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Offline pr0ximity

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Datalux Spacesaver - $90 shipped or trade
« on: Tue, 02 September 2014, 09:07:10 »
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Datalux-Spacesaver-Moduw-/261581427663?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item3ce777d3cf

Saw this one posted on /r/mechmarket, seller says they're open to trades as well.

I've never seed this board before, looks really neat and the profile is pretty crazy. No idea if $90 is fair.
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Re: Datalux Spacesaver - $90 shipped or trade
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 02 September 2014, 10:36:47 »
Not really a good deal. These are not really rare and can find same/similar (flat version) model on ebay for as low as $20 pretty often. They have MEI switch which are generally viewed as quite poor.
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Re: Datalux Spacesaver - $90 shipped or trade
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 02 September 2014, 12:05:30 »
Good to know!
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Re: Datalux Spacesaver - $90 shipped or trade
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 03 September 2014, 07:26:32 »
Not really a good deal. These are not really rare and can find same/similar (flat version) model on ebay for as low as $20 pretty often. They have MEI switch which are generally viewed as quite poor.

Strongly agree. I owned one before and it was the suckiest keyboard I had ever used in my life.

Anything with MEI switch, people should pay you to use. It is THAT sucky. And even if the ebay seller paid me to take that keyboard off him on condition that I keep it in my house I won't do it. Waste of space. Whoever that invented that switch probably didn't type on it.
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Re: Datalux Spacesaver - $90 shipped or trade
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 09 September 2014, 06:25:25 »
Interesting keycaps, though. Seem to be MX compatible, but smaller in both width and depth.
Buying more keycaps,
it really hacks my wallet,
but I must have them.

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Re: Datalux Spacesaver - $90 shipped or trade
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 09 September 2014, 08:47:30 »
Interesting keycaps, though. Seem to be MX compatible, but smaller in both width and depth.

When I had a Datalux I did take off the keycaps but did not make any comparison with Cherry MX.

These are not doubleshots and I do not think they are dyesubs either. The quality was not that great; I remember the caps were thin.
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