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Keychron branches out to gaming-focused keyboards with the Lemokey L3 | A 2.4 GHz QMK Custom Mechanical Keyboard (www.kickstarter.com)

submitted 1 year ago by 2tone@lemmy.world to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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[–] partsofspeech87@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I have what might be a dumb question: what makes something a gaming keyboard? Is there something that makes it specifically better for gaming? Cool RGB lighting? Simply aesthetic choices?

Btw, I have several Keychron products and I’ve been happy with them. I replaced the switches and I did a tape and foam mod to one of the cheaper ones, but they’re quite solid. I only wished that their Alice layout keyboards were gently arced instead of a sharp angle with weird gaps between the keys.

[–] veam@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The only thing I notice in gaming keyboard marketing, that’s not generally in regular keyboard marketing, is polling rate. That’s basically it imo.

I have a few Keychrons as well, I really enjoy their new QMK stuff as well. I really want one of their Alice boards but I haven’t pulled the trigger yet.

[–] partsofspeech87@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I have two of the Feker Alice 80s (one for home and one for work) and they’re solid. Here’s one of mine with the Elvish keycap set from Drop:

Here’s one of them with the Drop Elvish keycap set.

[–] veam@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are those QMK/VIA compatible?

[–] partsofspeech87@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I don’t think so, but it does have a toggle for windows or Mac layout. There are a bunch of lighting settings in the keyboard itself.

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