u/No-Hat7295

I’ve been lurking here for a while, and one thing I’ve noticed is that a huge percentage of recommendations and discussions revolve around the same few keyboards:

• MCHOSE G75 series
• Ajazz AK820 series
• Aula F75 series

Don’t get me wrong—they’re all solid keyboards and deserve the praise they get.

But when I started exploring the global mechanical keyboard scene, I realized there are so many other interesting manufacturers making excellent boards:

• NuPhy
• YUNZII
• Keychron
• MonsGeek
• Epomaker
• Rainy75 (WOBKEY)
• CIDOO
• Leobog
• KiiBOOM
• VGN / ATK
• IQUNIX
• MelGeek
• Akko

Yet they barely seem to come up in discussions here compared to the “big three.”

Why do you think that is?

• Are they simply too expensive once they reach India?
• Is availability/import difficulty the biggest issue?
• Is it because YouTube reviewers mostly cover these three models?

I’d genuinely love to see more variety in the discussions here. After all, we’re mechanical keyboard enthusiasts—not just enthusiasts of three specific keyboards. 🙂

Curious to hear everyone’s thoughts. Are there any underrated brands or models that you think deserve a lot more attention in the Indian community?

Born in 1993.

My journey has been anything but smooth.

I took engineering and somehow managed to collect 30+ backlogs. What was supposed to be a 4-year degree took me 6 years to complete. By 2017, I genuinely felt like life had slipped away from me. My health wasn’t great, my relationship had fallen apart, I had very little money, and watching my friends move abroad made me feel completely lost.

To make ends meet, I joined an Amazon call center. It wasn’t where I imagined I’d be, but it paid the bills and gave me a chance to start over.

I then moved to Bangalore and enrolled in a postgraduate diploma in Big Data Analytics. That decision changed the direction of my life. I got placed through campus recruitment in 2018 and started my career in tech.

A couple of years later, COVID changed everything. I shifted to Pune and worked remotely.

In 2021, I made what felt like a random and slightly scary decision—I bought a small 2BHK apartment in Pune. Looking back, it was probably one of the best financial decisions I’ve made, financially too.

Over the next few years, I switched jobs a couple of times, learned a lot, took on bigger responsibilities, and saw my salary grow significantly with each move. Those career jumps gave me the confidence and financial stability to think much bigger than I ever had before.

Last year, I bought a second house for my parents and me.

Today, at 32, my net worth is roughly ₹2 crore.

This isn’t a post to just show off. It’s for anyone who thinks they’re permanently “behind” in life.

At 24, I was struggling to clear engineering.

At 25, I was working in an Amazon call center.

At 26, I was starting over with a postgraduate diploma and hoping someone would give me a chance.

If someone had told that version of me where I’d be today, I would’ve laughed.

Life rarely follows the timeline we imagine. Sometimes you’re not failing—you just haven’t reached the chapter where things begin to work out.

Keep showing up. One good decision at a time can completely change the trajectory of your life.

P.S. Since this is r/Indian_flex**, here’s the actual flex 😄 (salary screenshot attached.)**

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Hi everyone,

Time for another update!

First of all, thank you once again for all the encouragement, suggestions, and reality checks over my previous two posts. I’ve read every single comment, and they’ve genuinely helped shape the direction I’m taking.

A lot has happened behind the scenes over the past few weeks.

As a first-generation entrepreneur, I came into this knowing almost nothing about how a business is actually started. I genuinely thought you decided to start one, bought some products, built a website, and… started selling.

Turns out, it’s "slightly" more complicated than that. 😅

I had to learn about registrations, tax requirements, licenses, business documentation, banking, and a hundred other things I never knew existed.

Fun fact: I didn’t even know there was a difference between a savings account and a current account. I learned the hard way that businesses need a current account. 😂

There were quite a few moments where I felt completely lost, but every small step taught me something new.

Today, I’m happy to say that all the essential paperwork and government formalities are finally in place. I now have everything I need on the legal and business side to start selling.

That feels like a huge milestone.

The only major hurdle left is the one that almost every importer warned me about from day one: logistics.

For obvious reasons that we all know, over the past few months, importing has become significantly more challenging, especially on the shipping and transportation side. If you’ve ever spoken to someone who imports products into India, you’ll know that sourcing the products is often the easy part—getting them here reliably is an entirely different challenge.

Right now, I’m working through that final piece of the puzzle.

I’m taking my time because I’d rather get the logistics right than rush into a launch and disappoint everyone.

So thank you for being patient with me.

We’re getting really close now.

Hopefully, the next update I post here won’t be about paperwork or shipping…

…it’ll be about our launch. ❤️⌨️

Thank you all for following this journey from a random idea to something that’s finally becoming real.

Hi everyone,

Help me decide the first batch of keyboards for my upcoming keyboard store 👀⌨️

A few days ago, I made a post about wanting to start an online mechanical keyboard store in India.

