Just broke my third Ducky Keyboard. Two of them died to a few drops of liquid, The third fell on wooden floor from a height of about 1m. While my cheap-o mechanical keyboard has bathed in coffee, been yanked off my desk multiple times by its cable getting pulled by my chairs armrest and survived without any damage.

  • DefinitelyAPerson@vlemmy.net
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    2 years ago

    Can’t say I have noticed any issues with either of my duckies in 2 or so years I have been using them, but I also didn’t drop them or spilled anything on them.

    • HelixNebula@lemmy.mlOP
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      2 years ago

      Highly recommend keeping your drinks away from your keyboard. In my experience any spill will instakill a ducky keyboard.

  • drmalcolm@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    The first few ducky’s I had were great (shine series), though I never dropped them from any height. The Ducky Legend series I had was terrible and died after a power outage at work. I think the board shorted or something, I never managed to revive it. The WASD Code keyboard I replaced them with was also great and took some abuse. I eventually switched to using split keyboard kits that probably couldn’t take that much physical abuse like drops, but have survived a water spill or two.

  • AmazingMenzif
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    2 years ago

    They’re definately made to a certain price. I never had durability issues but I found the keycaps to be rough or uneven on the edges.