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I have a P2 HE and P1 HE in for review, and the P2 HE has blown me away compared to the L1 HE. I don't know what Keychron has done so differently, apart from the quick release top case...but it's night and day difference.
If you're recommending the Rainy with stock switches, you might as well get an HE board. I've had a Rainy, and the Lemokey P2 HE I'm testing now feels as good as the rainy in terms of switch stroke smoothness. The sound is ever so slightly less clean than the rainy (and quieter, for that matter) but it feels great to use. Decent HE switches (like the Jade Pros) feel absolutely fantastic. Super smooth stroke. The adjustable actuation is just a bonus IMO. Also, you're likely more than 0.01 ms slower on a mech switch than HE if set to 0.1 mm. With RTings's switch tester robot, they found that 2 mm mech switch actuation equated to something like 3.4 ms latency, compared to virtually instantaneous actuation on HE with 0.1 mm actuation. Will you notice this? Absolutely not lmao. But just factually speaking, you're technically a lot slower than you think, just by virtue of that extra key travel.
TMR is supposed to be the best from a technical standpoint, but I don't think anyone can actually notice a difference in accuracy... As for a combination of good features, fast response times, and good build quality, look at NuPhy, Iqunix, and Keychron/Lemokey (there's only one Lemokey keyboard with 8 kHz polling, but that's also marketing wank IMO). The only reason I hesitate to recommend a wooting to anyone is because they can't be used as "daily drivers" by a lot of people because of the lack of onboard macros.
Not really. The NuPhy keyboards will feel a little stiffer compared to the 80HE. Both will require mods to sound truly good. Just different mods. The Iqunix HE boards are pretty solid across the board aside from the software being a little less intuitive and polished. Keychron and Lemokey's wireless HE boards are all limited to 1 kHz polling, but you'll NEVER notice 1 kHz vs 8 kHz in a keyboard. There's one Lemokey board that's 8 kHz. I think the L5 HE (?) but that's also only wired lol. The biggest drawback with Keychron/Lemokey HE boards is that they're only compatible with Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic switches (and unofficially, the switches that the Glorious GMMK 3 Pro HE uses). So that's a downside if you wanted to try other switches. But those Gateron switches are decent. The rest (stuff like build quality, keycaps, sound, and feel) all match or surpass Wooting.
I've had a good experience with my K4 HE, and that's been great. I'd much rather use a Q HE series or a Lemokey L or P HE keyboard, because the aluminium chassis sounds and feels a decent bit better, but the K HE series is great nonetheless. The K10 HE is a solid affordable option for full-size HE.
Lemokey p2 he is 65% but great. For more budget options, Monsgeek Fun60 Ultra (can also get the TMR version which is objectively cool!!!), or Halo65 HE is from last year but I still love it.
I was set on lemokey/keychron for a while but seems like even tho its one of the better HE/TMR software and boards its still not considered “high quality”. And i kinda skipped monsgeek based on the complaints about their software and pcb. I also pulled trigger on skyloong gk68 but no info about what pcb they use but i dont think its a good quality one
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