CM Storm Novatouch

[exitfire401]

All I know is this is getting picked up, those sliders are getting harvested, and I WILL have toxic on my realforce 

Hmm... I think Dolch will look pretty neat on a 'black' Realforce also!

I have a gunmetal/dark grey digilog case, and believe me, if I had a dolch set, it would be all over that board once I got these stems.

[epzy]

All I know is this is getting picked up, those sliders are getting harvested, and I WILL have toxic on my realforce 

Hmm... I think Dolch will look pretty neat on a 'black' Realforce also!

I have a gunmetal/dark grey digilog case, and believe me, if I had a dolch set, it would be all over that board once I got these stems.

You sir, must get some GMK Dolch goodness. Next time Originative gets it in stock or when Ivan or Bunny does a GB for it!

[exitfire401]

All I know is this is getting picked up, those sliders are getting harvested, and I WILL have toxic on my realforce 

Hmm... I think Dolch will look pretty neat on a 'black' Realforce also!

I have a gunmetal/dark grey digilog case, and believe me, if I had a dolch set, it would be all over that board once I got these stems.

You sir, must get some GMK Dolch goodness. Next time Originative gets it in stock or when Ivan or Bunny does a GB for it!

If Bunny does a GB, I'll be in in a heartbeat. I don't know too much about originative, but the issue with them is all the current controversy of orders not being delivered/followed up on.

[epzy]

All I know is this is getting picked up, those sliders are getting harvested, and I WILL have toxic on my realforce 

Hmm... I think Dolch will look pretty neat on a 'black' Realforce also!

I have a gunmetal/dark grey digilog case, and believe me, if I had a dolch set, it would be all over that board once I got these stems.

You sir, must get some GMK Dolch goodness. Next time Originative gets it in stock or when Ivan or Bunny does a GB for it!

If Bunny does a GB, I'll be in in a heartbeat. I don't know too much about originative, but the issue with them is all the current controversy of orders not being delivered/followed up on.

Originative seems to be back as of right now at least. Newest batch of Dolch and Cyrillic has been shipped and received... Hopefully it's back 100% shortly, but who knows. :/

[minho]

So damn excited. Almost a for sure buy for me.

All I know is this is getting picked up, those sliders are getting harvested, and I WILL have toxic on my realforce 

Have we confirmed that the sliders can be harvested?

So much talk about harvesting sliders and hoping to buy separate ones, but I still haven't found confirmation yet...
Personally more interested in seeing if Novatouch will fit custom cases. Who wouldn't prefer Topre in aluminum cases as compared to plastic ones?

[avtar]

All I know is this is getting picked up, those sliders are getting harvested, and I WILL have toxic on my realforce 

Does that set include a 6u space bar?

[exitfire401]

All I know is this is getting picked up, those sliders are getting harvested, and I WILL have toxic on my realforce 

Does that set include a 6u space bar?

It does in the spacebar pack.

[avtar]

Perfect! Thanks

[RabRhee]

I wonder how many novatouchs will hit the classifieds with old Topre stems, or at least with 60 old topre stems .....

[MissMurd3r84]

I'm a fan of CM. They have good ideas.

I am, too 

CM has a 3 year warranty? Cool. Shame other companies don't take notice of that.

edit: All products from Cooler Master at least carry 1 year warranty from the date of purchase, with the exception of power supply units which carry a 2-5 year warranty.

Having somewhere local to return the keyboard to in the event of problems would be a big plus.

Yep.

CM has a 3 year warranty? Cool. Shame other companies don't take notice of that.

edit: All products from Cooler Master at least carry 1 year warranty from the date of purchase, with the exception of power supply units which carry a 2-5 year warranty.

Depends on your local warranty terms. USA is not the only country in the world 

I'd hope it's not, as I am not even in the USA 

[Latin00032]

All I know is this is getting picked up, those sliders are getting harvested, and I WILL have toxic on my realforce 

Hmm... I think Dolch will look pretty neat on a 'black' Realforce also!

I have a gunmetal/dark grey digilog case, and believe me, if I had a dolch set, it would be all over that board once I got these stems.

You sir, must get some GMK Dolch goodness. Next time Originative gets it in stock or when Ivan or Bunny does a GB for it!

If Bunny does a GB, I'll be in in a heartbeat. I don't know too much about originative, but the issue with them is all the current controversy of orders not being delivered/followed up on.

Originative seems to be back as of right now at least. Newest batch of Dolch and Cyrillic has been shipped and received... Hopefully it's back 100% shortly, but who knows. :/

Has Sherry posted on this forum, yet so we can know he is alive?

[Latin00032]

All I know is this is getting picked up, those sliders are getting harvested, and I WILL have toxic on my realforce 

Does that set include a 6u space bar?

