Not All Linears Are The Same!
Figure 1: Not even all of these (mostly) KTT-made linears are the same! After all of my years of collecting, reviewing, and obsessing over switches, I can say with certainty that linear switches are the most misunderstood of all of the switch types. No, I’m not talking about mechanically either, as all of the claims of them “just going straight up and down” are somewhat kind of true. (Not too much though, don’t get that excited.) The part that is often misunderstood, though, is usually in what is being implied when people say that these switches just go straight up and down – “All linears might as well be the same.” If the title of this article didn’t make that obvious enough to you, I find that sort of idea to be completely and utterly wrong. The people who make these implications wouldn’t say that a Cherry MX Black is the same as a Novelkeys Cream switch? They also certainly wouldn’t ever claim that every Gateron-made linear is the same as every fancy TTC one out there...
May 29, 2024
Can anyone speak to the case quality of Ducky vs WASD vs Das? If you've used any two, I'd like to hear what you think, I need a new full size :)
I cant comment much about the stock keycaps since I changed them for some PBT ones shortly after buying it but I hear that while there are pretty "meh" ABS plastic they are still better than the ones used by WASD. The lighting in my board was pretty even and after all this time, no led as died on me yet.
To say something negative, I would say that the spot for the micro usb connection is a bit small and can be difficult to find a cable with a connector that fits in there.
Other than that, I think you cant go wrong with a Ducky.
the case may be plastic, but its damn tough and dense
dont buy it with keycaps, and make sure to buy lube because the costar stabilizers will become rough after around a year or two of use, especially if you switch caps often.
Both boards have extremely solid construction, and both came stock with ABS key-caps that I have grown to dislike (which is why I have PBT caps on the Ducky that I use with my desktop). Only reason I use the Ducky over my CODE most days is that I typically prefer browns for everyday use, though greens have their own merits.
Basically, if you plan to use your own caps either brand won't let you down. Though it seems like this drop for the Ducky One RGB has Doubleshot PBT caps already so that may be incentive to go for this if you're leaning towards a Ducky. And as a bonus they aren't using the font that I've been seeing on their past boards and/or Vortex caps, so that's nice.
I would buy from either brand again in a heartbeat. In fact, I already have a Ducky One TKL on the way with two sets of monotone blank key-caps that I am going to get to spread out among my boards!