Back to the topic.
All keyboards are good. They are just good. Lots of fine developers and engineers have devoted their own precious life energies into that.
But, If you think about that who handles the goods, then the same nice goods could have different name on it.
You know new keyboard TypeNow Solid from IOMania (S. Korean keyboard distributor. It has very nice reputations for very long time). The keyboard have been claimed that it will be a top quality, high class keyboard. Couple of days ago, thanks for some good reviewers threads in KBDMania. Now, we know all of their little dirty secrets. This is just full of bull****s. TypeNow Solid has cheap board of Leopold FC 200RT without any kind of modification/change/improvements. It is, actually, if you think about their nice_promise/good_wordings, bottom quality, low class keyboard. Disappoited. No, it is more than disappoited. They cheated customers. So, I re-named that board to TypoNowSolid. Thre is more specific reason for that naming. When you see their AD (both of English version and their own mother tongue version all), it has too many typos (and if I were good at English, I could find some more weird sentences). I typed all of them (almost 90 of them). And sent to Boss of IOMania expectiong some positive response. They gave me a response-insult. They just deleted my errata. Fine, you give me bull****s/insincerities/asshat attitudes. That is enough.
This is all about between me and TypoNowSolid. Some ignorant idiot in this forum hates me. I do not care about that. I am having more that 50 hitmen here and there. I am a busy man.
Do you want to hear some more stories about OhTheDirty's keyboad "The Cheat" (they have real name - Copy My Ass keyboard, in short CMA. It is a really stupid_dirty name). I guess you do not want to hear. Because you are really want to have it. Yes, the board are fine. I agree. The people who handles/makes the board are not like that.
And, How about local distributor Leopold (I call them as the f**King Leopold). Yes, their goods are nice. I like goods from datacomp. But, I have an unpleasant memories with Leopold. I guess you do not want to hear.
Realforce ? Yes, I got very unhappy ones too. It is not a rumor or guruish-knowledge about that. It is my direct experience.
I have my right and reasons to hate them. So I hate them (some of them).
I have my right and reasons to love them. So I love them (some of them).
Back to the topic.
Yes, I agree, that is really nice keyboards. If you want to buy it, do it.
Here. I am just adding a very weak voice of mine. That is all. Idiot.
EDIT
Today, I saw a news. Topre have one more new model in here.
Realforce 106.
It is not the old Japanese 106 ver., this is a new Korean 106 ver. which has its own language keys.
It has red steel plate and purple switch plastics.
Color scheme looks really ugly to me (free of charge extra 12 keytops).
Key weights are equal layouts and variety layouts as in other models.
Nothing special except above mentioned.
The reason I added this information to this comment is for Leopold. Leopold is a S. Korean distributor who imports keyboard from Taiwan (and name it as Leopold) and Realforce from Japan.
I call them "the f**King Leopoold". Becaus I have a bad memory with them. I told, claimed and insisted them that you have to have really localized version of your keyboard. Just like European/Japanese versions - which have their own language keytop(s) thus changed their layouts from US/ISO/American layouts. Actually, Leopold have "a" localized boards but it is not really localized ones. Because they are US/ISO/American layouts with some extra local charactors printed on keytops. The only response from them to my suggestion was the same as IOMania's - ignoring. Fine. In doing that I had to have fight with more than 100 dirty_zombie forum members of KBDManiacs. They are all shouting "We do not need ugly KOREAN letters, dirty KOREAN keys and uncomfortable KOREAN layouts, on noble Realforce". I think those *******s are all Americans for sure from top to toe. Stupid. Shame. Nothing more. I know, The real one whom to blame is not Leopold but these ignorant customers. So, I am not calling them as a Customer OR Keyboard Lovers OR forum members. They are just no_brain_worshippers. And for the distributor who hides behind 100 hitmen, I gave them a dirty name f**King Leopold. Of course the f**King Leopold gave me several other fine bull****s too. Want to hear ? To tell the full story is just waste of time.
You guys from western do not understand the meaning of KOREAN keys on keyboard. Because you do not have any historical memory of bitter colonial period. 35 years of Japanese and after that now, we are American colony. Fine.
But, do not categorize me a backward_going dumbass. I am going forward. There is a scientific reasons too. Maybe you recognize that Japanese layout has very short Spacebar(s). Because, actually, they do not need any spaces between each letters (words) at all. You westerners are not possible to imagine it but, for Japanese it is for real and for sure (Chinese too). Koreans are halfway. A little bit closer to you guys. My point is we do not need that much long long Spacebar layouts. A little bit shorter from US/ISO/American is the best.
Finally, I can see my language version of the Realforce (Not US/Americal version !!). God Damn. It takes more than 4 years.
EDIT 2nd
- New Realforce has tow versions. One is reduced_noise, the other is regular_noised.
- Added, the reason to have shorter Spacebar.