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girishnohwar • Edited

I absolutely love my Heaxgears Venture with linear keys, these are not Cherry or Romer g switches and I found the feedback very similar to Kailh Brown switches of my previous keyboard yet somehow much silent. So I can work during nights without disturbing sleeps.
I have even themed it to match the theme of Visual Studio 😎

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JoelBonetR 🥇

Pretty and clear one. The keys look less tall than regular mechanic keyboards, like it!😁

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girishnohwar • Edited

Yes, this is also low profile, and best part, it is wireless with replaceable batteries, there's never a wire on my desk for it!

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JoelBonetR 🥇

How much it lasts with replaceable batteries and how many of them (and which type) they need?

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girishnohwar

2 AA batteries(1.2v), the ones came bundled with it used to last about 2 days. Recently I bought some Panasonic ones (Enloop pro) with 2400mAh capacity, it's been 3 days already and they still have juice left (don't know how much tho)

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Zeanon

If the feedback and feel of the key is similar to Kailh brown, maybe they are Kailh choc brown(just a guess).

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JoelBonetR 🥇

It's possible, by the way getting less than a week of battery life is quite disappointing, don't you think so?
I prefer the comfortability of built-in battery but having a week of power using 2x AA / AAA rechargeable batteries could be ok.

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girishnohwar • Edited

Not really, I keep 4 of them now, whenever they discharge I just need to replace with the already charged ones and put discharged ones back in the charger. Hardly a 1 minute of hassle that keeps the wires away, and with per key rgb I'm totally alright with it.

Oh and just a small update, those batteries are still going strong after the 4th day as well.

@zeanon You're right, these are choc switches, but red, I don't know why I find the feedback similar to the full sized browns tho 🤓