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Title: Help identify the switch type
Post by: Muftobration on Fri, 18 March 2011, 03:05:51

The best keyboard I've ever typed on was a Cherry at a UPS store. I'm fairly certain it was a G80 because it looked just like this:

(http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/103/g80-11900_touchpad.jpg)

That was about a year ago and I haven't been able to find out what kind of magical switch I was typing on. So far, I've tried Cherry blacks and Cherry browns; neither seems right. The browns are much too light and the tactile bump is almost non-existent. The blacks are linear, which these definitely weren't.

The feel was tactile non-clicky. The tactile part was very noticeable. Really, it kinda felt like a rubber dome, but the best rubber dome ever. I am wondering whether it could be the Cherry clear. It was significantly firmer than the browns. Does anyone have more knowledge of what types of switches are found in this board?

Title: Help identify the switch type
Post by: keyb_gr on Fri, 18 March 2011, 10:13:22

Normally MX11900s come equipped with blacks. A special order board could have anything though, including clears (which would fit your description).

Title: Help identify the switch type
Post by: wanabe on Fri, 18 March 2011, 10:33:19

sounds like cherry clear

Title: Help identify the switch type
Post by: keyb_gr on Fri, 18 March 2011, 12:23:34

Quote from: ripster;313929

Some people think vintage MXs feel different than newly shipping MXs.

Can't be worlds though. My '04 Czech G80 with clears sounds different to the '96 sample due to the thin keycaps, but the feel is the same. Similarly, a well-used '02 sample with blacks (another Czech one, IIRC) had lightened up noticeably in the alphanumeric area but other than that felt pretty normal compared to vintage G80s with blacks.

Title: Help identify the switch type
Post by: Muftobration on Fri, 18 March 2011, 14:46:30

Thanks for the input, guys. I'll try to acquire a board with clears. I just missed one in the classified section and the guy there said the only other one he know of was a $169 Deck. Anyone know of a cheap board with clears?

Title: Help identify the switch type
Post by: sixty on Fri, 18 March 2011, 14:54:09

Quote from: Muftobration;314025

Thanks for the input, guys. I'll try to acquire a board with clears. I just missed one in the classified section and the guy there said the only other one he know of was a $169 Deck. Anyone know of a cheap board with clears?

http://cgi.ebay.com/REFURBISHED-CHERRY-Keyboard-G80-8113HRBUS-2-/290392734351?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item439cc17a8f#ht_1890wt_905

Title: Help identify the switch type
Post by: Muftobration on Fri, 18 March 2011, 15:36:04

Thanks, sixty. That's the board I missed out on in the classified section.

Title: Help identify the switch type
Post by: gilgam on Fri, 18 March 2011, 15:57:25

here it is clear qwerty/ansi board from europe , the shipping cost therefore ...

http://www.computeruniverse.net/products/e90218949/cherry-g80-3000-lqcde-2-usb/ps/2.asp?sr=G80-3000+LQCDE-2

Ekaros just bought one

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=16140

I'm about to buy one

Title: Help identify the switch type
Post by: Muftobration on Sat, 26 March 2011, 18:50:26

So, I got the G80-8113HRBUS-2 and I've been typing on it for a couple of days, but I'm sure this isn't the one. Does that narrow it down to rubber dome? I've tried browns, blacks, and clears, but my memory of the board is closes to a rubber dome. Am I a heretic?

Title: Help identify the switch type
Post by: keyboardlover on Sat, 26 March 2011, 18:54:02

Need to try topre.

Title: Help identify the switch type
Post by: Muftobration on Sat, 26 March 2011, 19:41:39

I figured that would come next. I should sell the three cherry boards I have and use that money to try a Topre.

Title: Help identify the switch type
Post by: keyboardlover on Sat, 26 March 2011, 19:45:39

However, without a doubt the board you initially typed on did NOT have Topres. No Cherry boards have ever been sold with Topre switches. It's quite possible that the one you typed on before did have very high quality rubber domes.

Title: Help identify the switch type
Post by: Shuki on Sat, 26 March 2011, 19:55:53

Quote from: Muftobration;313786

Really, it kinda felt like a rubber dome, but the best rubber dome ever.

I think if that's the kind of tactility and overall feel you liked then you can't really go wrong with a topre!

Title: Help identify the switch type
Post by: Muftobration on Sat, 26 March 2011, 21:04:57

Yeah, I just bought a 103U-UW from EK. I was spending too much time reading about keyboards, so I figured that was a good way to make myself stop looking. Hopefully I'll love it and stop obsessing. :)

Title: Help identify the switch type
Post by: keyboardlover on Sat, 26 March 2011, 21:14:03

Great choice! I think you'll love it.