c/mechanical_keyboards · by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world · 1y

The Seneca keyboard debuts at $3,600, promises "insane engineering" and sensual typing

https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Seneca-keyboard-debuts-at-3-600-promises-insane-engineering-and-sensual-typing.985698.0.html

10 points · 7 comments · view on lemmy.world

7 Comments

cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 1y

I understand there is a market for things at these ridiculous price points, but if I were to meet someone with this thing it would immediately raise red flags.

nesc@lemmy.cafe · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I'm 80% sure that actual typing experience on this piece is comparable to no-name membrane keyboard for $5.

Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I wouldnt go that far.

If you are used to typing on a nice mechanical keyboard (one for $100), you will notice the difference when moving to a lowest cost possible membrane keyboard available.

nesc@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 1y

Well it's a scam aimed at people that fetishize handmade things, I fully expect them to be as cheap and scummy about it as humanly possible.

Coelacanth@feddit.nu · 4 pts · 1y

(...) promising an unprecedented typing experience that founder Ryan Norbauer unabashedly describes as "needlessly lavish" and "exuberantly irrational."

Am I missing something or is this still just a plastic keyboard we're talking about here? Not hand carved rosewood, not solid gold set with jewels? Exactly what is the extent of the "hand crafted by a single artisan" here?

The only thing "exuberantly irrational" about this scam is the price tag.

Blaze@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 1y

What is sensual typing? 😅

blechlawine@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y

It sounds so hollow and doesn't even have mechanical switches, wtf: https://www.norbauer.co/pages/the-seneca