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Fragile51
Profile Joined October 2011
Netherlands15767 Posts
May 29 2013 15:16 GMT
#5781
On May 30 2013 00:03 Cambium wrote:
I'm about to pull the trigger on a filco blue for mostly typing, a little bit of gaming here and there, last minute comments are very welcome!


As an owner of a TKL filco with blues, the keyboard itself is amazing. The keycaps are shit. I would recommend you get some solid PBT caps to replace the stock ones, because they wear out incredibly quickly and get shined up really fast too. Is the keyboard itself worth the money? I think that's up to you to decide. Filco have a damn-near bulletproof reliability reputation and in most cases that is more important than price. For me that was worth the premium.
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
May 29 2013 15:21 GMT
#5782
I'm getting the ninja, so there won't be anything on top
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
May 29 2013 15:21 GMT
#5783
On May 30 2013 00:11 Blaec wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 30 2013 00:03 Cambium wrote:
I'm about to pull the trigger on a filco blue for mostly typing, a little bit of gaming here and there, last minute comments are very welcome!


There are often cheaper options (not sure if this is the case in Japan) but filcos are totally solid and you won't be disappointed.


Filco is 12800 - 10% here, which is about US$115.
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Blaec
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia4289 Posts
May 29 2013 15:51 GMT
#5784
On May 30 2013 00:21 Cambium wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 30 2013 00:11 Blaec wrote:
On May 30 2013 00:03 Cambium wrote:
I'm about to pull the trigger on a filco blue for mostly typing, a little bit of gaming here and there, last minute comments are very welcome!


There are often cheaper options (not sure if this is the case in Japan) but filcos are totally solid and you won't be disappointed.


Filco is 12800 - 10% here, which is about US$115.


That is a pretty good price*, maybe have a look at Leopolds or Duckys but they do have different stabilisers so the big keys will feel different, some dont like how they feel.

*Though its kinda hard to judge though with recent currency fluctuations
DERPDERP
Profile Joined October 2010
Kyrgyzstan189 Posts
May 29 2013 15:52 GMT
#5785
On May 30 2013 00:21 Cambium wrote:
I'm getting the ninja, so there won't be anything on top


I really really really hated the way the ninja caps felt, very slippery. You might like it tho :D
8)
mostevil
Profile Joined February 2011
United Kingdom611 Posts
May 29 2013 16:13 GMT
#5786
On May 23 2013 11:20 Smackzilla wrote:
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On May 23 2013 07:20 Honeybadger wrote:
On May 23 2013 05:50 Smackzilla wrote:
Do you notice much of a difference in the feel of the keys going from blue to brown?

I have a black widow TE at home and was thinking about getting the TE stealth for work for something quieter. I'm hoping that the muscle memory I have with the cherry blues translates pretty well to the browns and visa versa.


browns are the same in feel, really. If you're trying to game, I'd really avoid the tactile, but for work, browns are incredible.


Personally, I like tactile for gaming too. And like I said, I already have the blues at home with the black widow, so getting an identical yet quiet keyboard for work would be great.


I'd second that. I have both a blue and a brown DAS (one for the office).
The blues are so nice to type on, sound awesome and are more than fine for gaming. The browns aren't bad, but unless noise really is an issue I'd rather be on the blues. Had a TTEsports thing with blacks and it was bloody awful in comparrision to both, barely better than a non-mechanical to type on IMO.
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Sovano
Profile Joined November 2011
United States1503 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-29 17:00:41
May 29 2013 16:59 GMT
#5787
On May 30 2013 00:21 Cambium wrote:
I'm getting the ninja, so there won't be anything on top

PBT Keycaps are to die for though They're expensive but I definitely don't regret getting mines.
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
May 30 2013 03:48 GMT
#5788
On May 30 2013 00:52 DERPDERP wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 30 2013 00:21 Cambium wrote:
I'm getting the ninja, so there won't be anything on top


I really really really hated the way the ninja caps felt, very slippery. You might like it tho :D

Interesting, I tried a few in stores (actually now that I think about it, I don't remember whether it was ninja or black), they were all about the same, I'll check it out again before i buy anything.

thanks!
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Gugu
Profile Joined October 2011
United States79 Posts
May 31 2013 20:04 GMT
#5789
Hi I just got a new das keyboard and the / key is harder to press than the rest of the keyboard, does anyone know why and if I can fix this at home? It's only harder to press when I press the bottom half of it, which I'm used to doing :s
hi
ObliviousNA
Profile Joined March 2011
United States535 Posts
May 31 2013 21:18 GMT
#5790
On June 01 2013 05:04 KimboO~ wrote:
Hi I just got a new das keyboard and the / key is harder to press than the rest of the keyboard, does anyone know why and if I can fix this at home? It's only harder to press when I press the bottom half of it, which I'm used to doing :s


I got my Das ~4 months ago. The spacebar and 'k' keys were sticky the first few days - hard to press, get caught on the way back up 20% of the time. I was able to break them in after 6+ hours of typing iirc. I've read on a few forums that it's pretty normal. Unless anyone else here says otherwise, I'd break it in for a few days before you try anything else
Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but no one knows why. In our lab, theory and practice are combined: nothing works and no one knows why.
IceBergZ
Profile Joined September 2012
Malaysia176 Posts
June 01 2013 03:54 GMT
#5791
On June 01 2013 05:04 KimboO~ wrote:
Hi I just got a new das keyboard and the / key is harder to press than the rest of the keyboard, does anyone know why and if I can fix this at home? It's only harder to press when I press the bottom half of it, which I'm used to doing :s

exercise it
IceBergZ
Profile Joined September 2012
Malaysia176 Posts
June 01 2013 03:58 GMT
#5792
On May 23 2013 12:27 RiceAgainst wrote:
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On May 23 2013 11:34 phar wrote:
imo keycool 87 is not worth $100. Same thing with any other random chinese mechanical (noppoo, whatever). They're not bad, but a QFR has a better build quality. So unless you're physically in asia and getting it for $50, probably not worth it.

