Filco - Beige - TKL - Browns

[therecorder]

Since these have been difficult to find, thought I should post this link...  And, a great price.

http://global.pchome.com.tw/english/?m=item&f=exhibit&IT_NO=DCAH1Z-A58771817&SR_NO=SBAE22&tm=e

[tp4tissue]

beige....... remember when EVERY computer was beige... then BLACK came out, and we're like WTF..... then Black and SILVER trim.....

now everything is black and silver trim... with the exception of macs which are silver and white trim...

DAMN it... I just realized my keyboard looks like a mac keyboard...

[swagpiratex]

Nice find, thanks!

[missalaire]

Pretty tempting, I've been wanting a white board for a while now. Gonna probably have to wait on it for a little while longer though, just splurged on a 144hz Asus monitor. Good find, thanks.

[phx]

(MX) Brown translated to Chinese is "cha", which means tea.
and they translated it back to English as Tea, lol.

[Mugen]

My last Filco experience destroyed my love for the board, i ordered a new one off of Amazon- every key freaking pinged like crazy, i returned it and got a new one, that one was also bad, not as bad but i couldn't stand it. i thought maybe its a problem with the batch Amazon had (crazy but still) so i purchased one from NCIX, was even worse wanted to shoot myself in the face with every word typed.
Then i bought a qfr with reds, beautiful. bought another one with browns, no pings at all every key is smooth - dunno maybe its just my bad luck.

[deSheol]

Pretty tempting, I've been wanting a white board for a while now. Gonna probably have to wait on it for a little while longer though, just splurged on a 144hz Asus monitor. Good find, thanks.

VG248QE?

[missalaire]

Pretty tempting, I've been wanting a white board for a while now. Gonna probably have to wait on it for a little while longer though, just splurged on a 144hz Asus monitor. Good find, thanks.

VG248QE?

Yes.

[tauburn]

all the filcos on there are cheap. whats the catch?

[keymaster]

all the filcos on there are cheap. whats the catch?

I believe the beige Filcos are hard to come by; just like the Leopold FC200.

[t2russo]

all the filcos on there are cheap. whats the catch?

I believe the beige Filcos are hard to come by; just like the Leopold FC200.

I think he's referring to the low prices, compared to Amazon or likewise. 

[tauburn]

all the filcos on there are cheap. whats the catch?

I believe the beige Filcos are hard to come by; just like the Leopold FC200.

I think he's referring to the low prices, compared to Amazon or likewise.

yes. there are black filcos on there for like 109. i was surprised to see as much as 40 dollars off

[Lighthouse1]

Is it a site anyone has purchased from? Just asking as would love a white board so am tempted.

[bavman]

I bought from them before a long time ago. It's awesome to see they finally have English translations. It was a pain trying to figure it out last time with google translate.

[therecorder]

Is it a site anyone has purchased from? Just asking as would love a white board so am tempted.

Bought from them several times.  Never had a problem.  Purchases were 100%, and delivery was fast.

[dorkvader]

Is it a site anyone has purchased from? Just asking as would love a white board so am tempted.

I got my second mech from them (CMstorm QFR) back in late 2011, and they were legit.

I'm considering getting this not because of filco hype, but so I can add stuff to it. Filcos get way more love than QFRs.

[Lighthouse1]

Great, thanks for the feedback all. Think I might take the plunge, after all I need another keyboard..not!

[tauburn]

Is it a site anyone has purchased from? Just asking as would love a white board so am tempted.

I got my second mech from them (CMstorm QFR) back in late 2011, and they were legit.

I'm considering getting this not because of filco hype, but so I can add stuff to it. Filcos get way more love than QFRs.

they get more love because theyre objectively better

[dorkvader]

Is it a site anyone has purchased from? Just asking as would love a white board so am tempted.

I got my second mech from them (CMstorm QFR) back in late 2011, and they were legit.

I'm considering getting this not because of filco hype, but so I can add stuff to it. Filcos get way more love than QFRs.

they get more love because theyre objectively better

Opinions may vary, especially since they're two different products, but I will agree that the dual-later PCB on the filco (with plated through holes) is much better than the single layer that the QFR has. Having a dual layer would have meant my QFR probably wouldn't have failed in the way it did, and even if it had, repairs would have been much easier.

All that said, I'd probably paint the case on this one, were I to get it. I reserve beige for buckling spring.