In depth: Here’s how I came to spend over $200 on a keyboard

By Jon Porter

Here’s how I came to spend over $200 on a keyboard

After a frustrating seven month wait, my custom-made WhiteFox keyboard has finally arrived.

It may have only sold 3810 units, but that actually means it’s one of the better selling items from Massdrop, which was the exclusive seller of the keyboard.

Which is surprising, given that including import duties and taxes the keyboard cost me around $270 (around £200 / AU$360).

That figure sounds crazy, and in my more lucid moments I’d be inclined to agree with you, but me buying a WhiteFox is just one of several seemingly insane purchases I’ve embarked upon since tumbling down the rabbit hole of mechanical keyboards.

Humble beginnings

Maybe I should start from the beginning. I was in my first year of university when I first came across the phenomenon of so-called ‘mechanical’ keyboards.

Their proponents claim that compared to the cheap rubber-dome keyboards that come with most computers, mechanical keyboards will last far longer and be far nicer to type on to boot.

There are seemingly two kinds of people when it comes to mechanical keyboards: those who think the idea of spending a hundred dollars …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components