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Mechanical Keyboard Review: Varmilo VA108M

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The Problem My wrists were hurting this past week, which drove me to figure out a way to solve this.  I had been looking into mechanical keyboards in the past but never pulled the trigger because of the expense, and also the thought: "It's just a keyboard". Well, since all this COVID stuff has had me at my home desktop for hours on end, I've been typing quite a bit on my old Kensington keyboard: sending messages out on MS Teams, typing up emails, and various other keyboard intensive tasks.  It was taking its toll as I was trying to multitask and keep people on track and informed. The Old Keyboard I'm a quick and heavy typist so my first thought was that I'm jamming my finger too hard on the keys of this cheap "membrane" key keyboard.  The board itself doesn't have a lot of key "drop" in which to slow your fingers down, and little to no resistance to the key presses. It's good if you're on  your keyboard a few hours a day, but if...