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So I was looking around and found this.

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Any suggestions are appreciated. I have some peculiar tastes:

-Wireless
-Quiet
-Of course, just generally high quality feeling buttons and such
-Number pad on the left instead of the right? (unrealistic want, I know)
-The above is obviously next to impossible, but I do want a number pad, it's just that i'm sick of the keyboard not being in center, If you know what I mean

A quiet, wireless mechanical keyboard? I'm having a hard time imagining how that works, since I'd have to assume you don't want chiclet keys on a mechanical keyboard (which would need some short switches). You can't be happy with a SteelSeries or some such, hm?

VisionTek makes a couple models that could maybe fit your needs. Sort of. But I really think you'd be better off just figuring out cable management and getting a real, wired mechanical board.

About mechanical switches, i own MX brown Filco, MX black steelseries and MX blue Das Keyboard.

They are all quality switches, but if you want to have quiet one, do NOT buy MX blue switches. They are the most clicky and sounds like old typing machines. Personally i like that alot and am using it actually right now :)

MX red's and black's are linear switches, so they dont "click" = more quiet. Off all the four switches red's are the lightest ones and black the tightest. Some feel you need too much force to type with blacks while some say red's are too light and you do double letters or what not too easily.

i cant really comment here, i havent yet had chance to try MX red's - but certainly blacks need tad more force than the other two i have.

MXs brown are compromise - they are bit clicky, but second lightest (so: reds, browns, blues, blacks). I dont think they make whole lot of sounds, but once againt it also depends on how hard you have learned to hit the keys :)

If you havent ever tried mechanical keyboard before - browns are really the most middle road of them all.

I am not certain what you mean by keyboard "not being in center" though. you could just buy mechanical keyboard without numpad? then maybe separate usb numpad later if you miss it too much? :)

There was some microsoft sidewinder keyboard which had the ability to switch keypad to fit either side of the board - but it didnt have mechanical keys. cant remember the model. X-something probably from few years back. Also was not wireless.

I have a corsair K60, my contacts on skype believe I use a typewriter. Reds are not quiet.

Then 'cheap' and 'mechanical' doesn't really compute in my experience ; so I may be wrong but if you want wireless and quiet on top of that .... you would have to time travel I think.

I never understood the point of a wireless keyboard, unless you are using one on a couch, it's just a very stupid option. You use up batteries to make a device that never moves portable.

Do you press buttons hard and are your mic options at too sensitive?

I am pretty certain reds are as quiet as you can get with mechanical keyboards. unless you remove every single key and add some o-rings (i belive like this: http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/cherry-mx-rubber-o-ring-switch-dampeners-125pcs.html#ad-image-0)

i got my mx black steelseries just recently (used) and ive had with them the opposite - i dont press the key hard/deep enough and end up missing letters every now and then.

Personally of the three (brown, black, blue) for typing i like the blues most. Das Keyboard (with blank keys!) was the first mechanical keyboard i bought and i used it at work every. Also the blank keys + trackball i also use mean that no-one really wants to even try to hijack my computer at the office either ;)

then again, whether one likes the clickety-clickety-click is ofcourse totally personal preference.

For gaming its also nice, but i do think the linear switches feel better with fps's.

Okay, let's narrow down the preferences to just:

A wireless, quality keyboard for the price, which is quiet. Doesn't mean I wouldn't prefer a mechanical, but the keyboard doesn't necessarily have to be mechanical. I was under the impression mechanical keys were really good about not going in other directions other than completely STRAIGHT DOWN. I got to try a Logitech mechanical gaming keyboard and from what I can remember the keys felt really really solid and didn't sort of wobble if you know what I mean, like normal keyboards do.

I expected people to post links or something. So can those be put on any keyboard, and any keyboard can be opened up?

I've never pried a key from a keyboard. I'd imagine it's quite difficult.

Wires. I have a bajillion wires all over my desk and can't be arsed to properly organize them all.

there are various pullers for the keycaps. you dont need to open the whole keyboard (its possible, but how easy it is depends on model ofcourse).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcUPNaEJ1nw

Also, power isn't really that big of a concern either. The m510 Logitech mouse I have in addition to the keyboard both have excellent battery life, something like a year of straight use before running out.

Although the mouse signal sometimes becomes dodgy. I fixed this by using my old Logitech wired "extender" thing and setting it on top of my computer to make the signal a little closer.

For me it isn't that wires get crowded near the desk or anything, it's really that I hate having to do so much work whenever I want to move my computer to someplace else or anything that involves reorganizing anything on my computer. The less wires, the less hassle.
What would be the best possible sound dampeners? Those blue ones? And each kit comes with one of those pullers?

The only mechanical I've seen advertised as 'quiet' is the g710, but it's not wireless. Mechanicals are supposed to be noisy by default. Google found this too http://www.matias.ca/quietpro/ but it's not that cheap. You won't find quiet + wireless in your price range, whatever that is.

For your numpad issue, you can get a board without one and buy the numpad separately. Note that your numpad may be loud in that case. Otherwise you'll have to settle for a full made lefty keyboard that will be wired and loud. http://www.amazon.com/DSI-Left-Handed-Keyboard-Black-KB-DS-8861XPU-B-V2/dp/B0009S52X8

You have too many different criteria to be satisfied with anything currently on the market though.

I'm not sure about "supposed to" but because the mechanical keyboards have a mechanical switch, they're going to be louder and more sound proofing is going to have to be used in order to keep them quiet.

i think g710 uses mx brown switches. not 100% certain though.
none of the keyboards ive bought have come with o-rings, but i dont think they cost much to buy separately. also ive never really looked into o-rings more than the few links ive pasted here, so i really dont know if they are all identical or if there are differences.

maybe i should try getting a set for myself to test at somepoint.