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I'm trying to short list everything I'll need to build a custom keeb and here's what I've narrowed down for the switches (in no order):
Gateron Clear (very light, but I do have very light fingers too)
Novekeys Clear (requires lubing from what I've read)
Everglides Aqua King
Durock L7 (cheaper alternative to Alpacas)
What do you think about it ? Any other recommandations ?

I've been diagnosed with finger arthritis and heavy switches are just too tiring. I'm a software engineer and as such type quite a lot. As mentioned, I do have very delicate / light fingers so I don't think that ultra light switches will be an issue.

About the size layout, that's another problem I must solve. I've been using a 60% HHKB-esque keyboard for years (Apple M0110) so I'm leaning toward that again, but I'm opened to split / columns staggered layout. I'm also AZERTY (french) and QWERTY (ANSI US intl) fluent, so learning a new one is no issue (Workman, Colemark, etc).

Here's what I've been looking into:

Tofu60/65
Corne
Reviung 39/41
Dactyl / Skeletyl
If you have any advise or suggestion that could help to have a less strefull setup .... I'd greatly appreciate

<blockquote data-quote="GuilleAcoustic" data-source="post: 249763" data-attributes="member: 55">I'm trying to short list everything I'll need to build a custom keeb and here's what I've narrowed down for the switches (in no order):<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gateron Clear (very light, but I do have very light fingers too)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Novekeys Clear (requires lubing from what I've read)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Everglides Aqua King</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Durock L7 (cheaper alternative to Alpacas)</li>
</ul>What do you think about it ? Any other recommandations ?I've been diagnosed with finger arthritis and heavy switches are just too tiring. I'm a software engineer and as such type quite a lot. As mentioned, I do have very delicate / light fingers so I don't think that ultra light switches will be an issue.About the size layout, that's another problem I must solve. I've been using a 60% HHKB-esque keyboard for years (Apple M0110) so I'm leaning toward that again, but I'm opened to split / columns staggered layout. I'm also AZERTY (french) and QWERTY (ANSI US intl) fluent, so learning a new one is no issue (Workman, Colemark, etc).Here's what I've been looking into:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tofu60/65</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Corne</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reviung 39/41</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dactyl / Skeletyl</li>
</ul>If you have any advise or suggestion that could help to have a less strefull setup .... I'd greatly appreciate&nbsp; <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="GuilleAcoustic, post: 249763, member: 55"] I'm trying to short list everything I'll need to build a custom keeb and here's what I've narrowed down for the switches (in no order): [LIST] [*]Gateron Clear (very light, but I do have very light fingers too) [*]Novekeys Clear (requires lubing from what I've read) [*]Everglides Aqua King [*]Durock L7 (cheaper alternative to Alpacas) [/LIST] What do you think about it ? Any other recommandations ? I've been diagnosed with finger arthritis and heavy switches are just too tiring. I'm a software engineer and as such type quite a lot. As mentioned, I do have very delicate / light fingers so I don't think that ultra light switches will be an issue. About the size layout, that's another problem I must solve. I've been using a 60% HHKB-esque keyboard for years (Apple M0110) so I'm leaning toward that again, but I'm opened to split / columns staggered layout. I'm also AZERTY (french) and QWERTY (ANSI US intl) fluent, so learning a new one is no issue (Workman, Colemark, etc). Here's what I've been looking into: [LIST] [*]Tofu60/65 [*]Corne [*]Reviung 39/41 [*]Dactyl / Skeletyl [/LIST] If you have any advise or suggestion that could help to have a less strefull setup .... I'd greatly appreciate 😁 [/QUOTE]

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