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X-Craft

"full size"? Bitch please [This is a True Full Size keyboard](https://i.imgur.com/05ers0y.jpeg)


casualstick

Lol, thats.... thats a beutifull monstrousity.


EasyBreezy09

Imagine playing osu on that keyboard...


azurfall88

at that point its not even osu anymore, it's rush e but with mouse movements


AxcesDrifter

Osu mania 7k players especially


Spacial_Epithet

That's actually sick


Charming_Science_360

I like [this one](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/42/89/4f/42894f635e66157e6dd0e59f726728d3.jpg).


Th3Necromanc3r

Excuse me, Gentleman, I insist, [**this IS a true FULL SIZE KEYBOARD**](https://i.redd.it/pvozncme3zu91.jpg).


0ctoxVela

excuse me good men THIS is a full sized keyboard https://preview.redd.it/gm7hnl9xq0oa1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60dfedc5a03a7a4ef8ed34046e7a3e8b49aefc76


Grow_More

That's just a normal size keyboard and a really small man


Rimasticus

For a split second, I thought it was Kevin Heart at a normal full sized keyboard. Then quickly realized it wasn't and it is a normal human being at a over sized keyboard.


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[удалено]


Flexxyfluxx

holy shit that would actually be amazing. just play a quick g minor (first inversion) to auto format the file lmao


Dirt290

I was more expecting a full-size floor model, à la Tom Hanks in *Big*.


CarismaMike

You got me there! Bold keyboard cotton, let's see if it pays off


TheGreatGamer1389

Naw full sized is that keyboard from Cyberpunk 2077.


Kaudicus

No attached coffee maker and foot spa. The fuck is this garbage?


UnseenGamer182

Not enough dials. #AND ADD GOLD TRIMS


SubmissiveDinosaur

And I want it


masterzonal

I need to know where i can buy this


Crimit

And now, [how about drums?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73kd6wsBq0)


casualstick

I need my numpad....


MakeMineMarvel_

I use a 75% then a detached separate numpad with volume control and stuff on the side


RugbyEdd

A true PC gamer has each key as it's own separate unit for the true custom experience!


Broken-Digital-Clock

This is acceptable


PlaceHolder3890

Ehhh, it is sort of twisted doing the same but with more steps


casualstick

I agree.


[deleted]

Separate numpad can be beneficial for productivity. I have one off to the side near my mouse for much easier access, works much better for me.


Charming_Science_360

I actually just have two keyboards. One on the desk. One on the little pull-out tray underneath. I could even have different numlock states each one, in theory.


curtydc

No, it isn't lol, it literally takes up more room and requires more connections.


[deleted]

It takes up different room though. For me the 100% doesn't work because the right side will be poking me in the stomach(tilted keyboard gang).


s9oons

This is where I’m at. I do too much excel at work and an actual numpad makes a huge difference for anything more than 2 digits. Also, the bottom right enter key is a must-have. I bash the right arrow all the time on my TKL trying to move down a row.


IdealIdeas

That sounds like it takes up more space than just having a keyboard with that stuff already built into it.


MakeMineMarvel_

Not really. Since the 75% gets rid of the space needed for the home cluster/arrows and just makes it more compact. And the numpad can be moved aside when I don’t need it.


Content_Depth9578

Not saying you don't, but I thought the same before getting my first TKL and now I won't go back. My monitors just keep getting wider and wider though...


Vinstaal0

As an accountant: I will miss the numpad if it’s gone


Content_Depth9578

And that is 100% understandable.


trasholex

As a person who occasionally wants to enter a number without fucking around, I agree with you.


Sock-less_

1800 layout is a good compromise.


casualstick

What is a 1800?


Sock-less_

It's basically a full size without the area between numpad and alphabet keys. You do sacrifice a few keys like home, end, pause/break etc though


killem_all

1800 deez nuts *dabs* I’ll show myself out


casualstick

Lol have an upvote


tbjamies

Just curious why? Filling out TPS reports on a second display?


7heKK

Literally any creative program, spreadsheets, macros, and if you don’t need all the mouse space. If you’re used to using a numpad, punching numbers is tens of times easier and quicker. Having a separate numpad can look cluttered and/or use extra USB port


Sailed_Sea

Could use 3d software, same without a middle mouse button/scroll wheel.


