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Mar 2, 2017
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What atrocity has this board committed  to join the 7 other decent, clean, expectation meeting boards that for some unknown reason never get x-posted to the Mech Keys section!?
The board has clean legends on the keycaps, doesn't look like a spaceship, a nice white backlight (no fake rgb rainbow), there's literally nothing wrong with it, its not the fact it uses outemu switches either since the Magicforce 68 is also available in outemu flavors, so what gives?
There's literally been 7 keyboards to come buy here, this one makes 8, that should have been x-posted to MK, and then people miss out on a decent keyboard, for some reason in the emails things sometimes are just missing from the new drops, and then when I come here I am surprised.
Is it the vendors choice to not x-post it there? Is somebody at MD afraid of putting low priced stuff MK? Is the MK section bought out? Is there a list of Banned brands that can never touch said section? It would be great to know why.
Anybody who is considering this : Its a decent board for anybody who wants to start getting into the whole Mechanical Keyboard Stuff, Outemu (AKA Gaote) browns are pretty similar to Cherry Browns, just a tad bit louder.
Mar 2, 2017
Sir_Playsalot
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Mar 5, 2017
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Outemu switches are the worst of the worst, literally switches that you should never buy, you're better off with a decent membrane rubber dome than this.
I've heard all kinds of complaint about these switches, from feeling to durability, there is absolutely no reason not to spend a little bit more and get Kailh, Gateron or even Greetech I wish they were similar to Cherry, not even remotely close
Mar 5, 2017
A community member
Mar 5, 2017
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Sir_PlaysalotI have to disagree with this, I have owned 3 boards with Outemu switches and have never had any issues with durability, I have had more issues with kaihl switches, if anything the first Outemu switches where probably garbage but like any other manufacturing process they worked the quirks out and greatly improved their quality, I will agree they are not the best, but they are much better than kaihl.
Mar 5, 2017
Sir_Playsalot
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Mar 6, 2017
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I know Kailh are notorious to have had durability issues in the past, but it kinda seems like it has been worked out recently and feeling wise they are good switches.
I mean set aside durability, i've heard Outemu are really bad because of this very aspect. I don't have Outemu boards because of this very reason, i never wanted one, but i'm positive Greetech are better, selling for the same price
And then you have of course Gateron, for just a tiny more, which are arguably the BEST mech switches on the market, many agree that are better than Cherry. In my opinion this price is too high for a Outemu board, i've seen Greetech boards for 30$
Mar 6, 2017
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Mar 6, 2017
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Sir_PlaysalotWell then I guess both have improved despite their rough reputations, I will agree on Outemus the switch case does feel cheap but it works, the issue I had with kaihl was that the stem would pop out with keycap removal and Yes Gaterons are the best hands down, they have not failed me in any other department except blues where they lost their click and got all mushy.
Mar 6, 2017
Monkeyspit
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Mar 8, 2017
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Sir_PlaysalotNot at all true. I have an Outemu blue keyboard and it's great, plus I've heard mostly good things about Outemu. The board I have has 80G switches, so they're not for everyone, but they feel great. I've looked around for opinions on Outemu brown, and the general consensus seems to be that, while not as smooth as Greetech, they're better than Cherry.
Mar 8, 2017
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