I honestly didn’t expect so many helpful, supportive and honest responses. Thank you all for that. ❤️

After reading all the comments, a few things became very clear to me:

• Trust is extremely important.
• The ₹2k-₹5k range is the sweet spot for most people.
• The Indian MK market is still niche, but growing.
• I shouldn’t blindly get random keyboards and hope they sell.

So I thought, why not ask the community again before making any decisions?

If I were to do a very small first round of inventory, which keyboards would you actually want me to stock?

From my own research, these seem to be quite popular:

• MCHOSE G75 Pro / G75 V2
• Ajazz AK820 Max Plus / Pro
• Aula F75

But I could be wrong and/or missing some other essentials.

A few questions:

1. Which keyboards would you genuinely consider buying if they were available at a fair price?
2. Which brands do you think deserve more presence in India?
3. Would you prefer more options in the ₹3k-₹5k range or would you be willing to spend ₹6k-₹8k for something exceptional?
4. Are there specific colourways, switch options or layouts (65%, 75%, TKL, 98%, ergonomic, split) that are difficult to find?
5. If you could magically make one keyboard easily available in India, which one would it be?

Please don’t answer based on what looks cool on YouTube. Answer based on what you would actually spend your own money on. 😄

I’m trying to build this with the community.

Thank you again for all the support so far. 🙏

Hi everyone,

I’m just a regular middle-class salaried guy from India.

Like many of us, I grew up spending countless hours playing games on what would now be considered an ancient-looking computer. Back then, I never imagined I’d one day be obsessing over switches, keycaps, sound profiles, stabilizers, and keyboard layouts.

A few months ago, I stumbled into the mechanical keyboard hobby. I bought my first decent keyboard, went down the rabbit hole, and now here I am.

For some reason, an idea has taken root in my head, and I’m literally a few inches away from starting a small online mechanical keyboard store focused on the Indian community.

I’m excited, but honestly, I’m also terrified.

This isn’t something I come from. I don’t have a business background, investors, or industry connections. Just a genuine love for the hobby and a desire to contribute something to the community that got me interested in it.

So before I take the plunge, I wanted to ask the people who matter most:

Would the MKIndia community support another keyboard store?

And more importantly:

• What do you think the Indian keyboard market is missing right now?
• Which budget keyboards would you like to see stocked?
• What price range do you think has the highest demand?
• Are there specific brands, switches, or accessories that are always hard to find in India?
• What mistakes do you see existing stores making?

Please be brutally honest. Positive feedback, criticism, warnings, reality checks—everything is welcome.

At this point, your thoughts genuinely mean a lot to me and could influence whether I take this leap or not.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for building such an awesome community. ❤️

Am I the only one struggling to find Mac modifier keycaps in India?

I genuinely don’t understand why Mac modifier keycaps seem to be so unpopular here.

There are plenty of Mac users in India, and a lot of developers, writers, and programmers use mechanical keyboards with their Macs. Yet finding Mac-specific modifier keycaps (⌘ Command, ⌥ Option, etc.) is surprisingly difficult.

I recently bought an Ajazz AK820 Max Plus and I’m really happy with the keyboard overall. The only issue is that it doesn’t come with Mac modifier keycaps. I’ve been searching online for replacement keycaps, but almost every store I check either doesn’t stock them at all or they’re permanently out of stock.

Are there any Indian online stores that regularly keep Mac modifier keycaps? Or do most Mac users here just use the Windows legends and ignore the mismatch?

Would love to hear what other Mac + mechanical keyboard users in India are doing.

Hi,

I have a normal profile mechanical keyboard (AJAZZ x URX AK 820 Max Plus). I have a wrist rest and able to reach 110wpm or so when lucky. I wanna try putting up low profile keycaps on the stock switches. Does it work? Is there any issue with it?

I never understand that if using low profile keycaps on normal switches works, then why does companies like Nuphy sell a separate conversion kit if you want to upgrade the same low profile keyboard to a normal profile.

I have recently purchased a Ajazz AK 820 max plus from URX and it has been a really nice experience. I have recently order a pack of Leobog Graywood V4 switches and overall I am quite happy about the keyboard switches etc. Most of my tasks involve majorly coding, not much or very little gaming.
Should I really consider upgrading to Mchose or there won't be much difference?
The only issue I have experienced with my keyboard default switches and keycaps is that the overall thing is not shinethrough/translucent and some of my work is also done at night. I wanted a keyboard that is shine through.

Please suggest.

Planning to buy Nut65 barebones. Suggest some creamy thoccy switches for the switches and also any keycap for better sound. TIA.
Background-software engineer wfh, trading, etc. No gaming whatsoever, only coding/trading.

Edit: No clicky switches. Only creamy/clacky/thocky.

Recently bought ajazz ak 820 max plus and really loving it. My next go to is a low profile mechanical keyboard. Suggestions welcome.