I was just reminded that I would really like to replace my current old Razer Blackwidow Ultimate with a wireless mechanical board like the one Prizrak mentioned in New Toys and I almost did, however I couldn't live with tenkeyless. I just use the numpad too much. Sadly I haven't found a full sized, wireless, mechanical board and I can't understand why. Surely just adding on the numpad doesn't make it impossible for battery power, does it? I really could do with the ability to move the keyboard off the desk sometimes, for example when I'm soldering so it doesn't get covered in flux splatter or when I'm trying to work on something that requires extra space.
Also a follow-up on the Stream Deck. it's now in place as my go-to button box, replacing the USB numpad I had for use with LuaMacros as an Illustrator hotkey board. Generally it acts and a media key box and gives me a quick-launch button for iTunes, but when I launch Illustrator or Photoshop it switches profile and gives me the full complement of hotkeys that I was used to. I 3D printed a base for it from someone's design on Thingiverse, here it is with the AI keys showing:
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My make:
https://www.thingiverse.com/make:533527
Original design:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2870655
The base is full of cement, it helps bring up the weight and with the rubber base it stops it from scooting around. The original base was too light and didn't grip my desk. The buttons aren't perfect, due to the LCD screens staying in position the mechanism of the buttons has to go around it and this makes them feel a bit spongy and inaccurate, like the D-pad on most controllers. If you hit it dead-centre it's fine but if you hit it slightly on the edge it probably won't register the press. Auto profile switching is based on the active application in Windows and is great when it works, however it doesn't always work. Quite a few times I've switched back to AI and the buttons haven't changed, I have had to switch away to another application and back again for it to change profiles. I just added a button to switch the profile on the media page.
I don't know if I'd recommend getting it at the full price and I certainly wouldn't recommend getting the smaller version, which has a mere six buttons but is two thirds of the price, however if you see it at a discounted price like I did and you have a use for it, I'd say go for it.