It does in the spacebar pack.

It's the stabilizer alignment the same on most topre space bars as mx space bars?

[SSIPAK]

I wonder how many novatouchs will hit the classifieds with old Topre stems, or at least with 60 old topre stems .....

lol, mine will be there if CM doesn't sell their sliders separately 

[Matt3o]

all I can say is that I'm working with CM to fix the few issues the novatouch prototype had. That's the reason to have prototypes and beta testers. Making a public review of a prototype is kinda worthless.

[Belfong]

But he said CM will launch the product THIS week in Malaysia and Singapore.

[Matt3o]

But he said CM will launch the product THIS week in Malaysia and Singapore.

that really can't be true. it will probably be some kind of expo or convention where they show it off.

[Belfong]

I guess YuukiHaruto gotta clarify this point.

[Latin00032]

all I can say is that I'm working with CM to fix the few issues the novatouch prototype had. That's the reason to have prototypes and beta testers. Making a public review of a prototype is kinda worthless.

Are you suggesting that they ship it with wire type key pullers instead of plastic?

[Matt3o]

the keypuller pictured here is not the one CM told me will be shipped with the final version. but these are details likely to change over time.

[YuukiHaruto]

all I can say is that I'm working with CM to fix the few issues the novatouch prototype had. That's the reason to have prototypes and beta testers. Making a public review of a prototype is kinda worthless.

Nope. CM HQ asked the local product manager of CM Singapore to ask me to do a review online.

But he said CM will launch the product THIS week in Malaysia and Singapore.

What I didn't (and actually forgot) is that it's a maybe. Sorry about that blunder

the keypuller pictured here is not the one CM told me will be shipped with the final version. but these are details likely to change over time.

I make do with what I review, fair and square. If CM is gonna ship them with wire pullers i'll write a second review when I have the actual one in.
Also I did not enter the beta test for CM so I don't have an NDA unlike the previous with mizar which i kept absolutely silent about me actually having it 'till launch day

[Matt3o]

a review of *this* prototype done by someone who knows topre is only going to scare people, but if CM explicitly asked for a review of the prototype, well, I can't help them

[YuukiHaruto]

a review of *this* prototype done by someone who knows topre is only going to scare people, but if CM explicitly asked for a review of the prototype, well, I can't help them

Yes they did. But if CM is willing to work on it and provide a wire keycap puller props to them and I will give a 2nd review from there on.

In other news, had a Trigger Z w/ MX browns in today for testing. I like the keyboard but I still have a strong distaste for browns :\

[avtar]

a review of *this* prototype done by someone who knows topre is only going to scare people, but if CM explicitly asked for a review of the prototype, well, I can't help them

Yes they did. But if CM is willing to work on it and provide a wire keycap puller props to them and I will give a 2nd review from there on.

From matt3o's comments I am guessing that he's referring to issues with part of or the entire switch itself in the prototype and not accessories like a keycap puller. If he doesn't feel confident that it will feel right to users of other Topre boards then I hope Cooler Master addresses those issues before the GA release.

[Latin00032]

a review of *this* prototype done by someone who knows topre is only going to scare people, but if CM explicitly asked for a review of the prototype, well, I can't help them

Yes they did. But if CM is willing to work on it and provide a wire keycap puller props to them and I will give a 2nd review from there on.

From matt3o's comments I am guessing that he's referring to issues with part of or the entire switch itself in the prototype and not accessories like a keycap puller. If he doesn't feel confident that it will feel right to users of other Topre boards then I hope Cooler Master addresses those issues before the GA release.

He's not permitted to say anyway.

With the NDA and all.

So it looks like I'll be waiting allot longer for my CM topre.

[1pq]

The guy in this video says that it will be coming in the summer or early Q3. That's a little later than I'd thought...

[Lain1911]

The guy in this video says that it will be coming in the summer or early Q3. That's a little later than I'd thought...

He also said 150-170$ is a possibility.

[thestage]

$150 seems like a good price.  $170 is a little up there considering you're getting the same form factor as a Realforce with an almost certainly inferior build quality.  Obviously the draw is customization, but it also has to be because the stock caps are going to be terrible, while the Realforce has great caps out of the box.  I think it would strongly behoove CM to offer a capless version of the board for cheaper if they could, but I suspect that wouldn't be very financially prudent.  I'm sure they make great profit margins on the caps.

[Rafen]

If this board goes for $150, I might have my first topre keyboard. I just love the fact that you can swap mx caps with this board and I really hope they have the same size case so I can use the painted one I already have on it.

