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geekhack Marketplace => Classifieds => Topic started by: bigpook on Sun, 20 March 2011, 08:26:14

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: bigpook on Sun, 20 March 2011, 08:26:14

It didn't take long.

I got the Realforce from a fellow geekhacker about a week or so ago.

TL;DR
I like the layout and keyfeel of the HHKB better versus the Realforce.

If anyone wants to trade their HHKB for a Realforce then let me know : )

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: RiGS on Sun, 20 March 2011, 08:35:11

They use the same keys.

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: bigpook on Sun, 20 March 2011, 08:42:15

Actually, the difference between the Realforce and the HHKB are night and day.

They are very different in sound and feel.

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: ktkr on Sun, 20 March 2011, 08:42:53

Quote from: RiGS;314727

They use the same keys.

True, but the feeling is significantly different. 45g key in RF doesn't feel anything like HHKB's key.

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: keyboardlover on Sun, 20 March 2011, 08:51:51

Also the construction is different. The entire feel of the board is different.

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: RiGS on Sun, 20 March 2011, 09:27:11

I talked about the keycaps not the construction, or the topre domes.

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: Lpb45 on Sun, 20 March 2011, 09:55:01

just to confirm this is the white version?  If it is I will send you a pm a bit later today

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: YetAnotherDeveloper on Sun, 20 March 2011, 11:22:37

Quote from: Lpb45;314749

just to confirm this is the white version?  If it is I will send you a pm a bit later today

its the black.

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?p=311807#post311807 (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?p=311807#post311807)

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: keyboardlover on Sun, 20 March 2011, 11:36:15

My old Realforces get sold or traded so quickly :'(

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: guilleguillaume on Sun, 20 March 2011, 12:14:05

Quote from: keyboardlover;314778

My old Realforces get sold or traded so quickly :'(

It reminds me to the Topre Keychan trip but people are trying the Hole keyboard instead LOL

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: bigpook on Sun, 20 March 2011, 13:34:34

The realforce was the last keyboard I really wanted to try. I am glad I did : )
But the HHKB is a better fit for me.
The HHKB has more of a tactile feel than the Realforce. While I can emulate the key layout with xmodmap to be like the HHKB, the HHKB small form factor and out of the box key layout make it a win for me.

I thought my dislike for the numpad was bad, I now seem to have developed a dislike for
actually having to move my hand over to the navigation cluster : ) worse yet, once you emulate the HHKB the nav cluster becomes unneeded. Oooh, can't have that lol.



The HHKB also seems to make a fair bit more noise which I like.

The build quality on the Realforce is exemplary though. It may be the most solid keyboard I have ever typed on, and that inlcudes the IBM Model M mini.

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: XiP on Sun, 20 March 2011, 15:20:16

How much are you looking for it shipped?

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: bigpook on Sun, 20 March 2011, 15:26:26

Quote from: XiP;314887

How much are you looking for it shipped?

220 shipped. CONUS.

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: DanGWanG on Sun, 20 March 2011, 16:08:32

Quote from: keyboardlover;314778

My old Realforces get sold or traded so quickly :'(

Cuz you keep all the good ones!

But in all seriouness, Realforce's are the best keyboards.  As a wise Panda-R would say, the one keyboard to DOOM them all!

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: keyboardlover on Sun, 20 March 2011, 16:19:04

I wouldn't listen to Panda-R too much. I hear he's being investigated by the PBI (Panda Bureau of Investigation).

(http://images1.memegenerator.net/ImageMacro/6273182/Weve-been-studying-Panda-R-measuring-the-size-of-his-bamboo-How-big-is-it-Damn.jpg?imageSize=Large&generatorName=Neo)

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: .XL on Fri, 25 March 2011, 00:22:18

Did you ever sell this??

Title: FS or Trade: Realforce 86U
Post by: bigpook on Fri, 25 March 2011, 04:31:00

FYI. The Realforce is no longer available for trade or sale.