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Title: Filco Limited R Red or Leopold Red?
Post by: "Edgar Allen Pho is Dead." on Wed, 02 March 2011, 18:04:20

Hello everyone,

Ever since EK took out filco keyboards from their website, I've been patiently waiting for them to drop Leopold. Now, with Leopold's release right around the corner, filco just dropped Limited R Red. Now I do not know which keyboard to go with. This is going to be my first Mechanical keyboard and I will be using it for typing/gaming (SC2 and etc). I hear that Filco's limited R isnt going to have clicky sound? Because I kind of want that clicky sound. I would like to hear what you guys think. Thank you.

Title: Filco Limited R Red or Leopold Red?
Post by: keyboardlover on Wed, 02 March 2011, 18:07:48

Cherry MX Red switches do not have a "clicky" sound, no matter what keyboard they're in.

Title: Filco Limited R Red or Leopold Red?
Post by: theferenc on Wed, 02 March 2011, 18:07:54

Cherry red switches aren't clicky. They are linear switches.

If you want clicky, get a Model M, a Unicomp Customizer, or if all else fails, a keyboard with Cherry blue switches.

Title: Filco Limited R Red or Leopold Red?
Post by: rustybarnacle on Wed, 02 March 2011, 18:32:49

Worth noting that just about any mechanical keyboard is going to be noisier than a cheap rubber dome keyboard.  Even linear switches tend to have a "thock" sound as they bottom out.  But the cherry reds won't make nearly as much delightful racket as a cherry blue board.

Title: Filco Limited R Red or Leopold Red?
Post by: "Edgar Allen Pho is Dead." on Wed, 02 March 2011, 18:44:44

Oh i see no wonder, so what is the difference between Brown and Red? Don't they have similar force? (45g)

Title: Filco Limited R Red or Leopold Red?
Post by: lootbag on Wed, 02 March 2011, 18:46:21

Red is a slightly lighter switch, based on specs.
It is also does not have the tactile bump that Browns have.

Title: Filco Limited R Red or Leopold Red?
Post by: panda-R on Wed, 02 March 2011, 19:41:42

is the R in the Filco Limited R synonymous with the R in Panda-R?

Title: Filco Limited R Red or Leopold Red?
Post by: keyboardlover on Wed, 02 March 2011, 19:46:20

No. I believe that the R in Panda-R stands for "Really Perverted".

The R in Filco-R stands for "Racing".

Title: Filco Limited R Red or Leopold Red?
Post by: keyboardlover on Wed, 02 March 2011, 19:48:35

Bruce already said that it's coming. You seem to be kind of behind lately, Rip. What's up with that?

Title: Filco Limited R Red or Leopold Red?
Post by: theferenc on Wed, 02 March 2011, 20:03:57

Queen's English.

Title: Filco Limited R Red or Leopold Red?
Post by: keyboardlover on Wed, 02 March 2011, 20:05:03

All I know is somebody's rodgering the fishwife, somebody's snogging and somebody's dogging.

Title: Filco Limited R Red or Leopold Red?
Post by: "Edgar Allen Pho is Dead." on Wed, 02 March 2011, 20:11:29

so if red doesnt have tactile bump and clicky sound what makes it a mechanical keyboard?

Title: Filco Limited R Red or Leopold Red?
Post by: Armando Penblade on Wed, 02 March 2011, 20:14:03

It's still a mechanical switch composed of some moving pieces pushing some sort of stationary pieces into some pretty much always stationary pieces to generate an electrical current, and most/all of those pieces are metal and plastic, likely with some manner of spring involved in the mix.

More exactly, it's a little machine that does a series of actions when pressed on that presses the key. A rubber dome pretty much just mooshes rubber down onto the circuit board until some contacts touch.

The red switch's mechanics are just designed so that the action of pushing metal onto the contact happens smoothly without having to "pop" or "click" or "clack" anything against anything else.