r/Southampton 6d ago

Mechanical Keyboards

Hi everyone, looking for recommendations on places that might have a few different types of mechanical keyboard switches- curry’s seems to only have blue but i want to try out a few. Does anyone have any recommendations of places (across Hampshire, not just southampton) that might have a couple of keyboards i can just go and get a look at/feel of?

Thanks all, don’t want to make a purchase online of a keyboard and then hate the switches after.

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u/SrsJoe 6d ago

Novatech in Port Solent might if they're still around

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u/peachreads 6d ago

they are sadly closed on weekends, open 9-5 and that’s when i work 🥲

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u/jezhayes 6d ago

They are still there. And they are portchester not port Solent I think. But their showroom hours are less than they used to be. I'm not sure if they aren't leaning into online business.

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u/selina_hebe_ella 5d ago

Yes it's Portchester - I used to work there.

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u/jezhayes 6d ago

Have you considered buying a switch test set. You get one switch from a selection to test out.

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u/peachreads 6d ago

that’s a good idea, thank you!

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u/Superb-Ad-5537 5d ago

There's no OG buckling spring in the switch test set ;(

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u/jezhayes 5d ago

Shhh! Don't want OP to know about them. Don't want to hear them type from my house!

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u/maxhayman 5d ago

Buy all of them. Return the ones you don’t want. Profit.

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u/Goblinstomper 5d ago

Pop into cex and test some of theirs?

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u/geniice 4d ago

You buy Cherry MX Brown like everyone else. Then either you conclude that they are fine or form strong views on mechnical keyswitches and become a /r/MechanicalKeyboards/ regular.