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Offline Chanc3

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Keyboard Reviewer at the ready!
« on: Thu, 25 October 2012, 09:53:21 »
Hey Guys

I'm Tim from eTeknix.com, the peripheral reviewer. Had a fair bit of experience with many mechanical keyboards and now I'm looking to take it a step further by moving into the modding area. I've got some great contacts in the industry, so I can pass questions on if anyone has any.

Currently got 3 keyboards on the go: MadCatz STRIKE7, Gigabyte Osmium and a AZiO Leviathan Mech5.

I'm also working with a product designer to create a few of our own mechanical keyboards, but this is still in the early stages.

Looking forward to being a part of geekhack!

Tim

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Re: Keyboard Reviewer at the ready!
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 25 October 2012, 11:18:48 »
Tim,

Welcome to GH and from one product review to another... that last week of the month, right?
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Offline Chanc3

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Keyboard Reviewer at the ready!
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 25 October 2012, 18:35:37 »
Not sure if you are implying that its quiet or busy, as it's the latter for me at the moment!

Will post my keyboard concept tomorrow.
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Re: Keyboard Reviewer at the ready!
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 25 October 2012, 19:30:46 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

An interesting choice of keyboards - many around here prefer something a bit simpler.

Any particular reason, having tried many keyboards, that you settled on these three?
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Offline Chanc3

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Re: Keyboard Reviewer at the ready!
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 26 October 2012, 08:35:49 »
I haven't actually settled yet, these are just the last 3 I need to review. Hoping to get myself a nice simple mechanical keyboard once I've settled down with them.
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Re: Keyboard Reviewer at the ready!
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 26 October 2012, 08:40:24 »
Let me know if you want to review some custom keys :)
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Re: Keyboard Reviewer at the ready!
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 27 October 2012, 06:17:01 »
Those three are about as far from simple as you can get ;)
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Re: Keyboard Reviewer at the ready!
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 29 October 2012, 17:25:44 »
Quote from: Chanc3 on Thu, 25 October 2012, 09:53:21
I'm also working with a product designer to create a few of our own mechanical keyboards, but this is still in the early stages.
That sounds incredibly kick-ass! Any chance of a GH discount?  :cool:
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Re: Keyboard Reviewer at the ready!
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 29 October 2012, 17:28:52 »
i have a mitsubishi eclipse, a honda civic and a ford focus, and i review formula one cars.
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