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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Ollum on Sun, 26 June 2011, 16:11:01
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Hi there, I since my old Logitech G15 broke (its not resistent to beer) I had to get a new keyboard.
A friend of mine told me about mechnical keyboards so I started my research.
I ended up here and read all the guides and stuff.
I ordered 2 Keyboards the first one was ZOWIE CELERITAS Pro Gaming Keyboard (http://www.zowiegear.com/component/content/article/137).
The second one is Filco Majestouch-2 FKBN105M/GRB2 (awesome).
So I got the Zowie first after unboxing I tried typing and some gaming but the feel was kinda weired.
The Keys felt so light and cheap and typing on it was almost like typing on my G15.
I was pretty down cause I thought the mechanical keyboards were all the same.
2 days later my Filco arrived and I was stoked. It felt good and the typing was awesome.
I had to get used to the slightly smaller keys but no problem so far.
If you can afford it the Filco is so worth the money.
Thx@geekhack 4 the help finding me my next and hopfully last keyboard.
Greets Ollum
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Welcome to Geekhack and thanks for that short review. =P I own more than a few keyboards myself and I tend to agree with you on Filco's quality and feel. Have you experienced any "pinging" sound from any of the keys on the Filco? Just curious.
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Filco FTW!! 99.9% approval rate here @ GH. Getting my 5th Filco in a couple of days.
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Can you explain what you mean by lighter? Because I ordered a Zowie a few days ago because I wanted a lighter to type on keyboard and being the insecure being that I am, I am now worrying about my purchase. So elaborate please, thanks.
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mmty how long have you been collecting keyboards?
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Zowie - the choice of professional Kartrider players everywhere.
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Can you explain what you mean by lighter? Because I ordered a Zowie a few days ago because I wanted a lighter to type on keyboard and being the insecure being that I am, I am now worrying about my purchase. So elaborate please, thanks.
I mean that they are made of cheap plastic. Cant explain that well. See me Filco feels like it is build 4 lasting for ever.
The zowie didnt have that feel.
And can someone explain what ping sound my filco should be doing?
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Hit a few keys one by one and see if it makes a noise similar to this.
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You've already answered that it isn't if you haven't noticed it. It shouldn't be making a metallic ringing or 'ping' noise. So thats a good thing.
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mmty how long have you been collecting keyboards?
Since I started joining this place :frown: Before that I had Filco brown & blue, IBM Model M, and Dell AT101W. I got my first Filco about 6 years ago. But didn't really got in to collecting keyboards. There will be a point when I only keep the ones I like the most and start selling the other ones. But I may decide to keep all of them.
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Oh ok i was about to be very impressed that u got all the keyboards that are in your signature in less than 2 months.
I got my first Filco about 6 years ago.
How did you know about filco 6 years ago? Personally i never heard of filco, das and ducky till i joined gh.
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My Logitech keyboard was going really mushy. So I started looking for a new keyboard and somehow found Filco on Elitekeyboards. I ordered a Filco brown from them. A few months later they had the "new" Filco with blue switches so I had to try it.
Forgot that I had the Unicomp a while back too. But I must have gotten about 10 keyboards in the past 2 months with 2 more coming. This place is scary dangerous. I'm almost at the end of the list of keyboards that I want to try though.
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Hit a few keys one by one and see if it makes a noise similar to this.
No noise so far. Tried almost every key.
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Can you explain what you mean by lighter? Because I ordered a Zowie a few days ago because I wanted a lighter to type on keyboard and being the insecure being that I am, I am now worrying about my purchase. So elaborate please, thanks.
Hey did you get your zowie if yes what is your conclusion? I am curious if you share my opinion :)
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Hey did you get your zowie if yes what is your conclusion? I am curious if you share my opinion :)
I just received it and it feels awesome, keep in mind though that it is my first mechanical keyboard but I really like it thusfar! Doesn´t feel cheap at all and I really like the feeling of the keys.
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