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What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by plactagonic@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

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[–] gr3yspace@lemmy.onlylans.io 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Mechanical keyboards. Picked up a keychron for cheap. Decided it was too loud, decided to change the switches. Then the keycaps. Now I'm ordering barebones keyboards and artisan custom keycaps. This shit is an addiction.

[–] asqapro@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I remember buying a Razer BlackWindow from a local electronics store and now here I am, waiting 2 years for a group buy for frog keycaps that I paid $150 for. It never ends.

[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've had 3 boards.

Atrix Sniper Keyboard. $25 at GameStop, resoldered switches to upgrade it from Outemu brown to red

Then later I bought an white rk61 with blue switches, put a stronger spring inside the switch on the spacebar (why not?)

And then of course I had to get a $10 keyboard at the thrift store (Punkston TH61S, unbranded optical yellow)

edit: I also spray painted the plate blue on the RK61

[–] lichtmetzger@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

True but it feels so good to type on these things! Got a NOS Hi-Tek with space invader keys a few weeks ago that blew me away and now I really need to resist seeing what else is out there.