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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Wipster on Sat, 02 July 2011, 17:50:18

Title: Recommendations
Post by: Wipster on Sat, 02 July 2011, 17:50:18

Hey all,
This seems to be an excellent resource on the field of mechanical keyboards I must say! I have been contemplating taking the dive recently and getting one, probably MX blacks from what I have read.... so tricky without using one heh.
But I cant find a keyboard with a combo that I want! how infuriating.... I am after a UK-ISO full keyboard with integrated wrist support, with blue backlights and MX blacks.... or browns maybe.
The only UK-ISO backlit (blue too!) I have found is the QPAD MK-80 but they come with Cherry Blues, and I really don't think I'm going to like the clickity clack.
Also come across the Xarmor U9BL-s, using MX browns and a nice blue backlight, but damn its US layout!
Annnnd finally the mionix zibal 60, MX blacks (woot) backlit (green eugh) but US layout again!
So all combos except the one I want it seems.

The Qpad and xarmor ones seem to be identical design... and the mionix is coming in very close, mionix for me looking the sweetest!
Is there a company I am missing which use this design, who is the producer of these boards? Or am I going to have to customise one?

Title: Recommendations
Post by: HaiiYaa on Sat, 02 July 2011, 18:17:35

Well out of those theres only the mionix that fit what you want except the blue backlighting

Otherwise theres also deck but they only come in ANSI layout as far as I know
http://www.deckkeyboards.com/

Title: Recommendations
Post by: Wipster on Sat, 02 July 2011, 18:30:21

Quote from: HaiiYaa;372161

Well out of those theres only the mionix that fit what you want except the blue backlighting

Otherwise theres also deck but they only come in ANSI layout as far as I know
http://www.deckkeyboards.com/

Isn't the Mionix a US ANSI layout though? Not many that I have seen anyway do the UK-ISO :(

Title: Recommendations
Post by: noodles256 on Sat, 02 July 2011, 19:02:27

nice try ripster

Title: Recommendations
Post by: HaiiYaa on Sat, 02 July 2011, 19:15:18

Quote from: Wipster;372170

Isn't the Mionix a US ANSI layout though? Not many that I have seen anyway do the UK-ISO :(

 
In the picture yes,

but according to themselves they are going to make a UK layout
http://www.overclock.net/keyboards/985592-mionix-zibal-60-z60-mechanical-backlit-10.html#post13186493

Title: Recommendations
Post by: Wipster on Sat, 02 July 2011, 19:21:01

Quote from: HaiiYaa;372185

In the picture yes,

but according to themselves they are going to make a UK layout
http://www.overclock.net/keyboards/985592-mionix-zibal-60-z60-mechanical-backlit-10.html#post13186493

 
Ahhh excellent, didn't see mention of that on their site. Well I know what I am getting! cheers for digging that link up.

Title: Recommendations
Post by: The Solutor on Sat, 02 July 2011, 19:58:52

Qpad is the only UK backlit keyboard available right now.

http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:19423

Mionix should came with, more or less, the same variants as Qpad, ISO-UK, ISO-DE, ISO-FR, ISO-Nordic, and ANSI-US.