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post #1 of 22
7/4/12 at 2:38am
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Hey guys, brand new here because I was hoping you could help me with a problem I have.
Which keyboard should I buy: a Ducky Shine or Das Ultimate S
I have used mech boards before, and I know I prefer MX Blues, but I am torn between the blue/white backlighting on the Ducky or the badassery on the blank Das (touch typing isn't a problem for me, and it would amuse me along with my 6400 dpi mouse as well when friends are over)
So OCN, which should I get?
Oh also, I've looked around and tried various boards and narrowed my choices down to these two so please no 'Get a Deck board'
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post #2 of 22
7/4/12 at 7:38am
Hello, owner of both here. They are both very different keyboards, but similar in many ways. I had an MX Red Ducky Shine that I gave away here on OCN, and I currently have owned an MX Blue Das Ultimate Blank for almost a little over a year and a half, maybe more. The Das to me is a perfect mechanical keyboard. I don't really like LEDs or anything, but I don't hate them either. The Das has a much more tough and professional feel to it compared to the Ducky.

Both great keyboards... but they offer different things.

Also, the Das comes with two USB 2.0 ports on the right side of the keyboard. As little as that sounds, it's a pretty big deal-breaker for a lot of people, including myself.

I have a pretty basic at best review on YT of the Ducky Shine that you can check here if you'd like:
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post #3 of 22
7/4/12 at 9:19am
The main differences between the 2 boards:
The Ducky's build quality is almost undetectably inferior to the Das'.
The Ducky uses Cherry stabilizers (easier to swap keycaps) whereas the Das uses Costar (slightly better, more mechanical feel).
The Ducky uses an MX Green switch on the spacebar (it's a heavier MX Blue if I'm not mistaken) and that really really sucks for me. It's harder (considerably) to actuate the spacebar, and it slowed me down substantially and felt odd when the rest of the board was in Blues (in my opinion, if anything, the spacebar's switch should be lighter than the rest).
The Das, however, has an annoying glossy finish which is a pain to take care of and keep clean.
The Das also has a USB 2.0 hub, as E-Peen kindly mentioned above, which is pretty useful.

Make the decision on your own wink.gif
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post #4 of 22
7/4/12 at 6:47pm
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Thanks for the really quick responses guys, and E-Peen i have a similar attitude on those LEDs to you
well i think i'll go with the das, partly cos it reminds me of my old model m
thankyou for the warning about the gloss though, and the usb ports sound nice
however, one last thing, I have noticed people talking about contouring on the Das' keys, is that weird at all or nothing i should worry about?
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post #5 of 22
7/4/12 at 6:58pm
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Originally Posted by csm725 View Post

The main differences between the 2 boards:
The Ducky's build quality is almost undetectably inferior to the Das'.
The Ducky uses Cherry stabilizers (easier to swap keycaps) whereas the Das uses Costar (slightly better, more mechanical feel).
The Ducky uses an MX Green switch on the spacebar (it's a heavier MX Blue if I'm not mistaken) and that really really sucks for me. It's harder (considerably) to actuate the spacebar, and it slowed me down substantially and felt odd when the rest of the board was in Blues (in my opinion, if anything, the spacebar's switch should be lighter than the rest).
The Das, however, has an annoying glossy finish which is a pain to take care of and keep clean.
The Das also has a USB 2.0 hub, as E-Peen kindly mentioned above, which is pretty useful.

Make the decision on your own wink.gif

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post #6 of 22
7/5/12 at 3:23am
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Thanks for the really quick responses guys, and E-Peen i have a similar attitude on those LEDs to you
well i think i'll go with the das, partly cos it reminds me of my old model m
thankyou for the warning about the gloss though, and the usb ports sound nice
however, one last thing, I have noticed people talking about contouring on the Das' keys, is that weird at all or nothing i should worry about?
The Ducky and the Das have the same key profile. It's a standard one and shouldn't worry you at all. It *may* take a day or two to get used to if you're coming from a flat rubber dome keyboard.
Here is what I am talking about (see the lines in pink, and the yellow Esc key doesn't come with the keyboard):
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post #7 of 22
7/5/12 at 6:41am
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Oh ok, thanks for that picture it cleared that up for me very well.
Well thanks a lot for the feedback guys, I'm going to order a Das tomorrow smile.gif
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post #8 of 22
7/5/12 at 6:53am
You'll note some of the other keys in that picture are out of profile. Don't mind that, it's just a little prank I'm playing on a friend. The real profiles of each row are indicated by the pink lines.
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post #9 of 22
7/5/12 at 3:09pm
I want a DAS professional cherry blue so badly, but I just wish I didn't want backlit. frown.gif I only really want glossy finishes, which makes the DAS and the Black Widow the best looking for me. There's too many things about the Razer that puts me off though. Why oh why won't DAS make a backlit version with the same shape and glossy finish. I'd snap it up in a heartbeat. Also, listen to the sound of the DAS and the Razer both with cherry blues. It's like night and day, the DAS sounds so much sweeter and more clicky if these samples are close to accurate.

http://www.mrinterface.com/keyboardsims/blackwidow/razer.html

http://www.mrinterface.com/keyboardsims/das3/index.html


For those that buy the DAS and don't care about backlighting, I envy you. To me, it seems like the ultimate in mechanical keyboards smile.gif
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post #10 of 22
7/5/12 at 4:28pm
The strange thing is, the Blackwidow sounds more like my actual Das sounds in that simulator than the Das... but I think that's because I'm always bottoming out. I would still recommend Das in the end, but it's all up to what you want. I would strongly advise you not to get a keyboard just based off of it being backlit, but if that's your preference and what you want, then that's what you want smile.gif
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