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
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Save one for me! haha
It was probably for the best though, I have way too many caps anyway haha.
That said, part of the expense is just production in general. If you compare a GMK or SP doubleshot ABS set with say a $50 ABS set from Amazon or WASD you'll be surprised at the difference in quality.
I only spent $89 on my Amazing Chocolatier set from SP, and it was worth every penny. If this were to drop again in SA profile I'd be all over it. I do love GMK, but as i said earlier in the thread, this seems to lose something in cherry profile.
Now, DSA troubled minds would be possible and wouldn't have nearly as long of a wait as SA, nor would it be the massive undertaking that retooling all of the GMK molds would be. However, this is thesiscamper's set so ultimately the decision of where it goes is his to make.
DSA seems to be having a pretty long wait these days too. But I would also love this in that profile. Honestly, I like almost all the profiles more than Cherry. But at the end of the day I love the colors and would probably buy them in any profile.