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Keycron has a few options that are within the price range and they are more than reliable in my experience.
if you get the chance I would recommend trying out some low profile switches though because they actually have a longer travel distance then you would expect.
Keycron has a few options that are within the price range and they are more than reliable in my experience.
I heard of Keychron when doing my prior research but unfortunately they're not really available here and when they are, it's basically only the K series which I don't seem to hear much good about.
if you get the chance I would recommend trying out some low profile switches though because they actually have a longer travel distance then you would expect.
Man 1.8 mm of travel is barely enough for me to avoid double clicks and they still happen. I press 2 keys at once all the time. Anything low profile will be unusable for me in terms of typing.
Yeah, the "easy" solution here is a Keychron V (or even C) series. At an even cheaper pricepoint, they have their "LeMokey" low-end gamer brand, but those show their budget nature a bit much in the larger cases, or so I've heard. If you don't need "officially" full size, the options (including other brands) go up by quite a bit if you can live with a 96% or its "sibling" the 1800 layout, some of which even have the full-size numpad zero. There's also just grabbing a numpad, of course, which maximizes flexibility, but I kinda like having them together; just feels right, and in a wired setup it's also cleaner. If you go full 104+ keys, I wouldn't get too worked up over software unless you like to program macros, as the point of having the full layout is to avoid the remapping that becomes so much nicer with good software like QMK/VIA. In that case, a "gamer" board like a Redragon or Royal Kludge can be okay, and their red switches aren't so much worse than Cherry's, to say nothing of hot swap being pretty common even at the low end these days. To get away from Keycrhon a bit but stay in that space, I think KPRepublic and MonsGeek both have a few decent full size boards. Cherry and Das Keyboard are still around as well.
Be careful though, the entire field is strewn with deep and interconnected rabbit holes.
Keychron V
I looked it up on a local website which lists all major hardware sellers and it only found one option which is like 60% so that's not going to work.
(or even C)
Haven't seen a single seller for that. I only see the K series (90% of options) and the scissors B series. Also it looks like K series isn't 100% but rather 96? I would prefer to go the safe route and get full 100% ngl. I can't really afford trying anything now.
About the other brands you mentioned, the only one I recognize from my research is Redragon and all their full size options look massive. Availability of less known brands here is extremely poor and inconsistent.
Be careful though, the entire field is strewn with deep and interconnected rabbit holes.
That's why I made this post. Fortunately I have developed a brilliant resistance to unwanted rabbitholes (as well as some other things) which consists of the feeling of general severe physical pain that appears automatically in the event of detection of one. Seeing some old posts mentioning how deep it goes was enough for me to stop looking lol.
Ahhh, yeah the full lineup might not be really available everywhere. If you’re comfortable sharing, what country are you shopping in?
No I can't share such details. This environment is too hostile for that.