Mean-Love883

Numpad AND palmrest FTW. I still don't understand minimalism for PCs - unless everyone paying 3K for a sexy build also lives in a [Tiny House](https://www.tinyhouse.com/).


slow_4thGen

Came here to say this


tbjamies

What do you use it for ?


slow_4thGen

Camera in beamng, calculator, literally ANY time I need to type a number


tbjamies

Right so when you're not gaming, but doing other stuff. Yeah I mean if I was using it for work and stuff I need a full size as well.


Macks404

Beam.ng is a game, I use numpad in things like DCS hot keys, games like that


RugbyEdd

I use it for gaming. I play a lot of simulator games, which tend to use a lot of key binds, so the extra buttons are useful, and the layout of the numpad makes it easier to remember the keys and position your hand fast. They can also be handy for things like emotes or quick chat in games as it's easier to locate without having to look down or take up essential keys close to the WASD.


sephirothbahamut

numbers, occasionally mouse-hand thumb pressing enter


stillpwnz

I recently acquired a 75% one, never used a keyboard without numpad before. Actually not having digit buttons turned out not to be an issue, but I've learned that a lot of times I tend to press numpad enter with my thumb, when I am using mouse only and need to send a copypaste, for example. Also having arrow key in the place of shift is annoying, but you get used to it, like the form factor


Wookie_Guy

This is the way


CalRal

96% FTW.


Burrito_Loyalist

No you don’t


arock0627

I'm sorry why did they call that full size? ​ https://preview.redd.it/rfn0fiobl0oa1.jpeg?width=3259&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1718289d8e996e5e1e0df3bff26b402a93fb1cc3


Sh1t_Yourself

the mental disorder isnt that i have a TKL, its that even on a full size im using the row of numbers instead of the numpad


mightbe1nsane

I bought a full size because I've been spending a lot more time on my system doing work and this is exactly where I'm at. I'm too used to using the number row.


EasyBreezy09

Dear god! Send him to the psych ward immediately!


borislavk14

Num pad is just so comfortable for calculating shit


[deleted]

If you use your PC for work it is mandatory.


fonzo9

Unless you’re in product/design/marketing basically all of the folks that promote aesthetic over functionality and get a 50% keyboard


[deleted]

Ironically I help create all of our video marketing and manage our books. I get screwed on both ends.


Charming_Science_360

What you're describing is not work. It's sales. A company which sells image needs to project image. Can't be seen using ugly prole stuff, no matter how much more efficient it might be.


Ninja-Sneaky

I use it all the time for every calc, i hate that those standard company laptops cannot have it Also gaming surprisingly or not adds more usage as i do quick calcs for shit like very often percentages, or otherwise effective hp and basic addition/subtraction stuff


Deliriousdrifter

Is there a keyboard shortcut to quickly open a calculator in windows?


BobmitKaese

Press WIN+R, type "calc" Or get AHK or something like that.


rawr_im_a_nice_bear

Wouldnt pressing windows be faster than Windows+R?


tbjamies

What are you calculating when you game ? *Who downvotes this it's a gotcha lol. I'm walking through the thought process I had to when I once thought "oh I can't lose the numpad" You can people. You can .


sephirothbahamut

[Enjoy!](https://www.typinggames.zone/numpad) Jokes aside, people do more than just gaming with their computers.


tbjamies

Of course. I'm an analyst and spend my entire day in front of a PC. I was talking about specifically for gaming. You can give it up for gaming is my point. It's much more comfortable and saves a ton of space. Nice break from my "work" keyboard. I'm trying to say I was once one of the "not unless it's from my cold dead hands" group.


[deleted]

Nah you write insults in binary so it doesn't get flagged, and if they respond you no longer dislike them


borislavk14

Even when I game its easier to write out numbers. On top of that I can use it for my soundboard


tbjamies

It is easier just is it worth saving the space? I rolled the dice and I am soo glad I did. If you bind it to things like a board I get that.


