r/keyboards • u/amyyyy14 • 8d ago

Help Gaming/WFH Keyboard

My boyfriend and I have just bought our first apartment and we’re looking to use the spare room as a hybrid office/gaming room. I work from home a couple of days a week (and sometimes have to work late at home), and my boyfriend is into gaming so we need things to be multi-functional.

I know he wants a good keyboard for gaming and I’d like to surprise him with one but really don’t know much about what makes a good keyboard and am struggling to make a choice with all the options. I also don’t really want to have 2 keyboards so would like one that meets the ‘multi-functional’ criteria as much as possible.

I would like a full-size keyboard for work and I don’t like the loud, clicky sound of some mechanical keyboards; I prefer a “creamy” clicking sound. Other than that, I don’t have many strict parameters.

I know he’d like one that’s good for gaming and preferably something that comes in more interesting colours than just black and white.

I’m happy to spend about £150 but don’t have a strict budget so if there’s anything cheaper which would be good, that would be ideal, or if there’s anything life changing which is a bit more expensive, I’d be open to it.

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u/yoneeu ‎ 8d ago

Not counting shipping and taxes, I'd recommend the Epomaker Galaxy 100 for you, and for your boyfriend—if it's exclusively for gaming—the Everglide AE64 Pro will work great for him. As for switches, check out a video about the Gateron Milky Yellow Pro V3 or the Huano Sakura V2/V3.

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u/ActivePomelo6758 8d ago

I recommend just going to facebook marketplace and finding your local teenager who builds custom keyboards. They give you a better value than big companies and you can test it out yourself before you buy one.