Being into this hobby for a while, the thought of typing on an office membrane keyboard while at work for most of the day was a downgrade to what I enjoyed at home. So, in this case, I decided to take one of my GMK67 boards and use some stealthy keycaps to not bring much attention to it at work. I think I may replace the switches because the current ones that I am using are a bit clacky, and although I very much enjoy the sound of them, they may be a bit loud in a quiet office environment.
Specs:
Board - GMK67
Switches - Gateron Pro Yellow 3.0 stock
Keycaps - Black minimalistic PBT with Hiragana Sub legends
Mods:
- Tape mod 3 layers
- PE foam 3mm thick
- Polyfill
- Lubed stabs
Removing the tape and PE would probably lower the volume almost as much as going to quieter switches. YMMV though.
Would recommend you to try the gateron oil kings! As of now they are my favorite liner switches and they come pretty smooth from the factory
Aaaahhh, I have a GMK67 with U4s which is acceptable at work (noise-wise), and I have a batch of Oil Kings incoming… do you think my coworkers will be annoyed? Hahah
I don’t think they are really loud, right now I’m running them in a ortho60 v2. So it’s as pingy as it gets in my opinion (fully open, pcb and fr4 plate that connects with standoffs to the lower plate) and still they don’t sound horrible and even quieter than some membrane keyboards, in a regular board of course they will be more quite, imo you’re in for a treat! They made me ditch my love for tactile switches before them I used the boba u4t which at the time felt amazing for the price
I wish I didn’t need a number pad at work. I just have a cheap keychron but would love something nicer
I wish my office let me use my own keyboard at work instead of forcing those awful dell membrane boards…
Is it a low-profile laptop-type dell keyboard?
Cuz i love those to bits! I can’t really bring my loud clicky keyboard to work and this keyboard does the job to me, feels extremely well when typing,sound is decent and its not loud enough to disturb others.
Unfortunately not a low profile, full profile cheap membrane OEM keyboard, also I’m so used to qwerty and they only have the local disposition…
Tell them it hurts your fingers and you’re concerned about long-term damage.
I am sorry to hear that your workplace is forcing you to use their OEM boards :(
Wait what? Are you not able to have a good ergonomic keybord? What country and at what company do you work at?!
I work in software and it is fairly usual here! If you spend all day tying you should have a switch and keyboard layout you enjoy!
That is strange an office would force you to use their accessories. I second what u/UnnervingS said, tell them you’re concerned about long-term damage / hand strain.
Very common in banks in the Uk
Banks in the US too, unfortunately
Places that are actually security risks I guess would prevent that.
Yeah my work has them at every station, but I just bring my own. I don’t know who used the station before and don’t want to share a keyboard and mouse like that.
Nice, went the opposite way with mine and I’m using not so new keyboards lol.
Rocking an old-school Model M but the lack of a Windows key annoys people who need to input stuff on my computer, so I’m gonna swap it out for a Dell AT101W (GYUM90SK) since that’s the only other full size keyboard I own with a Windows key.
What’s that thing by the left arrow key?
Not sure about the tape mod as I currently really like the sound of the keeb . I was however considering trying different switches at some point ( tactile ) to see how they sound .
It makes the “clack” louder.
I literally just got the same keeb with the same Gateron switches . Nice smooth and effortless typing . Also sounds very good stock apart from the space bar stabs which are a little bit noisy .
What are those keycaps if I may ask?
GMK illusion
I love the colors! Simple yet beautiful
The Pro Yellows 3.0 sound amazing in a stock board, if you want to enhance their sound I highly recommend the tape mod. Anyway, nice build!
Where is Ñ?
