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Title: Topre HI-PRO?
Post by: typo on Tue, 02 February 2021, 01:54:04

I have one right here. For the life of me it seems just like the regular 104. Is it supposed to be subtle or something?

Title: Re: Topre HI-PRO?
Post by: mougrim on Tue, 02 February 2021, 03:18:07

Quote from: typo on Tue, 02 February 2021, 01:54:04

I have one right here. For the life of me it seems just like the regular 104. Is it supposed to be subtle or something?

It is about keycaps, not feeling.

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Title: Re: Topre HI-PRO?
Post by: Riverman on Tue, 02 February 2021, 17:49:21

Yes, it's just an ordinary uniform 45g Realforce, but with special high-profile keycaps.  I've heard very mixed things about the profile.

Title: Re: Topre HI-PRO?
Post by: typo on Tue, 02 February 2021, 21:01:27

Thanks folks. Maybe it makes all the difference to someone. I do see that the keycaps are sculpted differently. To me it hardly matters. I prefer the 108 R2 PFU anyhow. Just as long as I put BKE's in it. I noticed that some folks are asking hundreds of dollars for a HI-PRO. I don't understand why but everyone knows I am kind of a tool :)

Title: Re: Topre HI-PRO?
Post by: Riverman on Wed, 03 February 2021, 01:20:24

I almost bought the last one that the Keyboard Company in the UK had for about $250, but they sold it the night before I was ready to pull the trigger.  Considering how polarizing the reviews are, how it apparently can't take normal silencing rings, and how I could get close to same effect by putting SA keycaps on my RGB, which I did, I wasn't too torn up about missing out on one.  People really do ask obscene amounts of money for them now.