Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard (Tactile Quiet) $199 + Delivery ($0 C&C / in-Store / Metro Delivery) @ Officeworks
Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard (Tactile Quiet) $199 + $5.99 Delivery ($0 C&C / in-Store) @ JB Hi-Fi
Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard (Clicky) $199 Delivered @ Amazon AU
I will always argue in favor of the value of Apple's computers but their peripherals are obviously designed with style as the number one concern.
You would be crazy if you use your PC all day for work to get the apple keyboard over a real mechanical one.
Also the cost for what you get is really awful with those. If you like that flat chiclet style of keyboard the apple one doesn't offer anything over a cheap one from another brand (Besides looks).
It'd made of a milled aluminium block (this Logitech is made of plastic with only the too-case made of a sheet of aluminium, and it is $20 cheaper than this Logitech.
When was the last time you actually used an Apple keyboard, what are you basing your claims on?
I use them every day, I manage a fleet of iMacs and the one in my office that I use when I am not using my M1 Macbook Air has one of these keyboards on it. Ours don't have the number pads but they do have Touch ID so I am assuming they are basically the same?
I would swap it for the mechanical keyboard I use at home in an instant.
@PiratePete1911: Well I prefer chiclet keyboards and would swap to a high quality chiclet keyboard from a mechanical keyboard in an instant. I don't really understand the issue here, the Apple keyboard is cheaper than this Logitech. It's wireless like this Logitech, full size with numpad, made of higher quality materials, and performs very well. A lot of people prefer Apple's keyboards, ignoring the butterfly mechanism debacle. Not everyone has bought into the mechanical keyboard master race thing.
@AustriaBargain: I would never recommend this Logitech keyboard, I just think that people have trouble justifying that kind of price for anything less than a mechanical because the entire reason for the price is all the extra parts needed to have individual mechanical switches.
If the apple keyboard is something you really enjoy that's fine and I didn't down vote any of your posts, I just think that most people would balk at that price for anything less than mechanical and that's probably why others did down vote.
@AustriaBargain: I have to say though the keyboards are really nice on the laptops, I love my M1 keyboard, when they had the butterfly debacle I refused to upgrade my work mac and just kept using my 2015 model till the M1 launched.
@AustriaBargain: Alot of people prefer Apples Keyboards because they are Apple and looks nice / fancy. I work in an IT department for a large organisation that provides both Apple and PCs to staff and the amount of people who request Apple for looks / brand is around the 90% of total Apple users (Apple users are around 30% in my area but less in the other areas). The only genuine Apple users we have are ones that do Media / Music work.
@lonewolf: I dont know how people can type on the apple keyboards, the mouse is even worse. Whenever i get my mac for work, i ditch the keyboards and mice. I use the mx master + durgod keyboard… So much better
@od810: Yup, the Apple mice are absolutely terrible, Basically unusable. I have tried so many times to get used to them as i have both an Apple and a PC setup for work so i can support both platforms. But I always inevitably change the Apple mouse to a PC one as even with the gestures and all the fancy things you can do with the different Apple mice, they are just crap as a mouse.
No RGB? No deal ;p
it's proven scientifically that RGB keyboards have better response times and comfortable clicks yeah nah
don't buy this for "mechanical", type feeling is rubbish
Which brands and models do you suggest for better mechanical feel?
keychron q series, best I have ever had. red/owl switches
Can't say I've used the Keychron but it has good reviews.
What do you think of Ducky with Cherry MX key switches?
@JimB: cherry switches have stopped there for ages…. better find a dealer around you to try it yourself. or buy from somewhere with easy return…
gateron switches used to be entry level 10 years ago but it has been evolving constantly, whereas Cherry…..
@HD9990: 'cherry switches have stopped there for ages'
Sorry, stopped what?
I'll check out gateron and keychron in future.
Don't need a new KB until the current ones die.
@matt-ozb: Hopefully! Don’t need more waste when it’s still working perfectly fine.
These days, I’m collecting basketballs, though I haven’t seen a decent sale on basketballs lately.
@JimB: I upgraded earlier this year from a Ducky Shine I got in 2015 with cherry brown switches to a Corsair K70 Pro RGB with cherry brown switches, the ducky felt a lot nicer to type on than the Corsair. A few weeks ago I replaced the K70 Pro with a Keychron Q6 with their brown switches and its like a whole other tier of keyboard, I have never typed on something so nice in my life.
The only downside is the keys aren't shine through, the RGB comes out between the keys so it doesn't help you see the keys in the dark.