[zoolzoo]

wondering if thats a poppy or mushy 45g

[Pacifist]

at 150 its a steal. Other topre is above that (but with pbt) and the only thing close is the type heaven, which everybody at this point knows is **** throughout

[alosec]

I played around with the board @ sxsw.... I was told by the CM rep working there it was confirmed $150

[Zeal]

I played around with the board @ sxsw.... I was told by the CM rep working there it was confirmed $150

  I guess it's time to become one with cup rubber...  Let's hope the quality doesn't dissapoint!

[CommonCurt]

I played around with the board @ sxsw.... I was told by the CM rep working there it was confirmed $150

Nice.  That's better then what I was thinking it would be

[Melvang]

Very nice.  I might make a quick detour into the Topper world for a bit from Cherry Land. 

The next holy grail would be BS switches with stem adapters for MX caps.

[YuukiHaruto]

$150 seems like a good price.  $170 is a little up there considering you're getting the same form factor as a Realforce with an almost certainly inferior build quality.  Obviously the draw is customization, but it also has to be because the stock caps are going to be terrible, while the Realforce has great caps out of the box.  I think it would strongly behoove CM to offer a capless version of the board for cheaper if they could, but I suspect that wouldn't be very financially prudent.  I'm sure they make great profit margins on the caps.

And the other draw is that it's not exactly easy to get a topre everywhere is it 

[thestage]

$150 seems like a good price.  $170 is a little up there considering you're getting the same form factor as a Realforce with an almost certainly inferior build quality.  Obviously the draw is customization, but it also has to be because the stock caps are going to be terrible, while the Realforce has great caps out of the box.  I think it would strongly behoove CM to offer a capless version of the board for cheaper if they could, but I suspect that wouldn't be very financially prudent.  I'm sure they make great profit margins on the caps.

And the other draw is that it's not exactly easy to get a topre everywhere is it 

True.  I suppose that depends on CM's European distribution model, particularly online.  I doubt this will be found in brick and mortal retailers really anywhere, so it comes down to whether or not CM will ship it outside of the US at a reasonable rate, which is something I am led to believe EK isn't really capable of.

[tbc]

CM is one of the primary brands in Canada, so I'm not too disappointed.  Still waiting for the 75% formfactor. and 55g of course

[BucklingSpring]

I played around with the board @ sxsw.... I was told by the CM rep working there it was confirmed $150

I didn't bother reading the whole thread (sorry) But is there any kind of ETA for the Novatouch?

[avtar]

I didn't bother reading the whole thread (sorry) But is there any kind of ETA for the Novatouch?

Possibly this summer or Q3.

[YuukiHaruto]

this wait is killing me ... I'm still about 1-2 months away from getting back the novatouch 

[1pq]

Does anyone know if filco/qfr cases fit it? I'd love to throw it in my filco case and pop on some granite keycaps from Matt's GB...

[SSIPAK]

I played around with the board @ sxsw.... I was told by the CM rep working there it was confirmed $150

rofl and here people thought i was crazy when i said $200 will be too much and should be around 140 to 160 for this keyboard. LOL

[SSIPAK]

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[fabioruxo]

do you work for cm? how were you able to get one? also do you know the release date for novatouch? I just bought my first topre (FC660C) thinking that novatouch will not be released anytime soon and next day I see someone with prototype novatouch...

Where did you get the FC660C? I'm searching for it but on ek they're out of stock :-)

[Premonition]

Ah, super interesting. Can't wait to try Topre.

[intelli78]

do you work for cm? how were you able to get one? also do you know the release date for novatouch? I just bought my first topre (FC660C) thinking that novatouch will not be released anytime soon and next day I see someone with prototype novatouch...

Where did you get the FC660C? I'm searching for it but on ek they're out of stock :-)

EK has blanks and Imsto.cn has (expensive) printed ones. I don't recommend buying a printed one now, though, since the dyesub version is coming soon.

[YuukiHaruto]

Once again tried topre type heaven and a uniform 45g Realforce and guess which one the novatouch is closer to? If you guessed the type heaven you're wrong. The type heaven feels crappy compared to the novatouch and the realforce.
The realforce feels what I called the "Novatouch heavenly feel"

That's how good it is.

[BucklingSpring]

ETA Possibly this summer or Q3.

Thanks!

[RickyJ]

Maybe Carter would be willing to sell 55g conversion kits?

[minho]

Once again tried topre type heaven and a uniform 45g Realforce and guess which one the novatouch is closer to? If you guessed the type heaven you're wrong. The type heaven feels crappy compared to the novatouch and the realforce.
The realforce feels what I called the "Novatouch heavenly feel"

That's how good it is.

Good to know that the Novatouch feels nice despite being a compatibility version (which I was afraid would create other issues)