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Re:Building my first mechanical keyboard by 0xCAP on Saturday May 21, 2022 @05:43AM (#31456554)
I've always been interested in buying one, but since I'm curre tly budgeting for other major investments I'm not willing to spend like 350€+ for an ergodox. Are there decent sub 100€ non diy (i have never soldered anything in my life) split keyboards around afayk?
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Re:Building my first mechanical keyboard by rgoulter on Saturday May 21, 2022 @06:00AM (#31456618)
If your main concern about DIY keyboards is experience, most DIY split keyboards only require through-hole soldering, which is easily doable even with a cheap soldering iron.

The Sofle keyboard is a popular split keyboard. https://github.com/josefadamcik/SofleKeyboard I haven't checked, but I'd believe it's possible close to that budget. e.g. Keyhive have a DIY kit https://keyhive.xyz/shop/sofle

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Re:Building my first mechanical keyboard by KolenCh on Sunday May 22, 2022 @05:00AM (#31466202)
Microsoft Sculpt is quite good. It is not mechanical, not truly split. But one that my hand can agree with. It is also the one I travel with because the mechanical split I have is too heavy.
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Re:Building my first mechanical keyboard by Symbiote on Saturday May 21, 2022 @05:51AM (#31456583)
I don't think you'll find anything non-DIY for under €350. The cheapest options are probably the Chinese/AliExpress ortholinear ones[1], but even those still cost more.

[1] http://www.koolertron.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=keyboard

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Re:Building my first mechanical keyboard by jjmiv on Sunday May 22, 2022 @09:58AM (#31468249)
novelkeys has a LOT of great quality keyboards for under lower prices. I have the milkshake nk65 and it is awesome.
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Re:Building my first mechanical keyboard by noir_lord on Saturday May 21, 2022 @10:16AM (#31458131)
Ergo 4000 are good if you don’t require mechanical keys, I’ve used them for years and years.
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Re:Building my first mechanical keyboard by CTDOCodebases on Monday May 23, 2022 @10:32AM (#31479525)
I recommend getting into keyboard groups on discord and facebook. In Australia I've seen people selling second hand assembled split boards for less than cost of the parts.
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