@djmantis I honestly just plan to lube the sliders a little. Surprisingly, the stock stabilizers don’t sound bad at all a couple of days in, so may just keep them as is. I do have some silencing rings I can add as well, so that’s tbd. My 87u came with them installed and I liked them, but enjoyed the board even more when I took them out.
I actually replaced the stock 55g domes in my 87u with Metakeebs 35g and I’m enjoying them a lot! I feel like with any niche hobby, there are some purists in the Topre/EC side of keebs, but I wouldn’t let that detract from how you feel! If you like the aftermarket domes, nothing wrong with that.
Was there anything else in particular that you haven’t been enjoying? Or was it just the aftermarket domes? Which domes did you try? :o
Good to know about the Metakeeb domes. Those are the ones I have been eyeing. I really want to snag the 35g and 40g versions.
I grabbed some Astrodomes at 35g, and I am not happy with them. I like them feel wise, but they added a lot of “loosey-goosey” ness into the board. Keycaps wobble more, sound is off etc. It might be the shape of and weight of the domes though because other people don’t seem to have the same issues as me with the heavy weights.
I think my overall feelings was that I was excited to hop into the EC space and have some experimentation again, only to find that once I was in it, everyone has really mixed opinions. Some people love the stock experience, other people love these domes (while these people say they suck). I was hoping there would be a little bit of a “standard” but it seems like the EC is the wild west.
For instance, DESkeys are readily available, and it seems like everyone has tried their domes, but every opinion I get is that they are just “meh”
It really depends on what you’re optimizing for. One of the annoying things about online discourse is that it’s really easy to get a lot of opinions on a thing, but you don’t get the “why?” for them. Is the reason folks don’t like the DES domes because they tried the old versions? Or maybe they don’t like as much tactility? Is sound or feel more important? etc.
Case in point: both KLC’s and Metakeebs domes were “meh” to me, while the DES and Astro domes ones were awesome. But, this is because I’m going for tactility with my Topre setups, and looking for stuff that works well with silencing rings. The Astro domes “wings” help with dampening stabilizers. If someone’s looking for something else from an EC board, they might prefer something different.
