expiredZenNuts posted Dec 28, 2024 07:54 AM
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expiredZenNuts posted Dec 28, 2024 07:54 AM
Das Keyboard 5QS RGB Programmable 104-Key Mechanical Keyboard w/ Tactile Switches
+ Free S/H w/ Prime$50
$120
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Nowadays I can't recommend their MSRPs as being competitive, but a discount like this puts it into serious consideration. True, it may be wired, not via-programmable, not hot-swappable with its switches, but if it's anything like the one I've owned for over half a decade, it's built like a friggin' tank and the features it does have will likewise be rock-solid.
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I'm wondering if the Das Keyboard backlight is supported from within Microsoft's Dynamic Lighting [microsoft.com](?).
Good luck!
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Nowadays I can't recommend their MSRPs as being competitive, but a discount like this puts it into serious consideration. True, it may be wired, not via-programmable, not hot-swappable with its switches, but if it's anything like the one I've owned for over half a decade, it's built like a friggin' tank and the features it does have will likewise be rock-solid.
Nowadays I can't recommend their MSRPs as being competitive, but a discount like this puts it into serious consideration. True, it may be wired, not via-programmable, not hot-swappable with its switches, but if it's anything like the one I've owned for over half a decade, it's built like a friggin' tank and the features it does have will likewise be rock-solid.
I would buy this in a heartbeat if I didn't already have a Logitech G915; I can't justify spending more money on a superfluous keyboard. Despite my Cheap Basterd nature I'm still tempted to buy this Das though
since then i have had 2 mac model s and they still work. one i swapped out the whole board with black switches.
i got quite the collection so far, but what i have been loving is my RedThunder k95. i think i like the pre lubed lineral switches in it. makes it very quiet.
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Nowadays I can't recommend their MSRPs as being competitive, but a discount like this puts it into serious consideration. True, it may be wired, not via-programmable, not hot-swappable with its switches, but if it's anything like the one I've owned for over half a decade, it's built like a friggin' tank and the features it does have will likewise be rock-solid.
I "upgraded" my Das 4 Ultimate to a 5Q a couple years ago, because the switches were starting to have issues and I wanted markings on the rarely used function keys.
I retired my 5Q because:
The software is absolute garbage. It will crash (and often bring down your basic mode of input with it) for all kinds of reasons (many power-management related, but also several due to using the "features" on the keyboard, like the volume dial). Nothing quite like trying to figure out why your computer is still operating perfectly normally except ignoring all of your keyboard input.
You can't even set a backlight pattern on the keyboard without their buggy TSR. When it crashes, the keyboard just goes dark. That's absolutely fantastic when you're trying to troubleshoot their crappy software in the dark.
It will also do this when booting, at random, for no apparent reason. Keyboard is dark until you reboot again (from a clean start). The keyboard would literally do it's "startup" animation, and then just go dark at the login screen.
The crappy TSR that's required to be able to see your keys is entirely designed around selling you "profiles" and "apps" from a stupid marketplace. (On a $200 MSRP keyboard, ffs.) They realized no one was going to buy this, so they backed off, but all of the basic functionality of the app is built around this idiotic idea. The keyboard can show you whether a specific stock is up or down for the day (assuming the TSR is working) ... but won't give you a basic backlight pattern if the TSR isn't running.
Even the hardware started to fail after a few (~3) years of use, to the point it was sending keystroke signals as if keys were being held down 5-6 seconds after they were released, or missing keystrokes.
I guess the 5QS is using updated hardware, and I can hope they have dropped the atrocious software I had to deal with on my 5Q ... but I'll never buy another Das product after that nightmare, and I can't recommend them to anyone.
I swapped to a Steelseries Apex Pro, which allows you to control all of the basic functionality from simple firmware, and has magnetic switches you can adjust to your preference (for activation depth). It's better than my 5Q in every way, and it cost me less.
If you're a purist, buy a Ducky instead. Avoid this train wreck company like the plague.
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