Mechanical Keyboard Enthusiast Survey

GoMechanicalKeyboard.com Presents... THE MECHONICOL KEYBOQRD '16 Winter Survey 950 responses from 49 different countries Nearly wice as many responses from 6 months ago! Welcome to the Club... "How long have you been part of the mechanical keyboard community?" 2/3.15 Less than a year (43%) Median / Average Mechanical I1 to 2 years (33%) |2 to 3 years (14%) Keyboards of Respondents 13 to 5 years (8%) | 5 to 10 years (2%) I> 10 years! (1%) 32 people havent golten their first mech yet ...Leave your wallet at the door $ spent on keyboards and accessories in the past year 188 280 $220 MEDIAN $397 AVERAGE 230 300 400 175 100 200 300 400 USD I<1 yr 11 to 2 yrs | 2 to 3 yrs 3 to 5 yrs 15 to 10 yrs I>10 yrs Where do you buy from? Favorite Group-Buy Site Favorite Place to Buy 236 230 136 116 91 75 28 26 Mech KB Specialty Sites Amazon MassDrop Mass Drop No experience / don't care Forums Peer markets Local store NewEgg National chain Pimp My Keyboard ICTRL ALT I eBay Other Mechanical Keyboard Preferences Favorite Keyboard Layout Flipped Spacebar? Favorite Form Factor 428 244 QWERTY 92% 15 121 Dvorak 2% Colemak 2% QWERTZ 1% Custom Layout 1% I Tenkeyless (32%) 60% (30%) 75% (7%) 140% (3%) Ergodox (2%) Full (25%) Other Nope! Yes! Huh? DSA/SA 2% 65% (2%) RGB Backlighting is... Artisan Keycaps? 66% Not Interested FAVORITEOF THOSE THAT ARE. Hot Keys Project 22% Brocaps KeyKollectiv Click Clack BingeCap Воорer 20% 15% 13% 10% 4% Make way for the newcomers! Brocaps dropped from 65% to 20%, likely as a result of some forum drama and talented newer artists such as KeyKollectiv and Booper picking up steam. HKP makes a big leap from 8% to 22%, and first place. Nice, but not required (59%) Useless (25%) I Too expensive (7%) Undecided (5%) A must-have (4%) Favorite Mechanical Switches ΤΥΡΙNG ALL PURPOSE GAMING Cherry MX Blue Cherry MX Brown Cherry MX Brown Cherry MX Brown Cherry MX Blue Cherry MX Red Cherry MX Clear Cherry MX Clear Cherry MX Blue Buckling Spring Cherry MX Red Cherry MX Clear Topre (45g) Topre (45g) Cherry MX Black Favorite Mechanical Keyboard Makers ТОР 10 Overall 1. Ducky 2. Custom Build 3. Vortex 4. CoolerMaster 5. Corsair 6. Topre 7. IBM 8. Filco 9. Leopold 10. Das Keyboard 34 142 131 124 95 75 48 46 43 40 Overall, tastes became more varied as share of voles for companies dropped nearly across Ihe board. One noliceable winner is IBM, gaining 2% from last survey. ТОР 10 Compact 1. Vortex 2. Custom Build 285 139 77 71 59 35 32 30 14 12 3. CoolerMaster 4. Ducky 5. Leopold 6. Corsair 7. Topre 8. Filco 9. WASD 10. KUL Vortex dominates again with 30% of the vote. Leopold was the highest mover, doubling their share to over 6%. Gaming ТОР 10 1. Corsair 2. CoolerMaster 3. Ducky 4. Custom Build 5. Vortex 6. Logitech 7. Razer 8. WASD 9. Das Keyboard 10. Filco 202 161 103 83 58 30 28 26 18 17 盟 關 關 盟 岡 圈 The results are largely the same as the last survey, with WASD and Logitech swapping places. 盟 關 圈 闘 囲 Favorite Mechanical Keyboard Vortex Poker 3 13% CM QuickFire Rapid Filco Majestouch 2 6% | 3% The Poker 3 reigns supreme for the 2nd straight survey, increasing its share of the votes from 9% to 13%, largely at the Corsair K70 Custom Build 5% 3% Happy Hacking Keyboard 2 |3% Leopold FC660 3% expense of the Poker 2. CM Novatouch Ducky Shine 5 3% The CoolerMaster Quickfire Rapid makes the biggest jump from Zih to 2nd on the list. 3% Realforce 87 All Others | 3% 57% Most Important Features What does the 1. Switches 2. Build Quality 3. Price 4. Layout 5. Keycaps community need? - More affordable//variety of Topre boards - More/cheaper custom keycaps - More customization in keyboards - More artisan keycaps, better availability - More programmable keyboards - More aluminum cases Thanks for reading! Created by GoMechanicalKeyboard.com Years Using Mechs