I just received a Strix Scope II 96, and I feel this might be the sweet spot in terms of value.
I’ve hit the wall of diminishing returns with other hobbies ( IEMs in particular), where I know I’m getting 95% of the experience spending 5% of what is labeled as top-of-the-line.
What am I missing with this keyboard, that I could have with an unlimited budget?
And to have a broader discussion, what do you consider end-game?
To me, as I’ve come to realize, is finding the right keycap set. Especially as my favorite profile is XDA and all the cool ones are either Cherry or SA.
the point of diminishing returns is around the 350-400 mark imo.
that’s where you have a great keyboard from an excellent maker in the layout you want with the design, features, materials that you want. something really unique with low MOQ and high demand might put you in the 500-550 range but that’s demand and supply driven, I’m not convinced you’ll have a much better keyboard at that price.
as someone who owns 6 keyboards, 2 of which cost more than $700 I can tell you I would not spent that much ever again even though I love those keyboards to death. I’m a TKL guy and the Geon Frog TKL is still one of my fave workhorse keebs
buy one $700+ keyboard
“Maybe one more time”
buys another
“Never again”
Genuinely curious what happened lmao
lol in a nut shell, I bought one I really wanted, enjoyed it and said never again because it just didn’t feel worth spending that much. The experience is great but not $700 great. Then the original keyboard I wanted but gave up on because there was pretty definitive information from the creator saying there wouldn’t be a second run, suddenly did a second run. So I went for that one and said I’ll stop buying keyboards. Here we are today.
That’s fair. The only board I would consider doing something like that is maybe the Cyberboard one day. Always thought that one was cool as shit