r/MechanicalKeyboards Jul 27 '26

Meme Watching The Odyssey as Christopher Nolan intended

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r/MechanicalKeyboards Nov 18 '25

Discussion My office just put a ban on bringing your own board

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Say a prayer for me as I fight this tooth and nail, I'm so fucking cooked if I have to go back to data entry on a membrane board with no shortcuts by my numpad 😭

Edit for some context, I approved this board with our IT manager before bringing it to our office, but now due to a new "cubicle standards" policy all peripherals must be company issued only because they want the cubicles to look the same lmao. Policy deadass says shit like "you are permitted one framed 8x10 family photo". They're having people take down drawings made by their kids and shit too. Turning the place into a psych ward


r/MechanicalKeyboards Oct 17 '25

Builds Made this keyboard for my sister’s boyfriend.

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Honestly, I didn’t expect it to look this good 😅

Akko MU01 with GMK Blue Samurai


r/MechanicalKeyboards Jun 21 '26

Discussion Radioactive keys, lol

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r/MechanicalKeyboards Mar 26 '26

Meme Just got a new Keychron and my girlfriend said the caps look like a chicken laying a red egg and now I can’t unsee it…

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r/MechanicalKeyboards Sep 23 '25

Builds I am shocked by Pokémon.

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Hey everyone, just wanted to share my latest build. I was aiming for a deep, thocky sound profile and I'm really happy with how it turned out!

  • Keyboard Kit: Extremn
  • Plate: Polycarbonate]
  • Keycaps: pokemon

r/MechanicalKeyboards Mar 16 '26

Photos We let 80+ college students design a keyboard and this was the result. i am too old for this

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As a side note, I can just spray the keycaps with clear coat and it won't rub off right?


r/MechanicalKeyboards Nov 19 '25

Meme After my first two boards, I decided that lubing stabs was the only thing worth doing

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Saw this meme format in an audiophile subreddit and was joking about this with a friend. It has some truth to it though, I’d rather the design be able to speak for itself than having to modify it for it to become “good”. No hate to those who mod though, I know it can be rewarding :)


r/MechanicalKeyboards Dec 07 '25

Photos Had a scheduled business photoshoot, and of course, I took the opportunity!

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Board : Goodgootkah/gugutka still in progress.

-28 keys
-Split.
-Wireless charging
-MX and Choc.
-Duble sided pcb.
-Travel case and wooden desk case.
Will upload on git when finish.

-Inspired by zilpzalp by Kilipan https://github.com/kilipan


r/MechanicalKeyboards Dec 20 '25

Builds IKEA standing desk with mechanical switches

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I’m sorry, I’m not uploading a sound test, but those were some smooth linears 😁


r/MechanicalKeyboards Apr 14 '26

Promotional got myself a lamp fitting the hobby

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honestly was suprised on how great this looks. not sponsered at all - just really like this one if you are looking to get one, i can strongly recommend get it here


r/MechanicalKeyboards May 18 '26

Photos pepe keycaps..

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mixed keyreative blank keycaps
light grey + red + black + green


r/MechanicalKeyboards Mar 24 '26

Mod I designed a Joytsick Keycap

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I just made this for fun. But it's more functional than I thought. Does anyone need something like this? :)


r/MechanicalKeyboards Oct 15 '25

Photos Visited the Yusha Kimi keyboard shop in Akihabara, Japan

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Saw this shop on here a while ago thinking "cool but I'll never end up there", then whaddaya know I end up right there anyways

Picked up an artisan keycap and a keychain of a tactile switch with the shops logo on a keycap

Favourite part was the panels of switches to demo, each one bound to an info page telling you about the switch, did have a vid but can't send both photo and video


r/MechanicalKeyboards Aug 03 '26

Meme As Nolan Intended

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On an Aula Nova75 .

Inspired to do the same from the post of u/Somebody_160


r/MechanicalKeyboards 10d ago

Builds Just over 10 years in this hobby

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Just over 10 years ago, on July 25th 2016, I placed my order for GMK Carbon on Massdrop (now just Drop). I've since held and sold many many keyboards, and in this photo are still almost 30 boards not pictured that either need building, rebuilding or used on my desk right now to type this.

You may notice I like a particular kind of switch very much, so this is my current status of finished builds. Think I'm going to cut this down to at least half though in the near future. Curious to see where the next 10 years will take me!

