@bbss @dominicm: The Ergodox sure looks nice. I'm thinking that maybe I'll try out the non-staggered style with a (much cheaper and less noisy) TypeMatrix first, then possibly buy an Ergodox in addition.

Not sure anyone I work with or live with would accept me using mechanical switches tbh

Do people really notice though? Clicky switches sound a little different but if it's really necessary to change the sound you can dental band it.

I think the sound of mechanical keyboards is really satisfying 🙂

Could just be me, but I find thick PBT keycaps to be quieter than cheap ABS keycaps (like the Quickfire comes with)

It's not like those old mechanical keyboards that have the metal reverb, clang clang clang 😄

Cherry MXs aren’t as loud as the buckling spring IBM keyboards that everyone thinks of, yeah.

also, there’s a mostly-neglected #keyboards room — but I’m happy to talk about keyboards here, too 🙂

Yeah, I think the frame is really important too. I myself have the hhkb type-s (for silent..) but it's not that silent tbh.

I’ve got Cherry MX Clears in my Atreus, and I don’t think they’re that loud. But my daily-driver for work is a Happy Hackign and so that’s my baseline (not comparing to laptop membrance-type keyboards)

@mathiasx that's a cool looking keyboard.

I have no idea whether it'll be too loud for people, and I guess I can't know until I try it out in person 🙂

Well my colleagues never complained about it in an open office even. But the macbook scissor switches sure are more silent than any other mechanical type.

The Matias Ergo Pro is fairly similar to Ergo Dox (missing thumb clusters that the Ergo Dox has, but it is split and has tenting, which is an advantage) but the keys are quite quiet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUX_f3RiQME

They’re pricey, but not by custom mechanical keyboard metrics (just compared to grabbing a Logitech or M$ keyboard from Best Buy)

I liked my ergodox.. Pretty sad they died before I got really good with them.

I didn't have any problems with the non-staggered and different thumb layout, because I decided to switch from qwerty to colemak when I got them. Which funnily enough made me still type qwerty well on staggered keyboards.

When my ergodox died I switched back to qwerty for a while, now I am back at colemak I can't type qwerty anymore, except on my phones display keyboard..

It's all muscle memory 😄

😄

@bbss Are the ergodox prone to.... death?

Hmm, not that I'm aware of. I bought it pre-assembled by someone else, maybe it's a really easy fix.

Ah, OK.

Thanks for the tip @mathiasx 🙂