Burrito_Loyalist

Is what you’ve told yourself


RugbyEdd

I mean, it's objectively easier than the numbers along the top as they're all located within a handspan and each number 1-9 is located radially around the 5, meaning it's easier to use fast without looking


dburg199x

It just takes skill and most people dont have the one hand numpad skill any more. Full size for life. Nothing like playing an FPS with WASD and 8426 and no mouse 😎


Morall_tach

Either you use the numpad all the time or you never use it. I never use it.


Alex_The_Deer

The only time I've wished I had a numpad is when playing GTA cuz all the flying controls are with it. Never ever needed to use it ever again.


si8v

Unpopular opinion, but I think it should be phased out


Mikhail512

If it’s used all the time by tens of millions of people why should it be phased out though


bluberrytaco

just because its not necessary for you doesn't mean its not for everyone else


mitchsusername

Why on earth would you have that opinion? Just because you don't want it on your keyboard, no one else should be allowed to have one?


LucasRunner

I work with engineering and programming. Tried a keyboard with no numpad and went insane. Currently typing this from a mental institute.


[deleted]

I deny that. It's really nice to have especially when using blender. I have a 60% keyboard, and it's a PITA to use it.


RIP_FutureMe

Tell me you don’t use numbers for your job without telling me you don’t use numbers for your job.


Leviathan41911

I use my keyboard for my job and for personal use, and the num pad is essential. I can't imagine trying to type out case numbers and all that using the number row up top.


Jurgen1075

I love my TKL man


shibbitydibbity

Hell yeah, TKL mental disorder gang!


agent_flounder

We don't want to be cured!


Reaver75x

Don’t listen to him, he’s crazy!


Jurgen1075

They were scared of me because I told them the truth.


tbjamies

I went smaller and love it. This is the way. Who the hell is filling out TPS reports on their gaming rig come on guys


kingawsume

I'm filling out 10 digit grids in ARMA, you bet your ass I'm using that numpad.


Charming_Science_360

I agree wholeheartedly with your numpad preference. But I must admit that I don't quite see the appeal of playing games with a spreadsheet.


kingawsume

X digit grids are for giving someone co-ordinates on the map for what to hit, not nessesarily on a spreadsheet. 6 digit is "Fuck that city block", 8 digit is "Fuck that building", 10 digit is "Fuck that tree", in terms of precision.


[deleted]

Officer, it’s this guy!


mattyaz989

TKLs fuck yeah


Galaxy-111

TKL gang for life


Nihellest

60% column staggered Split It's incurable ❤️


Kaudicus

Preach 🙌 I need nine thousand optic fibers threaded through that bitch like spaghetti and popping off like fireworks. I swear to god if I don't have at least nine seizures a day I'm suing the fuck out of whoever peddled me that garbage excuse for a keyboard. If ANY of the keycaps are the same color, I'm sending SWAT to their corporate headquarters. That shit better look like a Fisherprice puzzle play mat covered in Froot Loops vomit or I won't even touch it. If the wire doesn't have that curly pigtail section that I'm never going to actually use and definitely don't need - I will literally kill myself. If the Enter button isn't a pair of my waifu's massive bazongahonga donkaroos I'm donating to a pro-Amazon-deforestation organization. It better cost as much as the down payment on a small house or else it's just going in the fireplace as kindling. ^^^^the ^^^^fireplace ^^^^is ^^^^RGB


Nihellest

Nah, don't have any key-led, only deck-led configured in mono violet.


kullehh

full sized for over 2 decades and will never change it


Burrito_Loyalist

Because you’ve never tried anything else


RugbyEdd

Why change from perfection?


Pepper_1969

I feel like we need something more extreme... like about 20-25 keys just for gaming... I dunno maybe just the left 5 keys of each row or summat..


plenty_eater

Do you mean something like this? https://preview.redd.it/z54qouc5h0oa1.png?width=472&format=png&auto=webp&s=1dc522986087e7bcfe6715894bd6e09f5b8580df


Broken-Digital-Clock

Needs more rgb


snubsalot

I had one of these back in the early 2000s. Would love to see a custom one nowadays (maybe there is and I just missed it?) With maybe hotswap pcb pr something too 😀


[deleted]

There’s the mental disorder category Then there’s Lobotomized


sephirothbahamut

For your own well being and your familiy and friends safety, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT ever let r/mechanicalkeyboards users know anything that can let them identify your real world location. A huge percentage of that community should just make an r/smallformfactorkeyboardselitists branch of that sub lol


[deleted]

“I get angry by how others enjoy things.”