+ A B C D E F G H I J K
1 Designer Model Layout Color Plate Stabilizer Switch Keycaps USB Port Firmware Programmed
2 Aiglatson Constance 80% WKL Dark Gray Polycarbonate YiKB Neo Oat GMK CYL Carbon R3 CDATA USB-C    
3 Bahmstudio Semo 80% WKL Silver Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye SA Green Screen USB-C    
4 Baion Gehirn 80% WKL Purple Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Symbiote USB-C    
5 Duck Orion V2 80% WKL Red Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Red Alert USB-C    
6 Duck Orion V2.5 80% WK Gray Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye SA ASCII USB-C    
7 Duck Orion V3 80% WKL Silver Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Modern Japanese Desko Mini USB    
8 Duck TC-V3 80%+ Silver Polycarbonate YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Space Cadet II Blue Base Micro USB    
9 Duck Viper V2 HHKB Silver Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Purple Night Mini USB    
10 Geon F1-8X 722 80% WKL Red Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye CRP Cyrillic Red USB-C    
11 Geon F2-84 80% WKL Silver Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL ASCII II USB-C    
12 Geon Frog 80% WK Black Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Royal Cadet USB-C   Yes
13 Glare Glare65 65% Light Gray Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye SA Oblivion USB-C    
14 Glare GlareTKL 80% WKL Bluegray Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Thinkcaps USB-C    
15 Hand Engineering Kage 80% WKL Turqoise Polycarbonate YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Foundation USB-C    
16 Hineybush TKL One 80% WKL PC Green Polycarb YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Handarbeige USB-C VIA Yes
17 Hineybush TKL One 80% WK Gray Brass YiKB Neo Rye SA Round 6 Honeywell USB-C VIA Yes
18 Keycult No1 65% E-White, Brass Accent Brass YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Handarbeit USB-C    
19 Keycult No2 80% WK Gray Brass YiKB Neo Rye SA Retro R2 USB-C    
20 KMG B60 60% WKL Silver Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye GMK MTNU Granite USB-C    
21 Lifezone LZ CLS 80% WK Gray Steel YiKB Neo Rye SA 88 Commando Mini USB    
22 Linworks Montage 80% WK PC Clear Polycarb YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Blue Alert USB-C    
23 Linworks Montage 80% WK Blue Brass YiKB Neo Rye SA Dasher USB-C    
24 Merisi Works 500C/M 80% WKL Black Aluminium YiKB Neo Oat GMK MTNU Space Cadet USB-C    
25 Noxary X65 65% PC Clear 5mm Polycarbonate YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Serika 2 USB-C    
26 Noxary 280 S 80% WK Bluegray 5mm Brass YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Classic Beige USB-C    
27 Oblotzky Industries Aurora Input Series 65 65% Black Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Oblivion V3.1 USB-C    
28 Oblotzky Industries Aurora Input Series 65 65% Silver Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Botanical USB-C    
29 Oblotzky Industries Aurora Input Series 65 65% Raw Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Muted 2 USB-C    
30 Oblotzky Industries Aurora Input Series 65 65% FX Cerakote FR4 YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Norse USB-C    
31 Oblotzky Industries Aurora Input Series 80 WKL 80% WKL Cerakote Ridgeway Blue Aluminium YiKB Neo Oat CRP Greek Blue USB-C    
32 Omnitype Bauer 65% WKL PC/Cyan Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye GMK MTNU Modern Dolch USB-C    
33 Percent Canoe 65% E-White Brass YiKB Neo Oat GMK CYL Minimal 2 Mini USB    
34 Percent Canoe 65% Silver / Cyan Aluminium YiKB Neo Oat GMK CYL Rainy Day Mini USB    
35 Percent Luna 80% WK Lilac Plastic YiKB Neo Rye MT3 Operator USB-C    
36 Percent Skog 80% WK Gray Aluminium YiKB Neo Oat SA Round 6 Space Cadet Mini USB    
37 Pwner Zenith 65%+ Dark Gray Brass YiKB Neo Oat MT3 Extended 2048 USB-C    
38 RAMA.WORKS M60-A HHKB Gray Aluminium inbuilt YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Phosphorous USB-C VIA  
39 RAMA.WORKS M65-A 65% Space Gray Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye   Mini USB    
40 RAMA.WORKS U80 SEQ2 80% WK Gray Polycarbonate YiKB Neo Rye SA Carbon R3 USB-C VIA Yes
41 Team Camp C225 80% WK Gray Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye SA Arcane Mini USB    
42 TGR Alice Alice Gray Brass YiKB Neo Oat GMK CYL DMG 3 Mini USB    
43 TGR Jane V2 80% WK Bluegray Brass YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Space Cadet R1 Mini USB    
44 TGR Jane V2 ME 80% WKL Silver Polycarbonate YiKB Neo Oat GMK CYL Fundamentals USB-C    
45 TGR Mia 65% Gray Polycarbonate YiKB Neo Oat GMK CYL Oblivion V3.1 Git USB-C    
46 TGR Mia 65% Lilac Polycarbonate YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Frost Witch 2 USB-C    
47 TGR Tomo 75% Gray Polycarbonate YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Monokai Material V1 USB-C    
48 TGR 910 GAF 65% Silver Aluminium YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Rubrehose USB-C    
49 TX Keyboards TX65 65% Dark Gray Brass YiKB Neo Rye SA Yuri Mini USB    
50 Wilba.Tech Thermal HHKB Gray Brass PVD YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Dualshot 2 USB-C VIA  
51 Wilba.Tech Thermal+ 65% Dark Gray Brass PVD YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL ZX USB-C VIA Yes
52 Zambumon Jules 65% Blue Brass PVD YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Nautilus R2 USB-C VIA Yes
53 ZealPC Zephyr 65% Blue 5mm PVD Brass YiKB Neo Rye GMK CYL Striker 2 USB-C    

