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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: FoxSpirit on Fri, 12 November 2010, 08:08:44

Title: FILCO browns... spacebar and other keys?
Post by: FoxSpirit on Fri, 12 November 2010, 08:08:44

Well, I recently noticed how some keyboards don't have completely even switches but some odd ones mixed in , e.g. a different switch for the spacebar.

So how's that with brown FILCOS? Currently typing on an all blue and having any other switch on here would feel odd.

Title: FILCO browns... spacebar and other keys?
Post by: FoxSpirit on Fri, 12 November 2010, 11:29:31

YESS, thanks for the quick answer :smile:

Title: FILCO browns... spacebar and other keys?
Post by: keyb_gr on Sat, 13 November 2010, 15:25:21

Assuming the normal switches are reasonably light to begin with, a somewhat heavier spacebar switch isn't much of an issue. It does become slightly annoying if we start out in the mid-heavy / heavy territory (clears / blacks). And why Cherry chose to stick the spacebar switch for clears on their boards with browns is beyond me - just about anyone is complaining about that on MX11800s and such.

Title: FILCO browns... spacebar and other keys?
Post by: Phaedrus2129 on Sat, 13 November 2010, 15:32:47

Cherry is the only company that different space bar switches.

MX grays are MX browns with a heavier spring. Like MX clears, but with a slightly different force curve.

MX greens are MX blues with a heavier spring. Someone did a mod with "ghetto MX greens", and described it as "crunchy".