@PiratePete1911: Thanks, will definitely consider Keychron in future when one of my KBs die, but that's nearly twice what I paid for my ducky.
@JimB: It is expensive, my friend is getting the V6 soon which is only $160 so I will have to see how it stacks up to the Q6, I was very happy with my ducky though and I only upgraded in the first place because the 5 key stopped working and I was too lazy to replace the switch because it required soldering.
I was tossing up between this and the G915 (brown switches) a couple of weeks ago when it was going for $199 at JB Hi Fi. After doing some more research, the Logitech offerings became a lot less enticing (cheap-feeling quality, low quality ABS plastic keycaps and lack of customiseability).
Ended up geting a NuPhy Air96 (Gateron browns) for the same price of $199 and it feels amazing. If you want low profile, the Air series is the way to go. Otherwise, I'm hearing a lot of good things about their Halo series as well. They sell their keyboards in various sizes too so you've lots of options.
Agreed on the NuPhy, I have an Air75 and I love it. Haven't used my MX Keys for a few weeks now and probably won't go back to it.
Leopold has best fullsize wireless fc900rbt
I can recommend a Ducky Mechanical Keyboard at a cheaper price.
I'm typing this from a 10yo Logitech G710+ KB. Also have a newer Logitech Mechanical KB.
The Ducky is nicer to type with.
type feeling is rubbish? you trippin.
Anyone else think mechanical keyboard prices are just nuts and they are having a lend of us.
The red pill is going on aliexpress to see how low they can be sold at.
Me. I prefer the chiclet style keyboard. I want the key travel to be very small, but for the keys to have a firm resistance that gives way after enough pressure is applied, rather than soft spongey keys. Apple have perfected this, though their wireless keyboards aren't backlit, probably to give a longer battery life.
want the key travel to be very small, but for the keys to have a firm resistance that gives way after enough pressure is applied, rather than soft spongey keys.
Tried a decent low-profile mechanical keyboard before? Not rubbish from Logitech or Logitech G. Keychron's low-profile series or even Epomaker's hotswappable NT68 are good options.
If keyboards broke really often then I would agree but you spend 200-300 on a really nice keyboard and it can last you for a decade.
If you are happy with the 20 dollar keyboard that came with your computer that's fine too but there is certainly a real difference between the different keyboards.
Upgrading from my old $20 Microsoft keyboard to the $120 G15 back in 2010 was a small upgrade, going from the Logitech to a Ducky Shine for $180 was a much bigger upgrade and going from that to a $270 Keychron Q6 was another large upgrade in feel.
Legit, still have the original Corsair K65 RGB keyboard from like a decade ago (back when they changed their logo to that tramp stamp lol) and it's still working perfect, not even faded keys.
I have the normal MX, perfer that over mechanical
only thing I dislike is the lack of NKRO, it doesn't look like the mechanical impoved on that, so no deal.
I love shallow and silent, but uqiet tactile intrigues me. Where in VIC may I test out keycron and Logitech keyboards mentioned here?
I had one but it's shit compared to MX Keys
:( worst $200 purchase of my life
I had the Logitech G613 Wireless Mechanical Gaming Keyboard.
I hated it from day 1. Way too clicky and keys didnt feel great. Then when it started double tapping it went back the next day.
I ordered a Razer DeathStalker V2 Pro off ebay yesterday - I know its overpriced but when I tested a bunch at a PC store - it was the only one I liked.
Different opinion, this is the keyboard I use everyday for work and find it a joy to use. So do others when they occasionally use it.
I had this before. It's good. But lost some keys after one year. For the price it is not worth. I got a cheap hp keyboard after which is better in terms of feel and sound. So mx keys is overpriced.
I use this everyday for work. I absolutely love it. Ended up throwing out my Corsair and now just have it connected up to my gaming pc as well. The bluetooth quick switch is awesome.
I have the mini version of this in tactile quiet and love it. Tried a keychron k3 V2 before this, it was almost unusable due to Bluetooth connection problems and keys felt cheap compared to this.
Also had another keyboard with cherry MX blues before that, I prefer the logitech's 'tactile quiet' keys over those.
A good time to buy the clicky version of this keyboard.
Looks like JB made the move, OW matched to avoid price beat. Amazon out of tactile, so matched using clicky (clicky switches cost more it seems).
I ordered mine from Logitech because retail stores only carried tactile in the early days, still the case except Bing Lee.
A great keyboard if you are after connectivity, and want something that just works, and reliably. Especially with 2.4GHz option and solid Bluetooth. Logitech is probably the only keyboard that can connect to up to three 2.4GHz dongles.
