Suggestions for a strong typing keyboard

I'd like input for a good typing keyboard with a few caveats.

I have Tourette's Syndrome so I'm exceptionally hard of my peripherals. Right now, I've damaged my Corsair K70 to the point the space bar doesn't always work. Last keyboard had its feet break.

I do light gaming but spend far more time writing and coding. Backlights are very nice, but if they aren't there I can get by. I'm not sure where to look for something that fits what I need.

Well MX Green have the highest force to actually press (least for cherry switches). If you can find a buckling spring keyboard then I'd go for that. Not gonna lie buckling spring keyboards are gonna be sort of a pain to find and are going to be expensive, but I think it would be worth it.

I'm currently about right with blues or softer. The issue isn't for when I can control what I type, its for when I tic and slam the keyboard to pieces.

www.pckeyboard.com

Go Model M. Some of the Alps might be good too. Alps White is the clicky one I think.

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Hmmm, well it may not be super practical but if you can find that buckling spring keyboard it can take a hell of a beating. Have a model m thats from 1986 still kicking just fine.

Those are glorious. I'll take them into consideration! And it appears they don't have that bizarre left shift lock.

I hope they do. I'm not exaggerating when I say these take a literal beating. Think ~100 psi with ~30lb of force. My mouse isn't holding up too much better either, but that can wait.

Just an idea: what about a custom-made keyboard with a metal-chassis? Like choosing any mechanical keyboard with the switches you like (and LEDs), removing the housing, get it scanned and made out of metal, then put the PCB into the new metal-housing (maybe coating the inside of the metal-housing with plastidip or something that ain't conductive). Don't know how much that would cost (keyboard + scanning + metal work).

I'd have no idea where to start, that requires hard ware experience, and I am a bioinformatics student. That would be very new territory for something I don't want to risk. This next week I've got a tricky algorithm to complete and that's going to take up all my time. The week after that is the same kind of deal with the workload not letting off until the last week in December.

Not necessarily. Depending on where you live there might be companies that offer metal-work and others (although much likely less common) 3D scanning. If the search for a shop that does the 3D printing is a dead end, making (letting someone else do) a casting mold would be another option.
But like I said, just an idea.

I'm in Michigan's Upper peninsula. Those don't exist around here in the way you're thinking of.

Well I could send you a model m if you want. I could only imagine the frustration you go through. PM me if you are interested, I have a few that I can't give away, but I have a few that I can hand out.

I forgot to mention. You can do OK going onto Ebay and searching for Model M. The unicomp are just the current versions.

Thanks for that, but ebay isn't easy for me. Lack of credit card complicates many things an ebay is just about impossible without tying it to a bank account. Given my past experiences of would be surprises it tends to be too risky for me right now.

Once I start actually getting an income, that will change. Yay College!

Beggars can't be choosers I suppose!

That sucks :/ The model m seems like the best choice then.

There are some keyboards with metal housings (e.g. Ducky Mini) though, but that doesn't mean anything if the innards of it break easily.

Yeah. Well, once full genome replacement is a thing (working on it!) I won't have to deal with this any more.

Looking to sell one? I need a keyboard I can meve keycaps on for school since I use Dvorak, and may as well piss off the people next to me with noise. Seriously though, I need a Dvorak keyboard for school, you selling?

Eh maybe I'll keep ya in mind. Guess I opened a can of worms showing that pic lol.

You have to admit, that pic is a distinct techie brand of 10/10 sexy.