Buckling spring vs aspects of cherry green/matias clicky/alps white

[bluejeans]

My understanding is that the feel is different to any, but the keys are very stiff, even more so than alps white.  My least favorite out of all of these is probably alps white due to the stiffness, and it seems like you have to slow your typing to actuate, kind of like the matias clicky.

Also, I'm watching a unicomp on ebay that's a lot cheaper than one from a store, but it's a Japanese board (with english characters).  Will this work with an english O.S?  It would kill two birds with one stone as I intend to learn Japanese and you can switch between that and English, but I want to also use it as an english board that you can just plug in and type, without having to set something special up or press a certain key.  I'm aware that you have to press key combinations for certain symbols on the number keys.

[fohat.digs]

Numbers indicate that buckling springs are on the heavy side, but the fact is that under the fingers they do not feel particularly heavy, especially the Model F, which feels much lighter than the M. I am not sure what the reasons are, but I agree that it would be nice if they were lighter.

They are particularly satisfying for touch typists, because you can stop as soon as the spring buckles, without having to bottom out.

[bluejeans]

Numbers indicate that buckling springs are on the heavy side, but the fact is that under the fingers they do not feel particularly heavy, especially the Model F, which feels much lighter than the M. I am not sure what the reasons are, but I agree that it would be nice if they were lighter.

They are particularly satisfying for touch typists, because you can stop as soon as the spring buckles, without having to bottom out.

Do unicomps come in both model f and model m style?  Great, instead of 1 example of a buckling spring keyboard I have to have 2 

[fohat.digs]

Do unicomps come in both model f and model m style?

You are in luck. IBM discontinued the Model F in the mid-1980s.