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Hello people of TS

I have been looking for a good keyboard (i.e. mechanical) for a while now that offers me what I am looking for:
- MX Browns or other good mechanical switch
- solid build quality, metal case at best, hard plastic works too
- no background lighting (I find it unnecessary, though a lot of people like it)
- no number keys on the right side
- no extra function keys
- not too expensive (for me that's strictly under 100€, as a college student I do not have too much money to spare)

However even entry level mechanical keyboards have a lot of these things, for instance extra keys, background lighting. Why do you think is it that there is no offer at a reasonable price that cuts the extra features and just offers a keyboard with a good build quality and mechanical switches without the extra bloat? Is there no market for this kind of product? Would you buy it/prefer it over a keyboard that has features like RGB lighting and extra buttons? I find it unnecessary.
I found the Cherry MX-Board 3.0 with Browns for about 65 bucks and that looks to be my best bet so far. Does anyone know what else there is?

Similarly, I could not find a mouse that just offered me high dpi without additional buttons and light stuff. I did not look for one as much though as I did for the keyboard so this may not be a correct reflection of what's there to buy.

Thanks in advance for any responses, I would like to hear your opinion on this
Moss

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Why don't you try the quickfire rapid-i??? It looks awsome in my opinion. Anyway I find that Massdrop has a very good selection of mech keyboards, so if you are from the US you should check it out.

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The Rapid, besides being backlit, fits your description perfectly and you can adjust levels of brightness or turn lights off. I have the TK and really like it but Red switches are a bit lighter than I'd like.

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Trust me the backlight comes in handy after the fourth beer

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The CM Storm Quickfire Rapid-i would have been my choice also, if only it was available somewhere with a Nordic layout.

I ended up getting a Pok3r. And it is awesome. You might find a used one around 100€.

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Yes the pok3r is awsome, I just got one with red switches and it's the best typing experience I've ever tried