Generally a decent quality mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX switches will cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $100. You can go a lot higher, and occasionally you'll find something a bit lower. There are a number of variants of the Cherry MX switches with different characteristics (tactile response, audible click, etc). Here's a primer on the various types: https://www.keyboardco.com/blog/index.php/2012/12/an-introduction-to-cherry-... Since you're looking at silicone keycaps, you probably want a non-click switch like the Cherry MX Brown. Something like this perhaps: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126445 You're not likely to find a keyboard with those keycaps preinstalled, so figure out what type of key switch you'd like and then find a keyboard with those keys. Any of the Cherry MX "colors" should work with those keycaps. Massdrop doesn't seem to be running that drop right now, but as usual there's a seller on aliexpress that can sell you some. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Arrival-104-Silicone-Keycaps-Blank-Keyca... Let me know if you have other questions. On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 11:50 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I'm thinking about getting a new keyboard for my modern PC.
I want to use squishy keycaps such as these:
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/silica-gel-keycap-set
It says they're Cherry MX compatible.
Does that mean they only work with official Cherry-branded keyboards? Or is there some other search term to use (etc.) for keyboards that are Cherry-compatible? It suggests that those keycaps will fit on Cherry MX key switches.
But how do I know what keyboards have such switches?