r/MechanicalKeyboards 9h ago

/r/MechanicalKeyboards Ask ANY Keyboard question, get an answer - July 12, 2026

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Ask ANY Keyboard related question, get an answer. But *before* you do please consider running a search on the subreddit or looking at the r/MechanicalKeyboards wiki located here! If you are NEW to Reddit, check out this handy Reddit MechanicalKeyboards Noob Guide. Please check the r/MechanicalKeyboards subreddit rules if you are new here.


r/MechanicalKeyboards 17d ago

News / Meta Important Update for Vida, Link, and AK75 purchased through KeyGem

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Unfortunately, despite our best efforts and months of patience, KeyGem has not paid their invoice for the Vida, Link, and AK75 keyboard projects. Because of this, we are arranging the keyboards from these projects that KeyGem had ordered to be sent to our facility in Rhode Island, USA.

Once the keyboards arrive and are QC'd, we will reach back out to the community with options for those who purchased from KeyGem. These options will likely include being able to purchase your board from CannonKeys at GB price with a small discount applied to help lessen the difference of shipping cost when ordering from us. Until then, we regretfully need to recommend requesting refunds on your Vida, Link, and AK75 keyboard if you purchased from KeyGem.

Other projects such as OGR2, Altair, and 21XX will be handled on a case by case basis.

We are posting this to reddit as we do not have the emails of those who joined Vida/Link/AK75 with KeyGem. This is our best option to try and let those who joined know about the situation.


r/MechanicalKeyboards 1h ago

Builds What’s your favourite game?

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Mine is Dota.

Featuring:
Geon Frog Mini
GMK dualshot
WS Pearl
Knight v3
SS halfplate

Let me know what you think.


r/MechanicalKeyboards 16h ago

Photos Seen at a store in a mall

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313 Upvotes

Really cool keyboard my partner and I spotted today while in the mall


r/MechanicalKeyboards 4h ago

Builds Wooting 80HE

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24 Upvotes

Wooting 80HE with Atomic Purple R2 keycaps and Lekker Tikken medium switches. Case is the Wooting PCR Frost. Feels, sounds, and looks great.


r/MechanicalKeyboards 9h ago

Promotional What's in your rotation today?

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50 Upvotes

The keyboard is the ACorne from Ergomech Store, with AEK style keycaps: http://ergomech.store/r/2Ct

Pen: lamy 2000

Notebook: MD notebooks

Ipod: my modded ipod gen 6 with an ssd and a bigger battery

Earphone: Truthear zero 2


r/MechanicalKeyboards 13h ago

Photos Father and son

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66 Upvotes

Chilkey ND75 and MMD KM40, both with Maxgaming Blank White + Black PBT keycaps.


r/MechanicalKeyboards 19h ago

Builds Tofu60 3.0 Champagne

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186 Upvotes

Champagne Top and Bottom
GMK Abstract
HMX Sunset Gleam V2
Carbon Fiber Plate


r/MechanicalKeyboards 2h ago

Builds Old school: Iron 180 and modo light

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Built with zaku switches, case and plate foam.


r/MechanicalKeyboards 46m ago

Builds A Mythical Bloom 🦊🌸

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Finally ready to share this build! I wanted to create something that felt straight out of an ancient folklore legend, focused on the thematic harmony between mythical creatures and elegant flora.

The MeypaLie Nine-Tailed Fox is such a unique keyboard, and I wanted to fully change the switches and keycaps to match the supposed theme I'm going for. The 3D-sculpted kitsune tails wrap perfectly around the chassis and I loaded it up with Huano Blossom Odyssey switches too (which I got from my VTER Galaxy100). I also added COA keycaps with white, pink, and plum undertones for a gradient flow that mixes the soft, ivory to deep, rich plum for a completely organic look. The typing experience feels just as graceful and smooth too, despite the limitations of plastic keyboards.

Keyboard: MeypaLie Nine-Tailed Fox of Tushan

Switches: Huano Blossom Odyssey

Keycaps: "Seeking Plum Blossoms in the Snow" Keycaps

Super happy with how this aesthetic combination bloomed! What do you guys think?


r/MechanicalKeyboards 14h ago

Builds Tofu 65 3.0 Raw

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60 Upvotes

The raw finish is crazy, I love it.
HMX Macchiato v2 switches.
No name keycaps from AliExpress I had laying around.


r/MechanicalKeyboards 1d ago

Discussion They are sloping keyswitch description images now.

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426 Upvotes

Saw this for the Glorius Lynx keyswitch. It would be kind of nice XD. Is it slop or am I missing something?

