Author Topic: Filco Majestouch-2 Cherry MX Red First Impressions (Read 71518 times)

thirdkind · « **Reply #150 on:** Thu, 17 March 2011, 11:12:05 »

I've been flying through e-mails and IMs all morning on this thing. Just an amazing keyboard. Glad I bought two.

Are the reports on the Blacks' high resistance hyperbole? I think I'm going to try one. If they're light enough on first touch to feel nice, but provide enough resistance to prevent bottoming out, I might like them even better.

noodles256 · « **Reply #151 on:** Thu, 17 March 2011, 12:17:35 »

Quote from: thirdkind;313301

I've been flying through e-mails and IMs all morning on this thing. Just an amazing keyboard. Glad I bought two.

Are the reports on the Blacks' high resistance hyperbole? I think I'm going to try one. If they're light enough on first touch to feel nice, but provide enough resistance to prevent bottoming out, I might like them even better.

Blacks are higher in resistance than the reds. You might like them more if the reds are to light for you

digitalleftovers · « **Reply #152 on:** Thu, 17 March 2011, 12:59:27 »

Quote from: thirdkind;313301

I've been flying through e-mails and IMs all morning on this thing. Just an amazing keyboard. Glad I bought two.

Are the reports on the Blacks' high resistance hyperbole? I think I'm going to try one. If they're light enough on first touch to feel nice, but provide enough resistance to prevent bottoming out, I might like them even better.

i used to use a heavy linear keyboard at an old job. I'm not sure if it had cherry or alps switches. The difference between it and a rubber dome was like the difference between walking on the beach and walking on flat ground. The beach feels nice for a while, but then you realise that your legs are doing more work than normal. BUT, everyone is different and you'll never know until you try! It will just depend on what you like and what you are using it for.

nathanscribe · « **Reply #153 on:** Thu, 17 March 2011, 13:24:02 »

The blacks are noticeably heavier than the reds. They're not unpleasant, and you don't need to bottom out on them. I think the space bar on my old G80 is a grey, so it's heavier still, but I don't know what's in the current bunch of black boards.

.XL · « **Reply #154 on:** Thu, 17 March 2011, 13:45:28 »

Quote from: spatiallyaware;313174

i happen to be a subject matter expert; and after receiving my board yesterday i can absolutely confirm it is without a doubt like typing on a cloud of boobs.

My Man!!!

noodles256 · « **Reply #155 on:** Thu, 17 March 2011, 14:52:32 »

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The blacks are noticeably heavier than the reds. They're not unpleasant, and you don't need to bottom out on them. I think the space bar on my old G80 is a grey, so it's heavier still, but I don't know what's in the current bunch of black boards.

Its not that you don't need to bottom out on them. Its that you can't bottom out on them

vun · « **Reply #156 on:** Thu, 17 March 2011, 16:15:59 »

Quote from: kalrykh;313495

If you can't bottom out on blacks, you have girly fingers.

You'd have extremely girly fingers. I have relatively girlyman hands, and I found that bottoming out on blacks was almost too easy. Though that might be because the boards is 20+ year old, or because I'm too used to bottoming out after using rubber dome for years.

panda-R · « **Reply #157 on:** Thu, 17 March 2011, 16:27:26 »

Quote from: vun;313496

You'd have extremely girly fingers. I have relatively girlyman hands, and I found that bottoming out on blacks was almost too easy. Though that might be because the boards is 20+ year old, or because I'm too used to bottoming out after using rubber dome for years.

maybe you're super saiyan?

RiGS · « **Reply #158 on:** Thu, 17 March 2011, 16:37:55 »

Do you mean super saiyan like him?

Shuki · « **Reply #159 on:** Thu, 17 March 2011, 16:39:42 »

Just picked up my Filco Tenkeyless cherry red today, and I really like the light feel of the keys. Haven't had a chance to try it out in any games yet, but typing on it feels pretty nice. With a linear switch its a lot easier to put in less force to activate the keys in order to avoid bottoming out or at least making it quieter when you do. If a switch has high tactility then pushing through the point can often lead to bottoming out the whole key due to momentum (at least in my experience).

zaerst · « **Reply #160 on:** Thu, 17 March 2011, 16:40:57 »

I'm finding it difficult to type on this board... Maybe it's because I use a buckling spring all day for work. These keys feel so light, which is nice but soooo diff than my unicomp.