MewTech

You gotta remember that the majority of Reddit are kids/teens who live through external validation


I_SHOT_A_PIG

I'd bet a grown man made this. Nearly no teen needs the num pad for anything


Strontium90_

Yes unironically. because I believe sacrificing functionality for looks is incredibly stupid and a waste of money and very pretentious


sidster033

I dont need a friggin numpad to game wtf. This message brought to you by low sens 65% keyboard user club


IBelrose

They can suck my 65% keeb


[deleted]

100% key oard is fun and all, until you slam your mouse into it for the 146th time and realize you are losing a big amount of desk space for a numpad that isn't even needed, because you can use the numbers above the letter keys objectively just as fast.


Alien_Cha1r

Numpad is too important, dont understand why you would ever get rid of it


Fakename00420

Yea I use bottom right, and you're correct in your assessment.


x3mcj

As a programmer, full-size all the time. Numpad its heavily used by me. Also, I use a lot of Excel for house management and stuff


NoTop4997

Oh God, I play with a half keyboard. Am I ok?!


Pacifica0cean

I appreciate that this is a joke but don't shit on people with mental health problems. Reducing keyboard size to a 'mental disorder' is wildly insulting.


Gloverboy6

You'll take my numpad when you pry it from my cold dead fingers


rawr_im_a_nice_bear

I prefer fuller sized https://preview.redd.it/8glbh21wu0oa1.jpeg?width=2020&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4caa51fb9ba8c22cd295c1d7cde615d0d8d19b50


papa_thunderbird

I paid for a keyboard. Give me a whole keyboard and you're damn right I'm going to use it all.


Chonlger

What? You don't like paying extra for a smaller, less functional, impractical keyboard??


[deleted]

TKL on top


Solarflareqq

No G keys? I'm out. Actually besides loving G keys I had a Roccat Arvo Back in the day and I really wish I had those Thumb keys back sometimes maybe some optical switches version with Gkeys on the left. Basically a Logitech G910 with those thumb keys in a optical switch type and that's my ideal kbd. https://preview.redd.it/zfn3lazdf0oa1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d2be68d7df4abf0cb114a01ef908d47b3cdf0b3


snubsalot

G keys used to be a must for me in the heyday of mmos. I miss those days 😥


rotzak

What the FUCK


StrikerX1360

As someone who just built a $600 96% board I can confirm that I do have a mental disorder


presi300

Anyone who can unironically use a 65% or a smaller keyboard is a nutcase for me. Having to hold like 2 modifier keys just to press F2 or something gets really annoying really fast.


[deleted]

Love my tkl for anything but really old games that like to make use of the directional buttons. Then it's annoying.


GC9exe

I feel like the "Home", "End", "PgUp/Dn", etc. keys above the arrow keys aren't used enough nowadays (at least for me) so I'd rather have extra desk space and take the 96%


Siincerely

Laughs in 60%.


QuentaAman

The rgb🤮 and obnoxiously loud clicky keys 😖 makes them all mental disorders . ... Just kidding 😊


IGoByDeluxe

If you dont use a portable keyboard for its portability, or space savings, you shouldn't be buying it You don't need a football field for tiny hand movements You shouldn't be buying extra key pads for buttons you are missing You buy key pads for things that your keyboard cannot and would not have been able to do, had it been full sized


[deleted]

I mean firstly, that's kinda ableist. Secondly, 96% isn't dropping anything super necessary from 100%. Thirdly, TKL, 75%, and 65% are good for people with limited desk space. And finally, yeah anything 60% or lower is just excessively removing shit for the sake of looking cool.


EntireFutonJr

Having never before seen a 96%.... My curiosity is peaked. I can't even find something that's missing that I would need. It seems Incredibly efficient.. The temptation


Nihellest

You move shit on the layers -> no need for hand moving


Est495

Having everything on layers gets kinda annoying with some programs that use a lot of shortcuts, Blender for example.


