]

I use a microsoft wired ergonomic keyboard, it's great quality and took a little getting used to for a month or so because of the shape, but now i wouldnt swap back to an old 'flat' type. GL

[gervacleto]

I have been using the G.SKILL KM780 MX Cherry Blue. This is not only an excellent keyboard, but also has 6 additional macro buttons I can use for repetitive tasks when developing. Instead of pressing two keys for some actions, I program one of the keys to do the job. It has the possibility to program 3 sets of 6 macro-keys to have 18 different macros. In my case I use the first for C# in Visual Studio; the second for Python and the third for gamming. By the way this is the original intention for this keyboard: GAMING :laugh:

[MikeCO10]

I'm wanting to get another keyboard as well. Lots of answers here, but I don't see too much as to why a $200 is better for coding than a $50 one? I'm just curious what the advantage is to doing coding. I'd note that I'm typing this on a stock HP, but since I'm having coffee at the kitchen table, it works because I can set it back further away than the one I use at my desk, which is a Logitech MK wireless. Don't have the luxury of that extra distance at my desk.

[Mark Starr]

I have a Das keyboard. Brown switches. Doesn’t have all the fancy backlight features, don’t know if they were offered when I got mine. 8 or 9 years later, still working fine, though I’ve been retired for a few years now. If it ever wears out I’ll buy another Das. Good luck finding your keyboard. Very personal thing.

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[rnbergren]

I am curious to see which one you keep. I miss my MS 6000 desktop setup. I wore it out. and you cannot buy new ones

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[Oleg A Lukin]

I used Microsoft's Natural Ergonomic[^] for ages and loved it. Unfortunately they phased it out in favor of this one[^] which I had to buy after my old one broke after 12 years of service. I liked old model more but this one is quite good too unless you are looking only for mechanical models

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[Burnie35]

I use a couple of WASD keyboards. Although they're not wireless, they can be customized with whatever key switches you want blue, red or brown. With or without numeric keypad. I love them. They're a bit noisy but I work in my home office and so don't care. I think you can get silent switches though. Just look up WASD Keyboards.

[gjutras]

I use this one Freestyle Edge RGB Split Mechanical Keyboard | Kinesis Gaming[^] with the optional lift kit and it's the greatest I've used in 30+ years of programming. I also added a seperate numeric keypad. The ergonomics with the lift kit, choice of cherry switches, and the programmable left keys all make it a great keyboard. I love cherry brown switches for tactile feedback with very little clack.

[Stuart Dootson]

I use two - a [Unicomp Model M](https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/NEW\_M) and a [Matias Tactile Pro](http://matias.ca/tactilepro4/) (the cheapest new Alps-like keyboard I could find - I was able to get a PC variant before they were discontinued). If I could justify the money for a [new Model F](https://www.modelfkeyboards.com/product/f77-model-f-keyboard/)...

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[Roger Wright]

You're going to love it, I predict! Great choice!

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[giulicard]

I use a new UNICOM New Model M keyboard which has keys built with classic buckling springs, i.e, as the old-fashioned original IBM contacts. Nice keyboard, with pleasant feedback, when using it. Serious keyboard perfect for software development.

[sasadler]

Yes, I like my keyboard. I very infrequently use the keypad (only in some games) so I have a QuickFire 10 keyless keyboard with Cherry brown switches. I can put both the keyboard and my mouse on the keyboard shelf on my desk. I do have a separate USB keypad for the few games that uses it. RGB lighting for me is pretty useless since I'm a touch typist. I almost never look at my keyboard when typing.

[Memtha]

I'm loving my GMMK keyboard from Glorious Gaming. They're relatively new on the block but the concept of replaceable switches makes me think it'll be easier to maintain this one vs replacing the whole thing when just a few keys get sketchy. I mostly picked it because it comes in white and I have a transparent acrlic sheet above it to keep the cats off it, but between white kbd and desk, it also functiosn as a whiteboard while also letting me watch my fingers type.

[StatementTerminator]

I used DasKeyboards for a very long time. They're good, but way overpriced these days, there are better options for less IMHO. I've switched to Keychron, I'm using a K8 right now. They have wireless bluetooth capability, but you can used them wired as well and that's what I do at work. They're among the most affordable mechanical keyboards and you can get them with hot-swappable switches. If you want a good mechanical keyboard without spending a lot, they're worth a look.

[StatementTerminator]

They're perfect for software development if you work from home! I have one but I don't dare bring it to work, those suckers are LOUD! I'm afraid I'd get strangled for using one in the office.

[giulicard]

Yes, you are right. And I like the "noise" it makes. I am a senior consultant (with over 37 years of service) working mostly alone from home (office/laboratory). I cancel the noise of my keyboard, like the rest of the noise around me, by continuously listening to very old music (mainly classic and progressive rock) from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Since I know every single word by heart, listening to it requires no concentration on my part and allows me to do my job with full efficiency ... and so, I pleasantly cancel out ambient noise :)

[John Wellbelove]

I use a simple and unexpensive Cherry KC1000. Nice low profile keys with a nice action.

[Gary R Wheeler]

I bought a Corsair K70 RGB Mk.2[^] a while back. Pros: Mechanical keyboard, very nice feel; lighting is very nice for an old fart with vision problems Cons: Key layout is a little tight; the keytop labels are weird, shift glyphs are below the unshift glyphs, reverse of every other keyboard in the known universe; software is under-designed and over-engineered The software looks like it was designed by a gamer overdosing on 5-Hour Energy drinks. Aggressive, useless graphics and animation for everything. Despite that, you have to step through the UI carefully to ensure your settings are saved. There's a very complicated system for defining key actions that loses all value when you discover it's assigning actions to the keyboard buttons and doesn't pay attention to shift, ctrl, alt, etc. If you define a key to perform an action, that key only performs that action, and can no longer be used normally :doh: . Despite my annoyance with the software, I've kept the keyboard and continue to use it. I probably wouldn't buy another one, however.

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[jkirkerx]

So this is a Logitech MX Keys for business, and I really don't like it much. I thought it would be OK, like typing on a notebook computer, but I'm slipping and sliding everywhere like walking on ice. The keystrokes are soo short, and I find myself pounding the keys down past the bottom. To me it's pretty anti coder and not programmer friendly. I found the light up keys to be annoying, and turned off the lights. But it's pretty heavy and well built, and I like the rechargeable battery. Not sure if I like the old style keys, or if I'm just use to them. I guess someone coming from a notebook and picking up a desktop would love this keyboard, and perhaps mac users just love this copy of a Apple Magic Keys keyboard as well. For now, this is not the keyboard I would want to spend 7 hours on writing code, because I use so many keyboard shortcuts like ctr-c, ctl-s, ctl-v and function keys to load the web console on browsers. The Das keyboard comes next week, and I think I'm gonna like it better. I threw away my old keyboard at lunch, and it was pretty gross looking. :( Everyone is different, and likes different keyboard styles, but I see most people buying the more traditional ones.

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