Maverick · « **Reply #161 on:** Thu, 17 March 2011, 17:20:54 »

Good video noodles, once Amazon gets these back in stock I'll be making my return to a mechanical keyboard. I regret ever selling my previous one.

noodles256 · « **Reply #162 on:** Thu, 17 March 2011, 17:48:27 »

Quote from: Maverick;313530

Good video noodles, once Amazon gets these back in stock I'll be making my return to a mechanical keyboard. I regret ever selling my previous one.

thanks man, It is a good board. you won't regret purchasing it.

popol · « **Reply #163 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 05:54:47 »

I have a question about this keyboard: do the keys and particularly the spacebar are getting shinny with usage ?
I'm asking because I hate to see my spacebars getting shinny like oil on part of it with the time.

thirdkind · « **Reply #164 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 06:07:27 »

My keyboard at work already has a slight shiny spot on the spacebar. I think that's going to be the case with pretty much any keyboard.

Kacee · « **Reply #165 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 06:20:14 »

it's plastic, it gets shiny, it's physical fact, dude...

popol · « **Reply #166 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 06:31:53 »

Quote from: Kacee;313823

it's plastic, it gets shiny, it's physical fact, dude...

some are better quality than others...

Kacee · « **Reply #167 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 06:46:13 »

Quote from: popol;313828

some are better quality than others...

yes you are right, but these mechanical keyboards are meant to be use for several years, even decades... and I'm not expecting any kind of plastic not to get shiny after severals years of normal usage.

but Filco keycaps tends to get shiny faster from what I have seen.

thirdkind · « **Reply #168 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 08:08:35 »

Now that I'm looking at it more closely, that slight shininess looks like it's caused strictly by skin oil. The matte finish isn't diminished in any way.

I'm not concerned by it. Keys get shiny, and keyboards get replaced. I've stopped pretending that any keyboard/mouse I buy is the last.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #169 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 08:10:04 »

Invent a keycap that doesn't get shiny, and you'll be very rich. Because you'll have invented something truly unique.

RiGS · « **Reply #170 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 08:51:28 »

Filco 104 red are now available at Amazon.

thirdkind · « **Reply #171 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 09:06:47 »

Quote from: ripster;313872

You mean like this?
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Is that metal? That's pretty badass.

Not sure I'd want to type on a keyboard completely filled with them, though.

numbers_ · « **Reply #172 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 09:26:45 »

Quote from: RiGS;313873

Filco 104 red are now available at Amazon.

97 in stock atm

numbers_ · « **Reply #173 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 09:32:28 »

Quote from: ripster;313898

Links are in the WW Shopping Wiki.

How did you pull up the 97 number?

just try to add 999 of them to your cart (or any high number at that), and ull get a message that says

"We're sorry. You've requested more of Filco Majestouch-2 NKR 104 ASCII with Red Switch, USA, than the 98 available from the seller you've selected. Click here to return to the product detail page and see if additional quantities are available from another seller."

...so 98 somehow now. but ya.

numbers_ · « **Reply #174 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 09:38:52 »

i wouldnt say its a random number, i watched the tenkeyless version go from about 60 a couple days after its release and drop about 15-20 a day til it was sold out

panda-R · « **Reply #175 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 10:05:48 »

i bought them all, they're all gone now.

fuzzybaffy · « **Reply #176 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 10:23:27 »

%&^*. $179?! On Amazon.

panda-R · « **Reply #177 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 10:35:02 »

Quote from: ripster;313923

rickrolling is sooooooooo..... Old. Saxroll is the new rickroll.
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you got saxrolled!

panda-R · « **Reply #178 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 10:36:10 »

someone tell me when da majestouch-2 blues will be out! i refuse to buy a leopold unless it has a standard spacebar.

panda-R · « **Reply #179 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 10:41:05 »

Quote from: ripster;313931

Do you think his name is REALLY Sergey Stepanov?

No it probably something like Boris Kruschenko Roll.

tickt0ck · « **Reply #180 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 10:50:06 »

Quote from: ripster;313872

You mean like this?
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That's OK, I'd rather make my money off of AAPL. It's SO EASSSSSYYYY and I don't even have to pay taxes because of the Bush tax cuts including a Capital Gains Zero Tax loophole.

I talked to my CPA yesterday and this is me.
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Nice ESC key, where'd you pick up the silver 4/2?

panda-R · « **Reply #181 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 11:02:41 »

Quote from: tickt0ck;313939

Nice ESC key, where'd you pick up the silver 4/2?

it was forged in the mines of mordor.

noodles256 · « **Reply #182 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 14:42:41 »

Quote from: kalrykh;314020

Bloody hell. I ordered the one from amazon because I thought the one from London would get held up in customs again for a month. The one from amazon came yesterday. The one from KBC came today I checked with USPS this morning and it still said waiting for origin to ship bull****. Now I gotta figure out what to do with the second one sooner than I had planned.

