Generally, when a novice buys a mechanical keyboard, it is a process of transferring from a membrane keyboard to a mechanical keyboard.
When it comes to why mechanical keyboards are used, it is necessary to compare the two types of keyboards.
· Mechanical keyboard is more personalized
Mechanical keyboards can be customized by replacing the shaft/keycap/shell to give it a unique look and feel.
Membrane keyboards generally cannot carry out this kind of customization.
· Mechanical keyboards have a different feel than membrane keyboards
Hand feel is a relatively subjective concept, so here it is only different, not better.
Although there are also membrane keyboards with excellent feel, the rubber bowls of most cheap membrane keyboards feel stuck and easy to age compared with mechanical switches. Players who are used to cheap membrane keyboards will have a strong sense of freshness when using mechanical keyboards for the first time. .
The positioning of mechanical keyboards is generally higher than that of membrane keyboards
Although there are more expensive membrane keyboards, overall, the positioning of mechanical keyboards is higher than that of membrane keyboards.
For a daily necessities that are used for several hours a day, people are willing to invest a few hundred dollars in it.
What kind of keyboard counts as a good keyboard? The standards are also different for different groups of people.
For example, for entry-level users, reliability and durability are obviously an important indicator;
But for many audiophiles, the priority of feel and sound is far higher than maintainability.