Focus FK-727 review (Cyan Omron B3G-S)

[chyros]

This week a very rare bird with very rare switches; Cyan Omnoms!

Hope you enjoy!

[klennkellon]

Yay, I've been waiting for another review of yours. Love old Focus's.

[Mattr567]

Yeah! Nice review of my old Focus. Glad you find it really interesting. Your much more of a collector than I am so it makes sense for you to have it. So it went from storage for 10+ years by some collector up north in California to me and then to you.

[klennkellon]

You said that these switches are "almost linear", how is their tactility compared to lets say MX Blues or SKCM White ALPS?

[Mattr567]

You said that these switches are "almost linear", how is their tactility compared to lets say MX Blues or SKCM White ALPS?

Kinda like MX Brown but a tad less still. If you type normally you can barely feel it.

[chyros]

You said that these switches are "almost linear", how is their tactility compared to lets say MX Blues or SKCM White ALPS?

I pulled out the respective boards for you to test them next to each other: they are noticeably less tactile than MX blues, and considerably less than SKCM white.

In fact they don't really feel like they have a tactile "bump" at all. I'd say pretty much all the tactile feeling stems from the shockwave generated by the switch clicker when it hits the switch housing.

[jacobolus]

Yeah, when obra tried the cyan Omron laptop keyboard I have, he proposed “clicky linear” as a description. I don’t think that’s quite right, but it’s a reasonable first approximation.