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Epson Business Full Keyboard review (Topre switches)
« on: Sat, 26 August 2017, 04:54:35 »
Today we look at the Topre board few people know about, but which is actually quite awesome. Hope you enjoy the video! :)

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Re: Epson Business Full Keyboard review (Topre switches)
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 26 August 2017, 09:39:20 »
 That's awesome.

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Re: Epson Business Full Keyboard review (Topre switches)
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 26 August 2017, 13:04:02 »
Wonderful job, as always, chyros. This is a very cool board and your reviews are always immensely practical, pretty much the next best thing to using the keyboard myself.

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Re: Epson Business Full Keyboard review (Topre switches)
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 26 August 2017, 13:26:42 »
most excellent! thank you chyros!
although those brother caps do infact fit on the topre stem, i wouldn't really say they are compatible...
they fit loosely and you can never get enough to fill a board correctly.
other than that. i love your videos.
looking forward to the next one!

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Re: Epson Business Full Keyboard review (Topre switches)
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 26 August 2017, 14:05:32 »
most excellent! thank you chyros!
although those brother caps do infact fit on the topre stem, i wouldn't really say they are compatible...
they fit loosely and you can never get enough to fill a board correctly.
other than that. i love your videos.
looking forward to the next one!
Yes, I was under that impression as well, but when testing it I found the caps don't actually hinder operation at all, and they fit on just as well as the stock keycaps do. On the BFK the Brother caps I tested appeared to be 100% compatible, actually.
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Re: Epson Business Full Keyboard review (Topre switches)
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 27 August 2017, 20:09:00 »
You're right I had absolutely no idea this existed.
Very good review, thank you.

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Re: Epson Business Full Keyboard review (Topre switches)
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 28 August 2017, 00:54:24 »
This one is totally new to me and I've spent far too long searching for split and ergo keyboards, so thanks for the review!
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Re: Epson Business Full Keyboard review (Topre switches)
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 13 September 2017, 05:30:28 »
Great review! I never knew it existed, very very cool looking board.

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Re: Epson Business Full Keyboard review (Topre switches)
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 13 September 2017, 13:13:34 »
Interesting. It has less of a "thock" sound than I would expect from a Topre switch. It also sounds odd to me because I am now so used to the sound of Topre switches with silencing rings installed.