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She's growing up, and she's got a framework 13 laptop with fedora 40, which is great, but she's been using hand me down peripherals.

She'd love a decent mechanical KB as she likes the clicky clicky of the keys, but the last one I got her, a Lofree, basically bit the dust in no time.

She's SUPER into the aesthetics but doesn't want RGB led's, but DOES like a nice backlit keyboard.

When searching for it, amazon, best buy and the rest just pollute the results, so it's actually difficult to decide what to get her. Her birthday is coming up so this will be her main gift.

What have you all had good luck with that might be aesthetically pleasing, that the quality wasn't trash like Lofree.

EDIT: thank you for all your suggestions, I've sent her a bunch of links to look at and she's going through them now. I'll try to remember to post back what she picks.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Budget is the first consideration. Once we have that, I would be happy to discuss options with you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean.... Hopefully not crazy money, like $75 for both seems like a lot ... But if it's worth it, I'll spend more

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Those Ducky recommendations are pretty good. Ducky is a solid brand, I can’t say I’ve tried them out myself, however, I have been curious. I also haven’t priced those out, so I don’t know if they’re within that range and I actually kind of doubt it; they’re probably over $100 just for the keyboard. That said take a look at that list the other person provided. I will say also I did recently try an RKgaming full sized board (I would guess she is used to full sized?) which I love. That was about $100. Keychron is a solid choice as well, with options at many price points. I would avoid the lowest tier. I would also make sure the board is “hot swappable.” This means that she can try out different switches, if she decides she wants to get into that aspect. All RGB can be set to just one color. Mice are mice in my experience. There’s very little to go wrong with them anymore. Only consideration would be wired vs wireless, and what options she needs in terms of using a dongle to connect wirelessly vs Bluetooth. I use a Razer Basilisk v3, which is quite nice, and was very well reviewed, but is about $65. I also use an Apple Magic trackpad, but that is usurously expensive and please forget that I even mentioned it. Any kind of keeb for “gaming” or what have you, or that is made by Logitech or one of these other you know “normal” companies should be avoided. They almost always are not hot-swappable and they are overcharging for what is essentially the lowest tier of mechanical keyboards. Sorry if that reply was kind of all over the place. I just woke up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Seems like you're right. Might have to spend a bit more. I really appreciate the advice.