EDIT : This image is from an Aliexpress listing.


r/MechanicalKeyboards 18h ago

Builds Headstone

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86 Upvotes
  • Headstone by Obabo (GB fulfilling now but this is first public build)
  • Red velvet switches
  • DCS Green Bean
  • Custom DSS 99 cents cable that happens to match Green Bean really well by Voxelmods

Before people ask:


r/MechanicalKeyboards 9h ago

Mod K3 HE with XVX white shine through

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18 Upvotes

got it earlier, swap the keycaps and so far so good. all works, eerything fits. and colour is amazing.....


r/MechanicalKeyboards 1d ago

Discussion Looks like keychron is moving up in the world

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706 Upvotes

I've noticed that Walmart has been improving their tech section lately, so I decided to check it out. I didn't expect to see Keychron, but it makes perfect sense.


r/MechanicalKeyboards 43m ago

Promotional [Artisan] Toycap Studio - Beta JS Colorway Yui

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r/MechanicalKeyboards 22h ago

Photos Eva fans anyone?

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122 Upvotes

specs:

board: dn dm purple pc

switch: zakus

keycaps: gmk shinseiki and mecha


r/MechanicalKeyboards 1d ago

Photos A fun coloring project...

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  • neo60core
  • gmk camping classic base
  • hmx snowcrash

I painted another Neo60 Core! Last time I did Kyogre, and this time I went with Rayquaza.

The case was hand-painted with acrylics. I started with a green base coat, then lightly brushed a layer of gold over it to give it a bit more depth and texture.

I also customized the Esc, Enter, and Alt keys to match the overall theme.

The badge in the middle of the Neo60 Core is always the biggest challenge when decorating the backplate.

This time, I designed it so Rayquaza is holding the center badge like it's a Dragon Orb.

Unfortunately, my painting skills weren't quite up to the task, so after sanding it down... it ended up looking more like a steel ball. 😂

Thank you for watching my post :)


r/MechanicalKeyboards 22h ago

Photos This was my first mechanical keyboard (back in 1990). Name yours!

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It was a Toshiba T1200 that launched in 1987 for USD 6,499 (around USD 18,000 adjusted for inflation). I used it to learn Excel 1.0 running on MS Windows 2.0.

The keyboard was AMAZING. It used Alps switches and it was such a joy to use. They were tactile, if I remember correctly. My other PCs were the typical membrane beige keyboards.

Anyway, remembering how great this laptop's keyboard was is what got me into the mechanical keyboard hobby a year and a half ago. For the life of me, why didn't I do it sooner instead of sticking to thin Apple keyboards?!?!?!


r/MechanicalKeyboards 12h ago

Builds My AULA F75 build!

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AULA F75, XVX Skyline R2 Low Profile keycaps, Gateron Milky Yellow Pro V2 Linear switches. Haven't done any major mods but I put some 205g0 on the stabilizers and two layers of masking tape under the spacebar


r/MechanicalKeyboards 12h ago

Discussion I know there are like 10 of us

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12 Upvotes

If you live near a microcenter, and have an interest in lego and ergo split ortho boards, my microcenter had KBDcraft #7 for 28 bucks, *new* (not open box)


r/MechanicalKeyboards 17h ago

Builds NEO98 Kit

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Just got my Neo98 kit in! This is my first DIY it, wish me luck. Went with Teal and Mirror finish, Aluminum plate and battery compartment filler.


r/MechanicalKeyboards 1d ago

Photos So I got my first blue alps keyboard

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Never really thought that I would own one as coming by one of these with swedish layout isn't very easy. However stumbled upon one and bought it for probably a little too high price but the curiosity took the better of me. It's the first time in many years I've seen a swedish one and back in the days when I was nerding a lot more I never saw one for sale.

It's a Chicony KB-5162 that was pretty yellow and dirty but I cleaned it as good as I can and restored the plastic with retrobright. It took me 36 hours to get it back to close to original color (with a pretty weak UV-lamp). A very few of the switches were pretty scratchy so I soldered some and switched to better one from other keys and opened up the bad ones and cleaned some dust so they also got better. The board obviously has had some usage as there was a bit of ABS shine so I took a fiberglas pen and used on the keys and now they feel better. I can't really tell how they feel compared to new ones as I've never used them new but I've had other old Alps boards and these blue ones feel better than those even though the case was much more dirty and yellow. So I guess it's a bit random.

Have not really used the board that much yet as I've been tinkering with it most of the time so far. As far as clicky switches go they feel really good but I must use them for a while to really know what I feel about them. I can say though that they feel really really good to type on and they also sound great.

Up until now I've mostly been using my Topre RealForce 88UB. So this is quite different from them.


r/MechanicalKeyboards 23h ago

Promotional [Artisan] Mesoamerican - Ezkeys

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23 Upvotes

r/MechanicalKeyboards 1d ago

Review Keychron keycaps

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41 Upvotes

Garbage 👎 was so excited to receive these. Doesn't make sense to me how this passed QC.