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 part of the reason why i became a mech keyboard freak was after killing dozens of shitty membrane keyboards

i can destroy one in about a year, laptop keyboards are even more delicate, maybe 6 months i can kill one of those

my current keyboard, i have two of them, one for backup, the switches are socketed so i can pull them out and replace them if i need to

the switches stand up to way more usage than membrane switches though, i mean, probably i could get away with not getting another keyboard for 10 years, pretty much if i do get another one it's going to be because it has more keys, i'd like at least 90 so i can have a dedicated number pad on it. there is a cherry POS ortholinea that i've had my eyes on, it has 140 keys... but for now i'm good, really i just want the 90 key 5x18 grid