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Anyone else disappointed with the durability of Ducky Keyboards? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by HelixNebula@lemmy.ml to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[–] DefinitelyAPerson@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year 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.

[–] MeltedLiquid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I haven't bought any new ones in the past 3 years. But I've abused quite a few and never had issues. High drops, spills etc. Could it be the model? (Not that it makes it any better)

[–] drmalcolm@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year 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.