Recommendation needed for better locator (F & J) keys for Cherry MX OEM Profile keyboard
I keep losing the location of keys on new DAS 4 Pro Keyboard. i.e. My hands can't tell if they have shifted left or right a key. The keyboard has Cherry MX Brown OEM profile 104 keys. I'm looking for new keycaps to help my fingers better locate the F & J keys. I've been a touch typist for decades (going back to the IBM Selectric) but have been using MS Ergonomic 4000 keyboards (no longer available) since the 90s. The stretched G & H keys on that keyboard likely contribute to my having some difficulty getting used to a standard layout. I'm looking for either a more pronounced "bump" on the locator keys or I've heard about keys that are more spherical and the F & J keys are a deeper depression (MT3?). I've found that a touch typist position with more vertical fingers completely missing the bump on my DAS keyboard F & J keys. How do the different profiles change the keyboard. i.e. Can I use a few MT3 keys with my OEM keys? I have all black keys now, and am not looking to go...
May 23, 2024
Also seems like shipping order is pretty arbitrary overall.
Scalper Someone who purchases large quantities of goods (usually tickets) early with the sole intention of re-selling them at a higher price at a later date (closer to the event).
I mean, if I wanted to be a jerk I could have bought a bunch of the most popular sets during the sale period and then put the squeeze on people for them later, but that's not something I'd want to do.
Overall though there's no way for Massdrop to know who's buying kits to use or gift, and who's buying kits to resell later, so it seems sort of futile to expect them to prioritize shipping accordingly.
Scalpers are way more annoying because they take away from a resource (like concert tickets, with limited seats) but in this case if the flippers didn't buy sets then lower MOQs would be reached and the total number of sets would be even more limited.
Now of course this is 10 months ago, obviously the buy is closed and if a new person wished to purchase a set now they couldn't, this is the nature of custom made, high quality, professionally manufactured items, they can't just be made in small quantities, made to demand. I guess I just don't understand the problem people have with "speculators" buying sets to resell them.
I think it's quite a smart investment tbh and if I had enough spare cash I'd be doing it. These people inflate the buy numbers meaning we hit price drops quicker, the quantities are higher which incentivises GMK, SA or whoever to improve their production facilities and shows to them that these products are popular. Whilst they do inflate the prices (which is fair because they've invested thousands of dollars over almost a year), they do provide a way for people who really want this set but missed the buy a way to purchase these caps, if they really want them. If people don't like the price then they dont have to buy the caps, because at the end of the day they're purely cosmetic
This will be my first gmk set and I wanted to see how I liked the profile before deciding on whether to buy sa green screen or not since I quite like SA profile. Guess I'll just have to order that then and then sell it (I know...) if I like gmk that much more