Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional2, Mechanical 60% Keyboard, Compact, Charcoal, Printed Keycaps

This keyboard is honestly amazing I am a developer so I spend a lot of time at time at my desk and this keyboard makes it so easy to do that, the sound it makes s very satisfying as well . However it may be on a bit on the loud side as people often complaining when I'm typing and using my mic. I was hesitant buying this product at first due to price however I am very glad I did I've had it for nearly a year now and it has not let me down once.

great feel typing. not too loud. layout takes a little getting used to but doesn't take long to learn.maybe not the best if you are using Excel with arrow keys all the time but for general work it's a nice compact size.

Yes it's expensive, but if you're using a computer for several hours a day, every day, an excellent keyboard that will last over decade (as this one should) is not as bad as it sounds - especially if your current keyboard is irritating you. I originally sought out buying an external keyboard after getting a new Macbook Pro with those terrible butterfly-style keys that have little travel (and are prone to failing if dust gets in them), and I regret not getting this keyboard sooner.The construction of the keyboard is solid, though still light enough to be portable. All of the keys except the spacebar are made out of PBT plastic. The writing on the keys is very subtle (in the dark the keys look blank) and minimalistic, and (unlike the Matias mechanical keyboards, which I tried before this one), you can't feel the lettering on the keys. The topre switches are brilliant - after getting used to them for a couple weeks, going back to my macbook's internal keyboard feels like going back to the stone age. It's difficult to describe the feeling without trying out them yourself. It is quieter than typical mechanical keyboards with cherry mx brown switches, though still fairly noisy so you might want to consider getting o-rings to quiet the clack of the keys when they go back up.The main drawback to getting the HHKB is the layout. It modifies the usual US layout (which I much prefer over the UK, as the enter key is much easier to get to), in particular the caps lock that no-one uses is now replaced with ctrl, escape is where tilde is, and the backspace / delete key has switched rows with the backslash key. It takes some getting used to for the first week or so of using, but after that I didn't find myself making any mistakes with the backspace and tilde position (which is the main change most people will have to get used to). The arrow keys have also been eliminated, mapped instead to fn plus other keys, although this is not usually a problem for me as I tend to use the emacs ctrl hotkeys to move the arrow (which is way easier with this keyboard!).

I went for an HHKB because I was hoping to replicate the feels of one of my favourite boards, an old SGI dome-with-slider tank which I found in someone's garage, in a lightweight 60% which I could take between home and work.The construction is light but sturdy, with a two-part ABS shell. The plastic plate is integrated into the upper half and contributes to the pleasantly cushioned (but not mushy) bottom-out. It's easily small and light enough to carry in a laptop bag. The included rubber feet are useless, so get some 3M bumpons for better grip.In terms of key feel I don't think Topre has an MX analogue. Of the switches I've tried the closest might be Kailh Box Burnt Orange, which have a tactile bump close to the to the start of travel, but it's a poor comparison. Quality dome-with-slider is the most similar (success :D), but the smoothness and tactility of Topre is a league apart. Key presses feel smooth and snappy without being harsh, and the 45g weighting is great for all-day typing. That said, the space-bar could do with some extra weight, and it's easy to press accidentally when resting your fingers on the keys.The stock sound is... OK. The stabilisers are factory lubed and don't rattle, and the thocc on the down stroke is thicc and satisfying, but the plasticy click on the upstroke (when the slider base hits the underside of the plate) spoils things. I've fixed this with some KBDFans Silence-X rings, which are much cheaper (+£20) than the Type-S version (+£100), and my board is now ASMR-tier.The layout is excellent, though it took some getting used to, and can be customised natively using DIP switches. I run with switches one and three on, which gives me my super keys for dwm and a backspace key on the default layer (it's delete by default). Insert and delete are well placed for vim, and having a dedicated tilde key is great for LaTeX and terminal.Your keycap choice will be limited; Topre and Cherry stems aren't compatible. Electrocapacitive keysets are out there, but your best option would be aftermarket MX-compatible sliders. That aside the included caps are perfectly fine; OEM-profile dye-sub PBT (ABS spacebar) of intermediate thickness with a nice feel. The black on grey legends are subtle but readable, and look like blanks from a distance.Overall this board stock isn't quite my endgame, hence the four stars. But once I've spent the rest of my life savings on a Hasu bluetooth controller and some BKE domes, it will be.

Great keyboard. A bit on the light side and slides around a lot though.

Without a doubt the biggest buyers remorse I've ever had. I bought this as a replacement for a Ducky keyboard and right out of the gate the keyboard doesnt function as expected, backspace is switched with delete key (??) I find you have to open the back and flip a switch to make it backspace. Weird default, but okay.Then I find the Tab is replaced by CTRL? WHY? this took my ages to reprogram my brain to and literally couldn't find one reason why I was doing it. Finally I learnt. No arrow keys? I have to hold FN to use arrow keys which (as a programmer) I'm always doing to tab through lines of code - annoying, but okay I'll try. Now I've got another issue where the keyboard just randomly cuts out for 5 seconds. Apparently this is a KNOWN issue with this brand and i'm basically shit out luck for 180 quid and a useless keyboard that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.AVOID - DO NOT BUY.

With Numeric pad will become prefect.

Perfect formfactor.Perfect switches.