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		npo9 on Dec 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It I... It depends. Mechanical keyboards last for about a decade, probably more. During which time I’ll be at my main computer and typing about 20,000hours. So using a mechanical keyboard less than a penny an hour. So yeah, if something makes my time a little more comfortable I’d consider it worth that cost.

2rsf on Dec 16, 2019 [–]

that doesn't answer the original question of

> Are mechanical keyboards that much "better"

npo9 on Dec 16, 2019 | [–]

It tries to quantify how much better a mechanical keyboard needs to be before it is worth it, which is not much.

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