Post the ugliest keyboards you've seen!

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16 Dec 2018, 15:17

digital_matthew wrote: And don't get me started on the key feel. Like waiting in line at the department of motor vehicles, keytravel is endless and soul-sucking. It's like typing on unrequited love...
This needs to be on stickers and a line of t-shirts.

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snacksthecat
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27 Mar 2019, 01:15

Wow, haven't seen this thread for months now.

But I pulled this board out today and it looks no where as cool as I remember it. In fact, I gotta nominate it here:

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I mean it's got nice components. The keycaps are super unique and it has the coveted creams. But typing on it feels like garbage. I guess it goes to show that a nice keyboard isn't just the sum of its parts.

samuelcable

27 Mar 2019, 01:18

snacksthecat wrote:
27 Mar 2019, 01:15
Wow, haven't seen this thread for months now.

But I pulled this board out today and it looks no where as cool as I remember it. In fact, I gotta nominate it here:

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I mean it's got nice components. The keycaps are super unique and it has the coveted creams. But typing on it feels like garbage. I guess it goes to show that a nice keyboard isn't just the sum of its parts.
A lot of people think the switches only is only component of a keyboard that matters but that is not true at all.

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digital_matthew

28 Mar 2019, 01:28

A shame about the lousy key feel. I rather like the way it looks.

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Wazrach

07 Apr 2019, 19:19

What the absolute hell were they thinking?
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Wazrach

07 Apr 2019, 19:22

Also, it'd be a shame to miss these out:
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Findecanor

07 Apr 2019, 21:34

Those stickers on the MacAlly keyboard look like they are for the video editing program Avid.
Looks are not a priority.

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Wazrach

07 Apr 2019, 21:36

Findecanor wrote:
07 Apr 2019, 21:34
Those stickers on the MacAlly keyboard look like they are for the video editing program Avid.
Looks are not a priority.
Clearly they weren't - just look at that hideous transparent, ridged case! D:

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JP!

07 Apr 2019, 23:41

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HC514

08 Apr 2019, 00:48

Pink and white colourway, Japanese legends AND an oversized Hello Kitty artisan? Best GB ever!

Gampela

08 Apr 2019, 09:31

Those just look childishly cute, not ugly.

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Elrick

09 Apr 2019, 02:47

JP! wrote:
07 Apr 2019, 23:41
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My youngest would LOVE that Kitty Keyboard, she's into Pink now more than ever.

Lanrefni

11 Apr 2019, 21:04

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By far the ugliest board I've seen,but I do love that the owner uses it,the notches on the keys for the Numpad layer are a very nice touch.

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fohat
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11 Apr 2019, 23:57

Oh boy, that one is truly hideous. Ouch!

spoo

15 Apr 2019, 11:12

A4TECH KBS-29

maybe im just fond of square keys

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Peter_Cantrope

07 May 2019, 01:53

Continuing the pink theme. A good old keyboard for blondes. Some of the buttons can talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bez7MqlLzms

And apparently someone has even created a website in an attempt to tell the world this product should not exist:
http://keyboardforblondes.com/
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depletedvespene

07 May 2019, 01:58

Peter_Cantrope wrote:
07 May 2019, 01:53
Continuing the pink theme. A good old keyboard for blondes.
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GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! Spoiler tag! Spoiler tag!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

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depletedvespene

07 May 2019, 04:40

BTW, that's not a BAE — it's a GAE. And no wonder that right Shift is 3U long: it needs to be that big to support the GAE's weight.

Primuds

07 May 2019, 06:38

Wazrach wrote:
07 Apr 2019, 19:19
What the absolute hell were they thinking?
The board underneath the stickers looks decent though, Alps?

joedon

08 May 2019, 05:09

JP! wrote:
07 Apr 2019, 23:41
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My daughter will like it for sure!

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JP!

08 May 2019, 16:45

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Dingster

08 May 2019, 16:46

JP! wrote:
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I actually think its kinda hot :D

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AJM

08 May 2019, 17:02

I quite like it too. And judging by the wrinkles, it's only wrapped with film - so certainly reversible.

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StrangerInTheAlps

10 May 2019, 02:24

There are no such things as ugly keyboards, only ugly typists. [translated ancient proverb]

Just kidding. My entrant is this:
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Not only does it look hiiiideous - clearly yellowed with age, with illegible key printing - but the keys are mushy, the caps are sticky, and the body is both light (lighter than even an Apple alumininininum keyboard) and flimsy.

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depletedvespene

10 May 2019, 04:13

StrangerInTheAlps wrote:
10 May 2019, 02:24

Not only does it look hiiiideous - clearly yellowed with age, with illegible key printing - but the keys are mushy, the caps are sticky, and the body is both light (lighter than even an Apple alumininininum keyboard) and flimsy.
Finally a keyboard worthy of the Chocolatier keycap set. ;)

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Darkshado

10 May 2019, 06:02

Also, the manufacturer specs maple syrup as the sole approved lubricant for some reason.

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AJM

10 May 2019, 12:40

I can't use that. I need an ISO version.

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snacksthecat
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23 Aug 2019, 00:43

I secretly kind of like this one.

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depletedvespene

23 Aug 2019, 00:50

It... it... looks like the makeup case my ex-sister in law carried around with her wherever she went.

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AJM

23 Aug 2019, 10:20

Indeed.
The golden spacebar representing a lipstick case or brush handle. I find it quite original and I have seen many many worse color combinations on keyboards.

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