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Title: happy hacker pro keyboards?
Post by: richie on Sun, 10 July 2011, 04:04:13

Any chance for these to be sold at your store?

Title: happy hacker pro keyboards?
Post by: Bruce on Tue, 12 July 2011, 07:29:13

Hi Richie.

I'm afraid not. Much as I would love to have them, they are not compliant with EU regulations so we can't touch them. When I say not compliant - it is that PFU Fujitsu never applied for certification, not that there is anything wrong with them.
RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Chemicals) is the main one which deals with lead solder being banned and mercury and other chemicals which until recently were common in electronics. I know they are passed for California environmental laws which are as strict if not more so.

Title: happy hacker pro keyboards?
Post by: ~Blood~ on Tue, 12 July 2011, 10:41:41

Any udpates on the tkless realforce bruce?

Title: happy hacker pro keyboards?
Post by: Jago on Tue, 12 July 2011, 11:09:25

Quote from: ~Blood~;378785

Any udpates on the tkless realforce bruce?

We're getting restless :(

Title: happy hacker pro keyboards?
Post by: Bruce on Wed, 13 July 2011, 04:42:18

I paid for them last week so I'm as anxious to see them as anyone.
Hoping a couple of weeks still.

Title: happy hacker pro keyboards?
Post by: richie on Wed, 13 July 2011, 13:05:42

thanks for the answer Bruce, think I`ll go for a different topre keyboard now :P

Title: happy hacker pro keyboards?
Post by: Zhuni on Thu, 14 July 2011, 03:08:44

This is a damn shame. A few of my friends want to get HHKBs from Keyboardco but had to import them. I just got one as well and really wanted to go through keyboardco. Hopefully some time in the future this will change.

Title: happy hacker pro keyboards?
Post by: Bruce on Fri, 15 July 2011, 15:48:22

I have told them at PFU that any time they feel like selling in Europe I am happy to help, I can do the certification if necessary, but there is something holding them back. I have hit a stone wall, I would guess it is either contractural or they have looked at the market, guessed the numbers and decided it is not going to bring sufficient profit. It is a shame but all I can do is respect what they tell me. They are very polite about it.