> I Like Small Keyboards

I like quiet keyboards but finding non-laptop / non-membrane keyboards that do strip the leather from your wallet, is a almost impossible task. Let alone one that does not grow in noise level over time!

There is way too much focus on a entire enthusiastic click click keyboards, but everything that i keep finding, sounds like absolute horrible loud, in a quiet room, where your partner is sleeping in.

And when you find something, its often a import, not in stock, and you get presented with like a $300 bill and no guarantee about quietness after a long time using. Or worse, they changed the keys in between production runs, and its now more louder.

Why am i writing this? Don't know, maybe tired of often wasting hours seeing youtube videos and reviews, and posts about keyboards to just feeling burned out.

Quiet keyboards are basically a solved problem. Go get something like a Varmilo Minilo75 or a NuPhy with silent switches, if you don’t want to build your own.

I’ve recently built a GeistGeist Totem. 36 keys, splayed, low profile. With silent kalhi switches.

It’s more silent than membrane keyboards, completely customizable and super lightweight. (Got a carry box that is the size of a small paperback)

You can download all the schematics (also the board) and case files to print them. The assembly requires a bit of soldering. All in all it costed me ~150€ but I printed some extra stuff to try out.

There are also places that sell kits directly so you don’t have to source all bits and pieces yourself

Topre keyboards feel nice to type on and are quiet. They're rubber dome but they have the thing most mechanical keyboards have where you don't have to have a key pushed all the way down for it to count as "pressed".

Have you tried making your own? Get a board, some switches, some caps, and a soldering iron. Keyboards are great beginner projects