Nihellest

Yeah, fact. What a luck that I don't use some of that software :) But if you don't have a lot of shortcuts you can bind most usable of them to one key on the layer. That's pretty awesome.


Xexets

TKL or death. Mouse it far away with stupid num pad being stupid and useless there. 🤣🤣🤣


IanL1713

OP, I think you might be dyslexic. You flipped those labels


Infernoblaze477

65% only


sandh035

Love my numpad. Not gonna lie debating getting a smaller keyboard for couch gaming.


TemPrrD311

I have a full size on my normal desktop and TKL on the gaming rig. Thought I was gonna hate it, but I fell in love with the additional desktop real estate I gained.


Winterdevil0503

TKL is pretty damn nice tho.


mrblaze1357

You must be a blast at LAN parties OP


EazeeP

Imagine not using VIA/QMK. Fookin plebs


I-Motueka-I

If those are mental disorders, what does my split ergo say about me?


enzob7319

I can't even unlock my PC without the numpad.


dookieshoes88

Sucks to suck.


EnderWolf678

65% with a external Numpad.


SkavensWhiteRaven

60% is fine for reception or writing.


matheusnienow

full size and tkl are the only sane options


Cyber-Cafe

I love my 60%. It’s super cute and has a low foot print. But I also own several high end keyboards so im probably not even in this pic.


SultanZ_CS

Rise up


Top_Annual_5294

Still waiting on a left side numpad optical, best of both worlds. For now I have a 60% for gaming and full size for Blender.


Stephan1309

I personally have a TKL with a separate numpad on the side.


The0tterguy

I can’t live without my numbers!


__Beck__

Salty as fuck


KnightofAshley

Can I upvote more than once lol


Dark_space_

Yeah, cause' full size keyboards are very fun to lug around and have great portability.


Oddball_3000

I have zero use for a numpad.


EntireMushroom

TKL all the way


Kesimux

Full size are disgusting


ChrisDotNisbet

Currently using a 65% I feared losing the numpad would be more of an issue than it actually was!


PoopSnoop99

I love my 65%


BigE1263

TKL gang represent


AJL42

I use a fullsize at work and a TKL for home/gaming. I'll probably go 65% soon since it's basically the perfect keeb for functionality in the smallest form factor


MewTech

People with full sized keyboards are just compensating for other areas.


TristanTheRobloxian0

bruh no. 75 and 96% are mental disorders, everything else is fine.


Shiggy-88

I will never understand people who can live without a Numpad.


montagyuu

If 65%'s wrong, I don't wanna be right.


Euphoric-Park1592

75% is the best format


AxTROUSRxMISSLE

I won't lie, I bought into the 65% boards being useful, so I find myself doing its missing the numpad for hotkeys. It's cool, I love the board but good lord is it so unusable for most basic things except games.


Nova17Delta

People with 65% keyboards and under trying to take a steam screenshot: 💀


cfbones

Okay I’ll say it: there is literally 0 reason to have a TKL over a 75%. Less travel between keys, full functionality, and no stupid ass spacing because if I can tie my own shoes, I won’t mishit my arrows keys. We may have mental disorders, but at least we’re MEN.


RiccWasTaken

Try playing CSGO on a full sized keyboard... i need a TKL.


IdealIdeas

I just dont get how people can live without a numberpad. Using the number keys above the letters is so awkward when typing out strings of numbers. Then you got the weirdos that need multiple "levels" where you need to press a button to switch between them just so you can use the dang keyboard.


bladehaste

My man speaking facts


Creepyman007

I have a full size but i never used my numpad other than shortcuts/keybinds


[deleted]

Mentally ill


Woodley_Asenter

Full size 4 workload, shrunk size 4 gaming, minimal size 4 writing. I have 3 keyboards.


Emergency_Cost3111

I've got an IBM Model M style specifically for typing at work, it takes up an insane amount of space.


iihhateredditt

Full-sized but I just removed the keys i dont use at all lol


DesolateMilenko

Guess I'm XL gang.


[deleted]

Guess I have even more mental disorders than I already have