Hi all, as some of you might already know me, I am a seller on GH that's passionate in Mechanical keyboards just like you guys. I just receive from Noppo their new Choc Pro mechanical keyboard with their own switch type, they call it white switch for a test drive.
Since I am not selling this product yet and therefore please take this thread only as an opinion and not thinking i'm trying to sell you guys this product haha.
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Esthdetic and Built Quality:
i hadve to say that the majority of mechanical keyboards look very similar to each other, the current trend on the look for a full size keybaord is thin brezel such as Filco, dudcky, SS, and this noppoo is no exception. Everythign is just like its competitor, however the only difference is that it uses POM keycaps with Gold lasered legends. Which I ddthink it's pretty awesome along with the white logo: Choc Pro on the top right corner. The built quality is very solid, the case material used feels better than the duckies 9000 series in comparison to my ducky 9008 year of the tiger. the blue LEDs for numlock and caplock and scroll lock does not feel too bright or dim if you don't look it from perpendicular. The keyboard is very heavy as well, they claim to be 1.0kg however I think it's really more than that. I don't have a balance yet but they are heavier than filco that's for sure.
the Noppoo White Switch:
For being a mechanical keyboard manufacturer, it is inevitable for Noppoo to suffer the same problem as others, which is the consistency of the product supply depends heavily on the supply of cherry mx switch. It isn't super hard to find a good enough product, but it's hard to be able to buy it, for instance Filco mx red has been constantly out of stock, ducky mx red is extremely rare and etc. Therefore, according to Noppoo, they would like be more independent from this issue and integrating this white switch into their mainstream product is a start. They price it similar to their mx black product, which is on the lower end of the price range for a mechanical keyboard. The actual feel of it, however is pretty different. I am comparing it side by side to the choc mini 84 mx brown, and they feel closer. the white switch is more like a mx brown, but with lower traveling distance. precisely, it's like a mx brown but you hit the bottom right after the subtil tactile feel of the brown. And it's almost impossible to touch type on this, because of its travel length. In addition, the white switch feel like it need a little extra force to press down than the browns, therefore lets put is this way, its like a mx brown but heavier and shorter, or a slightly lighter mx black with tactile.
I am typing this short review with this keyboard and to be honest sometimes I double register the keys although I wasn't conscious about, it will take me a week or two to get used to and then i'm able to tell you more accurately.
Although it's not from a Cherry MX Switch, but you can still use keycaps made for cherry mx switch on it, it should be 100% compatible.
here are some pics I attached.
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