I would much prefer an online store that ships within Japan........keyboards other than Filco at around the 9000yen point?
.......high brokerage cost and the chance of inuring duty really scares me.
Argh, looks like the Japanese layout has a tiny space bar. I wonder if it will be hard to press if my hand rests wasd cluster.Where on the space bar do you usually hit with your thumb?
ATM there's a US$20 Shipping promotion and you are offered a 7 Days cooling period for returns. Purchasing from a retail would be less worrying if you can find the product.
Where on the space bar do you usually hit with your thumb?
Actually, space bars on Filco Majestouch boards are much larger than ones on other standard Japanese keyboards, so it should hardly be a problem, if I say.
But don't ask me about the backspace/enter keys!
Store brand (EZ-KB108C02-BK (http://ez-digix.com/keyboard/ez-kb108c02.html)) isn't bad and at $60 is a real steal. But it's fullsize.Show Image(http://ez-digix.com/keyboard/images/ez-kb108c02/ez-kb108c02-02.jpg)Show Image(http://ez-digix.com/keyboard/images/ez-kb108c02/ez-kb108c02-03.jpg)
Yet another tenless mechanical keyboard, maybe?
http://www.archisite.co.jp/archiss_as-kb87.htm
Well I don't know about its details since it's relatively new product, less than a month old, but looks good on paper.
EDIT: Found more interesting pages on that site http://www.archisite.co.jp/topre_archisite.html
http://www.archisite.co.jp/topre_se170s.htm
A US layout Topre Black Tenless Low-noise model but now this IS expensive.
Hmm, that archiss looks really nice. only 6900 yen on amazon.jp and it has proper ANSI format. Is there really no review available for that keyboard? It does look quality though.
My impression on AS-KB87C blue Cherry as of a few days useOther people of course are waiting for moar reviewers, and this is the internet for you, so they say ;)
Many would want comparison against Majestouch tenkeyless
but I don't have and haven't actually used one so I don't know about that
The difference on specs are the detachable cable and the CapsKey and ScrollLock lights
It's very good to be able to have the cable on any of 3 ways
The lights are too bright (but I disable Caps and using it as Ctrl so I don't mind that)
-made in Taiwan
-keycaps have cheap plastic feeling, and letters seem to wear off rather quickly
-board itself is moderately heavy and feels sturdy
-no wobbling unstable key, but long-shaped keys (such as right-shift) don't feel very good compared to my other boards (HHKB Pro, Model M, etc)
-experienced occasional double-input, but I guess it's because I'm not used to the blue Cherries
-this is my first blue cherry board and it's rather comfortable with light clicky typing feel
conclusion
it's hard to decide if this does really worth 8000 yen
especially letters on the keycaps are no good
but there are so few alternatives when it comes to tenkeyless blue Cherry keyboard
so probably it doesn't hurt to have one if you care
No review that you can trust as of now, maybe except the one on 2ch, the infamous gigantic forum of anonymous users.
http://hibari.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/hard/1287583252/703
(translation below)Other people of course are waiting for moar reviewers, and this is the internet for you, so they say ;)
ouch, that review sounds kind of bad. :(