FC900R

ngl moving from a £30 board to something proper is a huge jump. for £200 you can get something that'll last years. keychron v1 is a solid 75% prebuilt around £100, leaves you budget for nicer keycaps later. if you want full size, leopold fc900r is built like a tank and sounds great stock. for buildi

Based on what you described, a few things stand out clear already. First, since you mentioned large hands and frequent fat-fingering, you’ll probably be more comfortable sticking with a standard or slightly wider layout. Compact boards (60–65%) tend to feel cramped and rely a lot on layers, which do

that a1243 was a tank - totally get wanting something similar. i'd check out the Keychron Q5 - it's full aluminum, full size with numpad, and has that solid build you're used to. the Leopold FC900R is another workhorse with great build quality. both should fit your budget and have that mechanical fe

finding uk layout full-sizes is such a pain, i feel you. ducky one 3 is great but since that's out, check out the keychron v6 - comes in uk iso with hotswap so you can try browns and swap later. leopold fc900r is another tank, pre-lubed stabilizers out of the box. both wired, both under your budget,

I just got one of these - the barebones and added baby kangaroo switches & GMK Yuri keycaps to it. And you weren't kidding about this thing being an absolute weapon. I thought my Leopold FC900R was sturdy. I've gotta go to the gym more! I agree the lack of legs is a little weird, but I get the feeli

I've not owned a Monsgeek but my Keychron Q2 (now my wife's) has been rock solid for years so speaking from personal experience I've not had any issues with them myself. The only other full size I'd personally recommend is a Leopold FC980M or FC900R if you can still find them (I use the FC980M daily

Haha, I don't mind the "wall of text" at all; I quite enjoy these discussions. I've never heard of that soldering station, but looking at the Amazon listing I found, the product doesn't show up on US Amazon, so perhaps it's not engineered for our 120-volt power system. I have a Weller WLC100 Solderi