Keyboards for travel - Lemmy.world
Hi all, I’m looking for a keyboard for travel that will be quiet enough not to
bother folks on a train. Ideally I’d like a mechanical keyboard, but I’m curious
what experiences folks have with low-profile switches in a quiet environment. My
current daily driver (silent switches, a fair bit of foam and lube, etcetc) is
what I would consider office-quiet, but you can definitely hear when I get going
and I feel like it’d be a little rude on a leisure train trip. Right now I’m
looking at the nuphy and keychron low-profile keyboards, but I’m open to other
options. Currently for travel I use a foldable membrane keyboard so just about
anything would be an upgrade. Does anyone have experience with low-profile
keyboards? Are there silent options? Thanks in advance for your help!
I use a Planck keyboard which weighs just under 300g with Kailh box switches and XDA keycaps. It’s labeled as a 40% keyboard so I was reluctant at first, coming from 65% myself. But since the keys are smaller, especially the space bar, it still has a relatively high number of total keys given the small form factor (there’s even space for arrow keys!) and having your layer switch keys right next to the space bar for your thumbs is very comfy IMO. I ended up liking it so much that I use it daily and now I’m wondering what to do with my main keeb. If you’re up to trying something new, you can have a look at some layouts. The keyboard looks inconveniently small but once you see the layer layouts, you’ll see it makes a lot of sense actually!
I have an ortholinear kit I built but it’s caseless so it’s not suuuper portable. Which Planck do you recommend? I’d be willing to give a 40% a try even if it’s not for this trip. I’m okay with soldering if it’s a kit and/or there’s decent instructions.
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