But if you like to tinker, $200 for a non hot swappable keyboard is pricy. While you can replace some of the key caps. the space bar has non standard stem placement, they don't align with MX compatible key caps.
These are the switches they use:
Did you get the clicky one? And which brand of keycaps did you replace them with?
Yeah, I have the clicky one, I didn't replace the key caps due to incompatible space bar.
Was going to get some Nuphy low profile key caps, looks weird just to change the alphas.
I wish it was Bluetooth. Any recommendations?
Hobby of preferences but for $200, keychron has heaps of options, including the k5 SE which is very similar.
Hotswap helps if you end up wanting to change switches out.
Low profile switches, specifically the stabilisers can make it hard to find keycaps for.
Personally I prefer a 1800/96% layout for a board with a numpad
It does support Bluetooth, 3 channels 2.4GHz or Bluetooth.
Thanks, it's better waiting for the mini version to come down to this price again…the numpad is not worth $50+
only downside of this keyboard is the lighting, doesnt have a static option and will dim after a short period of inactrivity to save battery… no option to keep them all the time. in addition to that after a while the lighting brightness will reset and you have to turn it back up to your preferance. great keyboard, bad lighting options.
As browser said above, spacebar isnt a match for most key sets, i changed my key caps and had to modify the spacebar to make it work :)
What keycaps did you use? Got a pic of how it looks? Thinking to change mine up (starting to show wear already after like 8mo…) and have only found the nuphy air 75 keycaps as an option.
Really do like the KB for the connectivity and battery life, though it did take me a while to get used to coming from my trusty k810 that has barely any battery left in it!
oh wow .. you cannot be series that the backlighting is like the MX Keys?
the Mx Keys is the most ridiculous keyboard design … every time you want to type, you have to wait a few seconds for the keyboard lighting to activate .. it is really not possible to use in darkness .. i sold mine on ebay after a week .. and whilst the keyboard felt great, it was just hard to type.
after a year of recovery from the pain of MX Keys, I reluctantly bought a MX Keys S … and whilst lighting is ok, the keys just are hard to type and inaccurate .. probably going into ebay soon.
Does this use the same switch as the G915?
Have this and the MX 3S mouse and it’s a perfect combo with my Mac and work pc computer. I use the dongle it comes with and just switch effortlessly between both (but you could also use Bluetooth). It has backlighting unlike the apple keyboard and the fact it plays on both systems sold me over apple (even though I’m an apple fanboy). Typing experience is a joy to use and the sound (not to loud but satisfying)
Does anyone have the Linear keys (red switches)?
Tried the tactile at JB, didn't feel that great for typing, heard the Linear is best for typing but can't find any linear switches for this or the MX mechanical mini anywhere.
Which store? Can't find any demo unit in any stores.
Salesperson at JB Forest Hill Chase was kind enough to open the box and let my try it
Hey guys 👋
I am looking to get a mini keyboard for my fulltime work home office, i have a compact desk setup
Any recommendation for a mini keyboard, happy to buy from aliexpress ( time is not a constraint) since it has many chep ones
But since i dont understand much about it was hoping to get some suggestions from you guys here
Thank you
Happy bargain hunting 👍
Keyboard 101 guide:
Almost all the keyboards up until the $80 mark will give you a similar feel, they likely will be either membrane or outemu and it won't feel better than cherry without modification. If you want something that's certainly a step above the usual cherry switch keyboards then…:
If you want the custom experience ($129-$199)
1) Go on Pccasegear, grab an Akko ACR75v2 barebones kit for $79 delivered.
2) Buy some cheap PBT keycaps ($20-60). This will affect the overall presentation of the keyboard - there's a few options. Low profile - DSA, Normal - Cherry or OEM, Sculpted - OSA or ASA.
3) Pair it up with switches you like ($30-$60). If you like tactiles, I recommend Akko CS Jelly Purple. If you prefer linears, gatreon yellows tend to be most economical and feels great.
If you want a good prebuilt, nothing beats the Keychron V1 ($129) in value in terms of functionality right now. QMK/VIA support means you can rebind the entire keyboard; change each key and assign macros etc. This is the feature that all the big named brands are missing out on.
If you want a low profile board, Numphy 75 Air ($179) has the best presentation but you also could also grab a Keychron V3 Pro QMK/VIA for the same price. If you don't mind waiting, you likely could score one cheaper if you import it in. Optical mechanical switches are an option too, never tried them myself so can't comment.
Topres and electro-capactive keyboards are also another option if you want something a step above membrane and prefer silence.
AustriaBargain on 25/08/2023 - 14:27 Comment score below threshold.