London based GeekHacker here, and a relative newbie at that.
I am a FILCO user, well I was until now. My wife texted this morning while I was at school, 'your package has arrived'. Naturally she had no idea what this meant to me. As soon as I could finish up for the day, I zoomed home, soaked with the rain London is experiencing at the moment and ripped open this exciting and long awaited gift, to myself, for my 32nd birthday.
Guess what, I'd like to call it mechanical perfection... of course there are some caveats, like with everything in life, but its feels like an old friend. I drive a 18 year Mercedes-Benz E-Class and this too feels like an old friend, I have driven many of them in my relative young years. If you close your eyes behind the wheel of any E-Class, and place your hands on the wheel at 10 and 2pm, everything, switches, indicator stalks etc fall into place, and you can easily operate the car, without opening your eyes. This is exactly how this board feels to me. I am typing this and it feels like i've been using it for years. The layout for me is perfect... the feeling is great, a lovely sound, almost Topre in quality of sound in-fact, but I'll do a directly comparison with the HHKB tomorrow afternoon.
Thank you QT for organising this wonderful group buy - my first but certainly not my last. I think some o-rings will be needed fairly soon, but this board is great, highly recommended. There is no flex in the case, all looks straight, the keycaps are a lovely mid grey and the font is to personal preference, but I really like it. The 'enjoy your feeling' is clearly my only aesthetic gripe.
If I am feeling brave, I'll do a video review but for now, I will enjoy my new toy and of course, this little beauty will travel with me, everything I go. The only point for me getting a 60% board.
With kindest regards to all,
ShivaYash
London