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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: gilgam on Tue, 11 January 2011, 14:37:26

Title: hhkb pro 2 versus hhkb jp ?
Post by: gilgam on Tue, 11 January 2011, 14:37:26

hi

first of all i want to thank you for all the good advices i found here.

I bought my first mechanical keyboard from Realforce and it's a real pleasure, an expensive one but a fantastic one.

So I'm considering buying a HHKB but there is two layouts the "normal" one and the japanese one with more keys, and a small space bar.

But is the quality the same ?

I've seen them  in geekstuff4u and benippon.

i'm waiting for the mini guru or the otd korean made one ;-) too but i never felt the cherry brown touch.

Thanks

Gilgam

Title: hhkb pro 2 versus hhkb jp ?
Post by: eMps on Tue, 11 January 2011, 14:54:57

I really like the small space bar. I always thought the big ones were way oversized and a waste of space. You can bind the JP-specific ones to something like backspace and give your underused thumb something to do.

Title: hhkb pro 2 versus hhkb jp ?
Post by: gilgam on Tue, 11 January 2011, 15:07:16

ok the quality is the same, the spacebar is indeed small. I'm trying on my keyboard to type on the same space on the spacebar.

Small needles/spikes maybe ?

Title: hhkb pro 2 versus hhkb jp ?
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 11 January 2011, 15:17:58

Looking at my shiny spot, something tells me I would be pressing that circle-looking key a lot.

Title: hhkb pro 2 versus hhkb jp ?
Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 11 January 2011, 15:22:20

You should check out my movie, then - The Loin King.

Title: hhkb pro 2 versus hhkb jp ?
Post by: bigpook on Tue, 11 January 2011, 18:54:48

That short right shift key would not work for me at all....space bar would kill me too, judging from the shine on my space bar I would be hitting the kana key.