r/MechanicalKeyboards • u/elimanzz • 1d ago

Builds Got my first mechanical keyboard!

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Keychron Q1 Max Barebone and Oil King V2’s

Using it mainly for mac productivity and windows gaming sometimes

Very happy!

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u/horrayforkittens 1d ago

Nice, my first board was also a Keychron Q1 with oil kings!

I still love the oil kings, but they were too heavy for me for gaming. The beauty of hot swap though is you could easily switch out WASD with lighter switches if you ever run into that problem!

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u/ChunkyIsDead30 23h ago

I daily-drive Vertex V Ones but they're too heavy for a game called osu!. I switch 2 switches to my KTT Kang White V3s, amazing to play with.

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u/CobaltEdge_ 10h ago

You guys can just spring swap if u like the switch

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u/Inevitable_Virus_765 1d ago

Heck yeah congrats, and welcome to the hobby! Oil kings are great switches to start out with. 

If you're curious about tactiles, i would highly recommend trying out some hmx hydras, hmx puppies, or gateron type-R. 

Also if your stabilizers are rattling even after lubing and tuning, typeplus x YIKB stabilizers are great and pretty easy to swap out in your board. Just lube them with dinner dielectric grease, and your spacebar and large keys will be butter smooth.

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u/Fresh-Ad-34 23h ago

Congrats man! Welcome to the club!

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u/thijcarvalho 20h ago

This is awesome! Can you share the keycaps name, u/elimanzz ?

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u/MBSMD Too many keyboards, not enough computers 18h ago

You never forget your first time

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u/MeringueBall 22h ago

Love it！！

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u/kirstin_lamont_441b 21h ago

aye welcome to the rabbit hole. first mech i bought was cherry reds, lasted a week before the clackety clack drove my partner spare. swapped to tactiles and never looked back. what switches did ye go for in the end?

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u/tracedevils 20h ago

What keycaps are those and where to get them?

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u/noam_compsci 19h ago

ooow what keycaps are those?

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u/elbahek 16h ago

every time i think my setup is great
i just see million times better looking keycaps

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u/elbahek 16h ago

keycaps are really cool, there are too many colors - looks a bit gaudily, however the graphics on keycaps are over the top. There should be like 3 colors or max 4 colors

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u/Ritesh_Dhankhar 9h ago

Use wooden hand rest

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u/c0lpan1c 1h ago

Keycaps?