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I have used lots of keyboards over the years and some of them have had very quiet and mushy feeling keys while some of them have been very tactile and clicky. The only downside to the clicky keyboards is that they make lots of noise and while it didn’t bother me, my wife would come into my office and tell me to stop hitting the keys so hard.
One of the louder and clickier keyboards out there is the Das Keyboard. The Das Keyboard first made its name with the original model that lacks any print on the key tops. You really had to be a good touch typist to use the thing. Thankfully, the company came out with a version with letters for those of us who like to hunt and peck.
The company behind the Das Keyboard has come up with a cheeky solution to fix the problem of noisy keys for your co-workers — earplugs. The earplugs will ship with both versions of the Das keyboard and can be purchased separately online for $9.95 per set. If you want to save that $10, you might just suggest that co-workers plug their ears with those cheap, rough, brown paper towels so popular in offices today.
2 Responses to “Das Keyboard offers earplugs for coworkers bothered by clicky keys”
daskeyboard August 21, 2009
Hi Shane, I’m Andy, the Community Manager at Das Keyboard. Thanks for the great posting! I just had one correction for you: in the short-term the earplugs unfortunately won’t ship with new keyboards due to the costs and time associated with opening up a whole bunch of already-packaged-and-ready-to-ship keyboards, but the plan will be to include them as soon as possible. In the meantime, I’m giving away free earplugs to the first 10 people who post a good story or explanation on the Das Keyboard blog (www.daskeyboard.com/blog) about why they need earplugs to give to their co-worker or significant other.
We’ll also be running a coupon that will be good for a short time Tuesday afternoon for $40 off a Das Keyboard Professional and earplug bundle (total will be $99 with shipping). All someone has to do is follow us on Twitter (@daskeyboard) to get the coupon code.
Thanks again for your posting; I love hearing from Das Keyboard fans and customers. Please let me know if I can be of service and have a great day!
NeutralEwdison Then August 21, 2009
Thanks for the tip Andy!
Neutral