Author Topic: Short review: Filco vs Zowie (Read 3316 times)

Ollum · « **on:** Sun, 26 June 2011, 16:11:01 »

Hi there, I since my old Logitech G15 broke (its not resistent to beer) I had to get a new keyboard.
A friend of mine told me about mechnical keyboards so I started my research.
I ended up here and read all the guides and stuff.
I ordered 2 Keyboards the first one was ZOWIE CELERITAS Pro Gaming Keyboard.
The second one is Filco Majestouch-2 FKBN105M/GRB2 (awesome).
So I got the Zowie first after unboxing I tried typing and some gaming but the feel was kinda weired.
The Keys felt so light and cheap and typing on it was almost like typing on my G15.
I was pretty down cause I thought the mechanical keyboards were all the same.
2 days later my Filco arrived and I was stoked. It felt good and the typing was awesome.
I had to get used to the slightly smaller keys but no problem so far.
If you can afford it the Filco is so worth the money.

Thx@geekhack 4 the help finding me my next and hopfully last keyboard.

Greets Ollum

reaper · « **Reply #1 on:** Sun, 26 June 2011, 16:22:43 »

Welcome to Geekhack and thanks for that short review. =P I own more than a few keyboards myself and I tend to agree with you on Filco's quality and feel. Have you experienced any "pinging" sound from any of the keys on the Filco? Just curious.

mmmty · « **Reply #2 on:** Sun, 26 June 2011, 16:43:42 »

Filco FTW!! 99.9% approval rate here @ GH. Getting my 5th Filco in a couple of days.

n00by · « **Reply #3 on:** Sun, 26 June 2011, 17:27:30 »

Can you explain what you mean by lighter? Because I ordered a Zowie a few days ago because I wanted a lighter to type on keyboard and being the insecure being that I am, I am now worrying about my purchase. So elaborate please, thanks.

jpz · « **Reply #4 on:** Sun, 26 June 2011, 17:34:30 »

mmty how long have you been collecting keyboards?

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #5 on:** Sun, 26 June 2011, 17:41:43 »

Zowie - the choice of professional Kartrider players everywhere.

Ollum · « **Reply #6 on:** Sun, 26 June 2011, 17:45:49 »

Quote from: n00by;368600

Can you explain what you mean by lighter? Because I ordered a Zowie a few days ago because I wanted a lighter to type on keyboard and being the insecure being that I am, I am now worrying about my purchase. So elaborate please, thanks.

I mean that they are made of cheap plastic. Cant explain that well. See me Filco feels like it is build 4 lasting for ever.
The zowie didnt have that feel.

And can someone explain what ping sound my filco should be doing?

SecrtAgentMan · « **Reply #7 on:** Sun, 26 June 2011, 17:57:07 »

Hit a few keys one by one and see if it makes a noise similar to this.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #8 on:** Sun, 26 June 2011, 17:59:07 »

You've already answered that it isn't if you haven't noticed it. It shouldn't be making a metallic ringing or 'ping' noise. So thats a good thing.

mmmty · « **Reply #9 on:** Sun, 26 June 2011, 18:34:48 »

Quote from: jpz;368602

mmty how long have you been collecting keyboards?

Since I started joining this place :frown: Before that I had Filco brown & blue, IBM Model M, and Dell AT101W. I got my first Filco about 6 years ago. But didn't really got in to collecting keyboards. There will be a point when I only keep the ones I like the most and start selling the other ones. But I may decide to keep all of them.

jpz · « **Reply #10 on:** Sun, 26 June 2011, 19:07:26 »

Oh ok i was about to be very impressed that u got all the keyboards that are in your signature in less than 2 months.

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I got my first Filco about 6 years ago.

How did you know about filco 6 years ago? Personally i never heard of filco, das and ducky till i joined gh.

mmmty · « **Reply #11 on:** Sun, 26 June 2011, 21:48:33 »

My Logitech keyboard was going really mushy. So I started looking for a new keyboard and somehow found Filco on Elitekeyboards. I ordered a Filco brown from them. A few months later they had the "new" Filco with blue switches so I had to try it.

Forgot that I had the Unicomp a while back too. But I must have gotten about 10 keyboards in the past 2 months with 2 more coming. This place is scary dangerous. I'm almost at the end of the list of keyboards that I want to try though.

Ollum · « **Reply #12 on:** Mon, 27 June 2011, 09:00:48 »

Quote from: SecrtAgentMan;368616

Hit a few keys one by one and see if it makes a noise similar to this.

No noise so far. Tried almost every key.

Ollum · « **Reply #13 on:** Tue, 28 June 2011, 15:33:29 »

Quote from: n00by;368600

Can you explain what you mean by lighter? Because I ordered a Zowie a few days ago because I wanted a lighter to type on keyboard and being the insecure being that I am, I am now worrying about my purchase. So elaborate please, thanks.

Hey did you get your zowie if yes what is your conclusion? I am curious if you share my opinion

n00by · « **Reply #14 on:** Fri, 01 July 2011, 10:54:12 »

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Hey did you get your zowie if yes what is your conclusion? I am curious if you share my opinion

I just received it and it feels awesome, keep in mind though that it is my first mechanical keyboard but I really like it thusfar! Doesn´t feel cheap at all and I really like the feeling of the keys.

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