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Accidental keypresses on my first mechanical keyboard (kbin.social)

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Just bought my first mechanical keyboard, an Epomaker RT100 with Flamingo switches. Is it normal to be accidentally pressing keys (mostly shift and spacebar) while just resting my fingers on the keyboard? Is it because I've only used membrane keyboards up until now, and I'll eventually get used to the new sensitivity? Or should I swap the switches out for something heavier/clickier?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Or should I swap the switches out for something heavier/clickier?

Definitely. You made a good choice getting a hot-swappable keyboard. That makes it easy to experiment with different switches until you find one that's comfortable.

You might find that changes over time too, or even that you have different preferences for different keys or contexts, so it's worth keeping the old switches around.

But don't try to convince your fingers that they need to be retrained to type more lightly. The reason there are so many different kinds of switches is that different weights and haptics feel better for different people.