geekhack

geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: darkblader on Sat, 16 July 2011, 01:10:47

Title: Elitekeyboards will ship Topre Realforce 87?
Post by: darkblader on Sat, 16 July 2011, 01:10:47

Ok i asked leopold.co.jp for a topre 87u.


Leopold Korea forwarded your e-mail to us, as they have asked
EliteKeyboards to handle the 87U abroad.

EK will be distributing certain models of the 87U outside of Korea, as
soon as next week, however, the specific model you've requested will not
be in stock for another month.

Please check back with us in the second week of August or join our
newsletter for an availability announcement.


Best Regards,
Brian
http://elitekeyboards.com

Title: Elitekeyboards will ship Topre Realforce 87?
Post by: daerid on Sat, 16 July 2011, 01:53:42

OOOOhhhhhh nice. If I were to get a RF board, it'd be the 85u 45g. Hopefully EK will stock that!

Title: Elitekeyboards will ship Topre Realforce 87?
Post by: darkblader on Sat, 16 July 2011, 02:05:33

Quote from: daerid;381302

OOOOhhhhhh nice. If I were to get a RF board, it'd be the 85u 45g. Hopefully EK will stock that!

 
85U? u mean the 87U ? xD

i also want the 87UB 45g

Title: Elitekeyboards will ship Topre Realforce 87?
Post by: RiGS on Sat, 16 July 2011, 05:37:29

Quote from: darkblader;381304

85U? u mean the 87U ? xD

i also want the 87UB 45g

I hope Bruce gets the ANSI 87UB 45g as well.

Title: Elitekeyboards will ship Topre Realforce 87?
Post by: jpc on Sat, 16 July 2011, 08:59:39

Awesome! I wonder if there would be a repeat of the late summer Realforce sale, with added selection?

Title: Elitekeyboards will ship Topre Realforce 87?
Post by: demik on Sat, 16 July 2011, 09:24:18

Is there a white 87u? If not I'll have to go with a 86u, hopefully that gets a price drop

Title: Elitekeyboards will ship Topre Realforce 87?
Post by: keyboardlover on Sat, 16 July 2011, 09:25:24

There is a white 87U; no clue if they'll carry it though.

Damn, the value of my 87U is going to go down!

Title: Elitekeyboards will ship Topre Realforce 87?
Post by: demik on Sat, 16 July 2011, 10:07:38

I hope they do. I'm getting a little bored of black keyboards.

Title: Elitekeyboards will ship Topre Realforce 87?
Post by: darkblader on Sat, 16 July 2011, 10:11:26

Quote from: demik;381431

I hope they do. I'm getting a little bored of black keyboards.

 
i got a white 103U-UW i will buy a black one and change the keycaps from the black and white realforce :P.

Title: Elitekeyboards will ship Topre Realforce 87?
Post by: magictoaster on Sat, 16 July 2011, 10:11:54

Since someone else seems to have spilled the beans ( :happy: ), it got this email last week from EK:

I'm just following up on behalf of Leopold Korea, as they forwarded your
e-mail to us. It has not been announced yet, but the 87U will be coming
back to EK later this month. Please check back with us in 1-2 weeks.

Lets hope they also get the "silent" models!

Title: Elitekeyboards will ship Topre Realforce 87?
Post by: gwanghoops on Sat, 16 July 2011, 10:33:32

Does anyone really notice the difference between a 45g vs. 55g RF keyboard after the first day or so?  I just switched between Filco Browns to Blacks and almost gave it up because of the activation difference, but it became unnoticeable after a few hours.

Title: Elitekeyboards will ship Topre Realforce 87?
Post by: Rafen on Sat, 16 July 2011, 10:42:06

Quote from: gwanghoops;381451

Does anyone really notice the difference between a 45g vs. 55g RF keyboard after the first day or so?  I just switched between Filco Browns to Blacks and almost gave it up because of the activation difference, but it became unnoticeable after a few hours.

Is it hard to type on the blacks?

Title: Elitekeyboards will ship Topre Realforce 87?
Post by: demik on Sat, 16 July 2011, 10:44:45

Quote from: darkblader;381434

i got a white 103U-UW i will buy a black one and change the keycaps from the black and white realforce :P.

I wanted to do the same with a hhkb. But no money right now for that lol.

And dude above, yeah I hate typing on blacks.

But I think I just like clicky keyboards.

Title: Elitekeyboards will ship Topre Realforce 87?
Post by: gwanghoops on Sat, 16 July 2011, 11:08:10

Quote from: Rafen;381457

Is it hard to type on the blacks?

 
I think it's 45g vs. 60g, browns vs. blacks.

http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Cherry+switches+and+boards

Title: Elitekeyboards will ship Topre Realforce 87?
Post by: litster on Sat, 16 July 2011, 12:26:12

I have a *white* Realforce 86U I am selling.  I was asking  for $210 in the classified section.  I am lowering the price to $199 shipped CONUS.  PM me if you are interested.  I want to get a black 87U to go with my yellow topre keycaps.