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Title: How shiny are your Realforce keys?
Post by: stuiees on Thu, 23 December 2010, 12:53:32

I have all but decided to buy a Realforce, but don't want to deal with shiny keys in just a few months.  How quickly did your Realforce keys get shiny?  Anyone mind taking some pictures along with how old it is?  The more I think about it the more I am thinking I might just go with the white/grey version.  Those won't get any shiny keys will they :confused:

Title: How shiny are your Realforce keys?
Post by: sixty on Thu, 23 December 2010, 12:58:04

I sold my Realforce the other day. The spacebar is extremely shiny, this only took me a few weeks to get it polished to mirror like look. The other keys have absolutely no shine, not even one bit.

I think its safe to say Realforce keys are up there with the older IBM keys in terms of keeping their texture.

Title: How shiny are your Realforce keys?
Post by: stuiees on Thu, 23 December 2010, 13:06:58

Thanks for the fast reply!  So just the space bar eh..?  Maybe it is not such a big deal.  But only after a few weeks?  I love the look of the black on dark grey, but if its not going to last I think I would much rather go with the white on grey.

Title: How shiny are your Realforce keys?
Post by: sixty on Thu, 23 December 2010, 13:11:30

Quote from: stuiees;267890

Thanks for the fast reply!  So just the space bar eh..?  Maybe it is not such a big deal.  But only after a few weeks?  I love the look of the black on dark grey, but if its not going to last I think I would much rather go with the white on grey.

It seems to depend a lot on the user or rather the user's sweat (or something similar). Some people take months to "polish" their spacebars, I usually get it done within a few days to weeks on a brand new keyboard.

I know ripster's Topre is also shiny on the spacebar, the other keys look fine on his too.

Title: How shiny are your Realforce keys?
Post by: stuiees on Thu, 23 December 2010, 14:10:39

Went ahead and ordered the White/Grey anyway.  Thanks for the quick replies.

Title: How shiny are your Realforce keys?
Post by: typo on Thu, 23 December 2010, 16:38:17

i bet the white.gray does not get as shiny as the black one. my black one is very shiny. especially the wasd and space bar and i don't even game.

i now decided this is just the way it is. so i am not going to be bothered by it.
realforce and hhkb are darn fine keyboards nonetheless.

Title: How shiny are your Realforce keys?
Post by: jaynoon on Thu, 23 December 2010, 17:17:57

Honestly the Topre keycaps on both the HHKB & Realforce seem about as good as you're going to get keycap-wise these days. Thick, textured & sturdy. I haven't felt a PBT cap on a Ducky, but I would be shocked if they were as nice as the Topre caps.