Corsair Launches K70 CORE SE Gaming Keyboard with MLX Red Linear Switches and White/Silver/Yellow Color Scheme

[DrezKill]

I'm always postponing my semi-annual keyboard cleaning because taking all the keys out, cleaning and putting them back in takes a ****load of time.

I know exactly how you feel.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Well, all that talk sort of inspired me. Cleaned my old K800, compressed air+windex wipe down. It's still my all-time favorite and I dread the day it dies. I've had it ~ 10-13 years now.

 

[Grimlakin]

I prefer logitech software over icue which is very unintuitive and since they released their new version pretty annoying, 50% of the time I resume from sleep I have to close icue and restart it as otherwise it no longer recognises my hardware and everything defaults to rainbow puke.

I can't say I've had that issue... EVER. Even if Icue forgot everything my stuff remains the static color I set it to.. I don't have any conditional lighting configured or anything. And I'm frustrated my case fan's arn't managed by Icue either but not frustrated enough to try and fix it. lol.

 

[Endgame]

I think my heavy typing style means I put so much force into the keys that I feel nothing of the movement of the switches anyway.

Did you learn to type on the old bucking spring switches like the IBM model M? I have one of those on the shelf that I've had since -at least- 1990 and I used it until PS/2 ports disappeared from motherboards. Furthermore, I used and older AT style when I first started using a computer as far back as 85. The force taken to actually press those buckling springs is so much harder than modern keyboards I'm constantly just crushing the keys. I'll likely never adjust to the lighter key presses necessary on something like a MX blue.

 

[LazyGamer]

I'll likely never adjust to the lighter key presses necessary on something like a MX blue.

You can just bang Cherry MX-style switches to the backplate to your heart's content. You can also get switches with heavier springs and put some form of O-ring or other dampening below the caps to soften the 'blow'.

 

[Grimlakin]

Did you learn to type on the old bucking spring switches like the IBM model M? I have one of those on the shelf that I've had since -at least- 1990 and I used it until PS/2 ports disappeared from motherboards. Furthermore, I used and older AT style when I first started using a computer as far back as 85. The force taken to actually press those buckling springs is so much harder than modern keyboards I'm constantly just crushing the keys. I'll likely never adjust to the lighter key presses necessary on something like a MX blue.

I learned on those as well. I love them. And I bang my cherry MX blues like Elsa on a group shoot.

 

[Endgame]

You can just bang Cherry MX-style switches to the backplate to your heart's content. You can also get switches with heavier springs and put some form of O-ring or other dampening below the caps to soften the 'blow'.

Yes, the switched hold up wonderfully to the abuse. My point was moreso that at this point, I'll never adopt a lighter touch. Now that I think about it, my high school taught typing on typewriters which had a very heavy key press because we only had 1 computer lab due to the expense. And this was in 1996...

 

[Grimlakin]

Yes, the switched hold up wonderfully to the abuse. My point was moreso that at this point, I'll never adopt a lighter touch. Now that I think about it, my high school taught typing on typewriters which had a very heavy key press because we only had 1 computer lab due to the expense. And this was in 1996...

LOL 1996... I'm old.. GET OFF MY LAWN!

 

[Zarathustra]

Did you learn to type on the old bucking spring switches like the IBM model M? I have one of those on the shelf that I've had since -at least- 1990 and I used it until PS/2 ports disappeared from motherboards. Furthermore, I used and older AT style when I first started using a computer as far back as 85. The force taken to actually press those buckling springs is so much harder than modern keyboards I'm constantly just crushing the keys. I'll likely never adjust to the lighter key presses necessary on something like a MX blue.

You got it!

Taught myself how to type on Model M's (and some Commodore 64's), in the late 80's and early 90's. Briefly used quiet key membranes in the late 90's through like 2004 when I decided I missed "real keyboards" and eBayed myself a bunch of model M's again and used those until 2019 when I decided to try a Cherry MX based board.

Since I am self taught I am not a touch typist. I can pretty much type without looking 90+% of the time, but as soon as I think about what I am doing, it all falls apart. I decided I wanted to try something with a mild backlight so I could see it in the dark. If not for this, I'd still be using model M's.

The only MX switches I found acceptable (barely) were the heavy MX Greens and MX Clears. Everying else is too light.

I still wish someone would make a modern buckling spring keyboard, reengineered with native USB, NKRO and backlighting. Pretty sure it should be possible to shine an LED up through the center of the spring, and use double-shot keycaps. It would have the side benefit of avoiding all that annoying underglow and giving you "through key" light only.

 

[Grimlakin]

You got it!

Taught myself how to type on Model M's (and some Commodore 64's), in the late 80's and early 90's. Briefly used quiet key membranes in the late 90's through like 2004 when I decided I missed "real keyboards" and eBayed myself a bunch of model M's again and used those until 2019 when I decided to try a Cherry MX based board.

Since I am self taught I am not a touch typist. I can pretty much type without looking 90+% of the time, but as soon as I think about what I am doing, it all falls apart. I decided I wanted to try something with a mild backlight so I could see it in the dark. If not for this, I'd still be using model M's.

The only MX switches I found acceptable (barely) were the heavy MX Greens and MX Clears. Everying else is too light.

I still wish someone would make a modern buckling spring keyboard, reengineered with native USB, NKRO and backlighting. Pretty sure it should be possible to shine an LED up through the center of the spring, and use double-shot keycaps. It would have the side benefit of avoiding all that annoying underglow and giving you "through key" light only.

I've seen membrane that lights up but it isn't very responsive and color changing. It's kind of extended duration on or off. You could put that under a doubleshot key cap that is charged via contacts in the switch itself. Though that would lock you into a specific switch type.

 

[Denpepe]

Now that I think about it, my high school taught typing on typewriters

I leanred to typr on an actual mechanical typewriter with all the keys painted over except G&H I'm still doing fine with my ultraresponsive K70 MK2, I do kind of regret not putting in more effort back then to properly learn the skill.