FILCO Majestouch Tenkeyless - which Switch Type? - Page 9

On October 20 2010 03:03 semantics wrote:
I like pie.

On October 20 2010 04:02 semantics wrote:
you do know exactly what you said could be turned on yourself why must you get everyone to believe that mech keyboards are a god send. Did you're keyboard save your life against a bear attack or something?

On October 20 2010 04:15 CaptainFwiffo wrote:
If you actually look at what I've written, I've never said anything of the kind. In fact, I've repeatedly said that a keyboard or mouse or anything else won't make you a better gamer by itself, but that there are many reasons why they're still a good investment (durability, comfort, longevity, etc.). Mostly I've been answering questions.

Meanwhile you've been accusing people of having their head up their ass just because they prefer using a different kind of keyboard from you. Have I ever called you an idiot for preferring a membrane keyboard?

But they are also weak to crumbs dust and hair more so then normal cheap ones.

On October 20 2010 01:18 semantics wrote:

http://www.elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=filco_keyboards,majestouch_87key&pid=fkbn87mewek
you just don't dig enough

On October 21 2010 04:14 Kogut wrote:


That's my Otaku (with Cherry MX Blue switches) that FedEx just dropped off today courtesy of Brian and Elite Keyboards. This thing is a beast. By far the most durable feeling and looking keyboard that I have ever owned, and I've had a few in my 22 years. Typing is a dream, and the amount of force it takes to push the keys down is almost nothing. I'm bottoming out most of the keystrokes because of the finger habits of years of shoddy membrane keyboards. My fingers want to move on to the next key once they feel the click, but I'm still trained to bottom everything out. :| It's getting better and better as I type to people about how awesome this thing is, though. The clicking sound really is not very loud at all (probably a bit less than the click of my G9, honestly). I'm so happy that I got this thing, and I can't wait to get on the ladder later tonight and test it out in a game!

I've tried to encounter the "double press" issue that people describe with blues, and I can make it happen, but it's just a matter of letting it reset (which you can feel and hear usually) before pressing the key again. It's actually been repeating the keystroke as if the key was held down when I try and test it out usually. I really can't see it being an issue in-game since you typically let the key rebound a bit anyways (and boy do these things snap back up!!) before pressing it again.

Oh, and it came with the traditional Windows keys (with the circle in the middle) and a black escape key, but the replacements were in baggies packed away with the board. I swapped them out without even having one of those key-puller deals, and it took all of 2 minutes because I was so worried about hurting these (seemingly bulletproof) switches.

Thank you so much to those of you who have contributed to threads like this, as the information has been invaluable in helping my decision process.

On October 21 2010 07:58 scottyyy wrote:
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Thanks for this, very insightful. Just wondering, how exactly did you pop the keycaps off? I'm trying to think of a way to do it without damaging the keyboard. :p

On October 21 2010 09:24 -Simplicity- wrote:
Oh and that leads to my second question. Is there anyway to bind the function keys on a standard keyboard to volume up/down like the media keys on say the 6GV2?