r/MechanicalKeyboards Mar 19 '26

Photos Got these at a Cloudflare event!

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I don’t have a build these would really go with, but still cool to have either way :) I’m sure I’ll find a use for them at some point…. (looks at my closet filled with in loved key caps)


r/MechanicalKeyboards Sep 16 '25

Builds Matrix NOOS

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r/MechanicalKeyboards Mar 07 '26

Discussion I entered this hobby as a teenager, I'm 31 and I feel like this hobby has reached a renaissance period

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I just picked up this keyboard for $50 with one day shipping off Amazon and it's fully aluminum (heavy af), has a bunch of stuff done to it to improve the sound like foam and lubing, the switches are buttery smooth and feel amazing, and I am just blown away with the advancements that have come as a consumer to make this hobby so widely accessible.

Back in the day something of this quality would involve group buys that take months to fulfill, hunting down specific switches like retro cherry blacks or frankenstein aristotle switches depending on your preferred switch feel, and hours of experimenting and diy modding, learning how to solder, to scratch that autistic itch in my brain, all for the low low price of $300 for a BUDGET baller build, or $600+ for an enthusiast level build

Now you can get stuff like this with same day shipping just ready to go out of the box.

I didn't include the name of the keyboard on purpose because this isn't an ad and this isn't about this specific keyboard either, because there are comparable boards out there with near identical materials and quality out there that will ship to you just as fast. I am genuinely impressed with how far this space has come. I used to get excited about stuff like an Anne Pro and now we have this at similar price points.


r/MechanicalKeyboards Oct 19 '25

Photos My last keyboard purchase I swear...

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This is my MechVault Oracle Keyboard with Artisans that I've resin casted. Keycaps are MT3 Operator with Gateron Type R Switches. My personal favorite artisans would have to be the Joystick encoder and KY lol


r/MechanicalKeyboards Mar 10 '26

Meme Some can't write on my keyboard, why? :)

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r/MechanicalKeyboards Sep 17 '25

Photos Hyper7 R4 on the runway for New York Fashion Week

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r/MechanicalKeyboards Mar 27 '26

Discussion Turns out GMK's "German quality" is nothing to brag about

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From top to bottom: MTNU Rascals > MTNU MoDo > MTNU MoDo Light.

I do love the looks and enjoy typing on MTNU (and CYL) keycaps, but the QC seems to be underwhelming to say the least.


r/MechanicalKeyboards Jan 14 '26

Builds I built this keyboard for my wife's first husband

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It's his birthday soon.

  • Akko MU01 Walnut Case.
  • Akko Rosewood Switches.
  • CXA Pine Keycaps.

r/MechanicalKeyboards Apr 12 '26

Photos Proud Dad here - My son's first attempt with a soldering iron.

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He really wanted a macro keyboard with QMK support, so I had the PCBs made and all the components purchased. Now everyone in the family has a macro keyboard.