I bet it will sell easily on here. Mine did

noodles256 · « **Reply #183 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 15:08:21 »

Quote from: kalrykh;314031

Haha. I was hoping to find a way to get it to someone who would not necessarily have a chance to get it otherwise. But who knows?

You would just give it away? So generous lol

BaXeR · « **Reply #184 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 15:36:31 »

Looks like amazon just listed the full version of this keyboard. :happy:

Filco Majestouch-2 NKR 104 ASCII with Red Switch, USA

panda-R · « **Reply #185 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 16:14:15 »

why didn't i get da free keyboard?

bytemeavaj · « **Reply #186 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 16:18:38 »

Quote from: ripster;314043

Our last giveaway was pretty hilarious. Free Topre Realforce 55g I don't think the winner ever posted again.

And then this one was a guy who successfully begged for a free keyboard.

But then, I'm no Socialist, I'm American.

Ripster, second link is same as first link.

noodles256 · « **Reply #187 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 17:37:50 »

Wow, i wantz free keyboard.

vicariouscheese · « **Reply #188 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 18:16:35 »

Free keyboard where

vicariouscheese · « **Reply #189 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 18:17:10 »

im double posting in anger that the forum didnt let me go capslockcommando in the previous post

Fuel · « **Reply #190 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 22:17:24 »

Oh why yes i am interested.

escargot · « **Reply #191 on:** Fri, 18 March 2011, 22:33:46 »

Looks like a fine way to spread the word. I bet the one who gets the keyboard will soon enough start hoarding more and more. I know I would.

I wish shipping over here wasn't that expensive.

numbers_ · « **Reply #192 on:** Sat, 19 March 2011, 14:14:12 »

for those that want the tenkeyless version, there is 1 left.

http://www.amazon.com/Filco-Majestouch-2-Tenkeyless-ASCII-Switch/dp/B004OX7R28/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1300561922&sr=1-1

at the measly price of $9999

numbers_ · « **Reply #193 on:** Fri, 25 March 2011, 04:34:48 »

104 reds are sold out? nope.

http://www.amazon.com/Filco-Majestouch-2-NKR-ASCII-Switch/dp/B004OX4HWG/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1301045541&sr=1-2

there are still 82 left since release. not as popular as the tenkeyless version.

nhwhaup · « **Reply #194 on:** Sun, 10 April 2011, 19:31:46 »

This forum is crazy and I just love it. I am on a quest for the perfect keyboard for me and am almost obsessive about it. Recently I have purchased a couple of Microsoft keyboards and Logitech keyboards - all returned as they were really junk. Then I read some reviews on the mechanical switch keyboards and decided to order a Das Keyboard - which I am typing on now. I have the "silent" one with the cherry brown switches. I also recently bought the Realforce topre switch keyboard. I like both of them but for different reasons and this Filco with the Cherry Reds almost seems like it may be the perfect board for me. I like the browns due to the very light keystroke required. I feel I can type really fast with little effort. However the keys are far from silent and pretty clicky to me. Then I have the Realforce with the topre switches. It has a great sound and pretty good feel but no where near as a light touch as the das with the browns.

So all in all my perfect keyboard would probably one with a light touch such as with the cherry browns but quieter. So for the experts on this forum - do you think the Filco with the cherry reds might fit the bill for me or am I continuing on a wild goose chase?

Thanks for your advice....

nhwhazup

Lpb45 · « **Reply #195 on:** Sun, 10 April 2011, 19:40:13 »

The filco with reds is still petty loud imo, definatley louder then a topre. Especially if you bottom out alot.

bytemeavaj · « **Reply #196 on:** Sun, 10 April 2011, 19:44:50 »

Quote from: Lpb45;328222

The filco with reds is still petty loud imo, definatley louder then a topre. Especially if you bottom out alot.

If you bottom out, it is loud, but if you don't it's actually very quiet.

noodles256 · « **Reply #197 on:** Sun, 10 April 2011, 19:46:48 »

i miss my reds

zaerst · « **Reply #198 on:** Sun, 10 April 2011, 19:47:57 »

Dog eat your reds?

noodles256 · « **Reply #199 on:** Sun, 10 April 2011, 19:52:02 »

Quote from: zaerst;328225

Dog eat your reds?

I had to sell it for new laptop but close

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Author Topic: Filco Majestouch-2 Cherry MX Red First Impressions (Read 71518 times)