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Offline ShakeR

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« on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 09:47:42 »
How much you pay for a quality spec 104 w/ Green Cherry MX throughout?

FYI... these switches makes Reds look cheap.
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« Reply #1 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 10:23:34 »
What about a 87 keyboard? :)

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« Reply #2 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 10:39:01 »
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What about a 87 keyboard? :)

That too.  87 and 104 :)
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« Reply #3 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 10:40:28 »
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« Reply #4 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 10:45:37 »
Aren't greens essentially to blues what blacks are to reds? Clicky with a stiffer spring? Good god why would somebody want an entire board with those?
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« Reply #5 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 10:48:37 »
cause Blue's are too light!

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« Reply #6 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 10:51:12 »
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« Reply #7 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 11:03:17 »
150 for a TKL!
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« Reply #8 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 11:04:05 »
Would be very interested in the 87 key one, having gotten used to blacks, blues feel a bit light now :P

Who would be willing to make one?
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« Reply #9 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 12:21:23 »
I could mod a blue board to ghetto greens as I have black springs from when I did placebo guy's filco mod.



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« Reply #10 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 12:24:01 »
Interested, the most i'd pay is around $150, the price of a Filco. But that's only if the keyboard is of similiar quality!

Though if you want to sell it at quickfire prices, i'd be happy to buy one for that price too :music:
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« Reply #11 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 12:27:42 »
Every green or ghetto green board in existence is a modded board.
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« Reply #12 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 12:31:29 »
Well, I paid about $75 for 110 green switches, and I can get a G80-3000 for around that, so when I account for higher bulk discounts, maybe $120?
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« Reply #13 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 12:34:17 »
Is the white MX switch no longer in production?
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« Reply #14 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 12:37:13 »
$140 shipped minimum for a g80-3000 green kit with quite a few orders. I would expect closer to $160 though.

Modding a board you are tired of to ghetto green would be far cheaper.
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« Reply #15 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 12:38:46 »
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Is the white MX switch no longer in production?

It is still in production and can be ordered from 7bit. I ordered 4? of them to see what they're like.
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« Reply #16 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 15:16:07 »
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It is still in production and can be ordered from 7bit. I ordered 4? of them to see what they're like.

The Clear Cherry MX switches themselves are out of production by Cherry Corp.  There are still Clear Cherry boards left around and there are probably manufacturers that still have some left in their raw stock.

Yes, Green Cherry MX is stiffer Blue Cherry MX.  They actually feel quite good.
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« Reply #17 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 15:31:33 »
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The Clear Cherry MX switches themselves are out of production by Cherry Corp.  There are still Clear Cherry boards left around and there are probably manufacturers that still have some left in their raw stock.

Yes, Green Cherry MX is stiffer Blue Cherry MX.  They actually feel quite good.

He asked about WHITE not clear, they're different switches. And both were ordered by 7bit in his switch GB. WHITE mx boards are very hard to find, but clear mx show up quite often. I own a clear board that was produced in 2010.
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« Reply #18 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 17:11:47 »
Would really love to hear everyons thoughts on greens. I think it could be quite the popular switch. I am currently typing on greens and love it.
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« Reply #19 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 17:15:54 »
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Aren't greens essentially to blues what blacks are to reds? Clicky with a stiffer spring? Good god why would somebody want an entire board with those?
It's a fun and easy mod, but I have a feeling most Cherry users won't end up liking an all-green board for very long... buckling spring users might like it though.

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« Reply #20 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 17:55:17 »
I have stuff to make ghetto greens. I have tons of mx black springs, and mx blue switches for sale here:

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« Reply #21 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 18:02:37 »
Wait, so all the Q (clears) models here are end of life? http://www.cherry.de/cid/b2b_corded_keyboards_G80-3000.htm

I've never been able to perceive the difference between blues and the MX green on my spacebar, but the idea of a keyboard with stiffer blues sounds interesting.
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« Reply #22 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 18:13:17 »
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Wait, so all the Q (clears) models here are end of life? http://www.cherry.de/cid/b2b_corded_keyboards_G80-3000.htm

Based on what I've heard from multiple credible sources - including multiple Cherry distributors.  I always thought they were kind of cool.

I'm sure if demand really picks up they may reconsider.
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« Reply #23 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 18:35:05 »
I never know what sorts of economies of scale we're talking about with this community. The MX red switch took off like crazy – seeing every company and its dog selling MX reds now, not long since they were merely a scarce novelty. But would Cherry do well to introduce, say, official ergo clears? (Notwithstanding reports of them sticking when first assembled.)

I'm tempted to buy a German Cherry G80-3000 with clears to see whether it would ease my unease with the excessive lightness of browns, but I've already bought way too many keyboards and I don't like selling them :) I haven't even tried blacks yet – I'm told that they're far better than BBC Micro switches, but I don't know that the person who said that has the same switches in his Beeb as me, as they came with four different types and I've only ever used Type I, a bog standard linear switch that I never cared for. Probably relates to where in the country you are, as manufacturing was outsourced to a variety of companies.

Greens, though ... My only fear is that they'd be even more jarring than blues, which for me are right on the edge of what's tolerable.
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« Reply #24 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 18:40:03 »
For me the price-point in boards is around 100 but I would definitely pay up to 150 for a board that comes with greens as this is something I have wanted since making the transition from Buckling Spring to Cherry MX.
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« Reply #25 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 21:02:01 »
This is why I ordered a bunch of green and "albino green" (white) in the cherry MX GB. I finally got to try them and sholud have opted for clears (to make ergo clears) but I still really liked the green. Maybe it's the IBM-lover in me, but I prefer them to blues.

So I'm not interested, since I have 220 of these on order already, but I'd probably only pay $130 for it.
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« Reply #26 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 21:56:07 »
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This is why I ordered a bunch of green and "albino green" (white) in the cherry MX GB. I finally got to try them and sholud have opted for clears (to make ergo clears) but I still really liked the green. Maybe it's the IBM-lover in me, but I prefer them to blues.

So I'm not interested, since I have 220 of these on order already, but I'd probably only pay $130 for it.


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« Reply #27 on: Thu, 14 June 2012, 23:41:16 »
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How do the greens compare to buckling springs?
They are both heavy, and rather tactile.
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« Reply #28 on: Fri, 15 June 2012, 00:35:07 »
Very interested
$130-$140

I'd also be interested in Clears, if you could make it work. Perhaps more so than Greens.

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« Reply #29 on: Fri, 15 June 2012, 00:42:59 »
I would just like a few of them for testing how they feel. Maybe swap blue for green at space.
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