Right now I use a DURGOD Taurus which I love (Cherry brown switches), and I take it back and forth from work every day I work at the office.
Unfortunately though it’s getting quite heavy for me to carry so often, and I’m a bit worried about its effect on my back.

The laptop bag I use has some pretty good support, so I’m not sure if a better bag would solve the problem.

Are there any travel keyboards that are super light but also have good mechanical switches? As a programmer I need the function keys, the arrows and the keys that are usually above them (Home, Insert etc). I couldn’t care less about the numpad.

  • humanplayer2
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    1 year ago

    You mention a different backpack. If you haven’t looked around for that, I’d make that a priority. To to an outdoors shop, get something proper.

    I daily use a Deuter AC Lite 16. It has no special compartment for laptops, bit my 14 inch just fits in a tight elastic near the back. For a bigger laptop, I’d place a hoodie in the bottom.

    It’s a small hiking backpack, and it’s curved back sits extremely well, I think. It’s great for biking, too.

    • iByteABit@kbin.socialOP
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      1 year ago

      The one you sent seems a bit much for my use, but from what I see there are surely better backpacks out there than the one I use, it’s worth it to make some research there. It probably makes more sense to go to physical stores and try them out with my laptop and keyboard so I see what they’re really like.

      • humanplayer2
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        1 year ago

        It looks pretty big in photos, I see when I search for it :D But yeah, physical shops are nice for this type of thing :) I hope you’ll find something (bag or board) you’re happy with!