Okay then, QFR it is. I won't be visiting Asia until next year at the nearest, so I think I'll settle for the QFR. Maybe I'll get the Stealth, or some keycaps later on. Thanks!

get ducky is awesome.
doktorLucifer
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States855 Posts
June 01 2013 04:18 GMT
#5793
Does a KBT Race (75% keyboard) WITH white backlightning not exist? On their website, they only seem to carry white keycaps+white backlight or black keycaps with no backlight -_-
m1rk3
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada412 Posts
June 01 2013 04:32 GMT
#5794
There's a sale on Ione mechanical keyboards. The prices are really good for anyone looking to buy their first mechanical keyboard.

Note: Ncix.ca (canadian)

Cherry MX Blue - full size - 69
http://www.ncix.ca/products/index.php?sku=83711&vpn=Scorpius M10&manufacture=Qmax Corp&promoid=1382

Cherry MX Brown with wrist rest - full size - 79
http://www.ncix.ca/products/index.php?sku=83710&vpn=Xarmor U9&manufacture=Qmax Corp&promoid=1382

Chery MX Brown with wrist rest - full size - WIRELESS - 99
http://www.ncix.ca/products/index.php?sku=83709&vpn=Xarmor U9W&manufacture=Qmax Corp&promoid=1382

The last one is interesting. FIrst mechanical keyboard I have seen that's wireless.

This next one is pretty funny.
Cherry MX Blues with trackball - 129
http://www.ncix.ca/products/index.php?sku=83714&vpn=Scorpius 35 PRO&manufacture=Qmax Corp&promoid=1382
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althaz
Profile Joined May 2010
Australia1001 Posts
June 01 2013 05:36 GMT
#5795
On May 17 2013 20:38 Fragile51 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 17 2013 12:45 althaz wrote:
On April 24 2013 21:11 FakePseudo wrote:
On April 24 2013 13:30 althaz wrote:
Anybody know of a good mechanical keyboard, preferrably with brown switches that is smaller than usual (eg: no numpad and maybe even no arrows/home/insert/etc)?


Dunno if you could possibly grab one from australia, but filco makes great TKL keyboards, and just released an ultra-compact version (noppoo choc-ike) called minila. You could try that out (All of them are available with the four usual cherry mx switches). Filco places itself in the upper quality and price range tho.


(seriously, who uses the arrow keys these days?).


As a programmer, i do. Many, many times a day. I also use them as media controls in combination with alt and ctrl.

I use arrow keys all the time also when coding (or even when writing things that are long). However I don't do that sort of thing too much on my tablet.
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Caveman255
Profile Joined September 2010
Israel79 Posts
June 01 2013 17:56 GMT
#5796
Just got a Noppoo Choc keyboard with no numpad, blue switches.
This is my first mechanical keyboard but it feels solid and I like it alot.
RiceAgainst
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States1849 Posts
June 01 2013 19:04 GMT
#5797
I'm considering getting the Quickfire Stealth for $90 total (tax and shipping included) yet all of a sudden I feel that I can get a higher quality keyboard for this much. Is there a keyboard that is better than the stealth at no more than $100 max? I prefer tenkeyless as I'll be bringing it to school a lot next year, and I prefer a minimalist look.
m1rk3
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada412 Posts
June 01 2013 19:12 GMT
#5798
On June 02 2013 04:04 RiceAgainst wrote:
I'm considering getting the Quickfire Stealth for $90 total (tax and shipping included) yet all of a sudden I feel that I can get a higher quality keyboard for this much. Is there a keyboard that is better than the stealth at no more than $100 max? I prefer tenkeyless as I'll be bringing it to school a lot next year, and I prefer a minimalist look.


FIlco is made by costar, quickfire stealth and quickfires are also made by costar.
For the Dominion!
Waterflow
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden1550 Posts
June 03 2013 20:35 GMT
#5799
Im interested in buying a CM Storm Quick Fire TK with blue switches. If anyone has that keyboard around here I would like to hear what you think about it.
Sovano
Profile Joined November 2011
United States1503 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-03 20:49:03
June 03 2013 20:48 GMT
#5800
What about it specifically? I feel you'd be able to get what you're looking for from reviews (either on YT or user reviews). I don't have it personally, but its pretty much an agreed consensus that all CM keyboards are of top quality; the TK included. The only one that is a bit iffy at times is the QFP but only because they had paired up with iOne for their production until they switched that to Costar as well. Even then I had their original version and I still have mines, it was decent.
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