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Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: kaiserreich on Thu, 25 August 2011, 03:38:59

(http://i.imgur.com/iwBvl.jpg)
What are the stems made of?

Source: http://www.pcwaishe.cn/thread-189806-1-1.html

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: keyboardlover on Thu, 25 August 2011, 08:26:40

I LOLed. Now THAT is some rapid poo!

Looks like they're made out of play-doh.

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: F u r u y á on Thu, 25 August 2011, 08:54:35

They're just too tasty! Keycap couldn't resist.

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: reaper on Thu, 25 August 2011, 08:58:27

Good thing qtan let me return mine since the letter "t" key decided to stop working.  That's what you get for that price range.

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: domin8r on Thu, 25 August 2011, 09:19:22

Glad I didn't buy one! :s

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: keyboardlover on Thu, 25 August 2011, 09:38:31

Beware of the Chinese clones...

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: The Solutor on Thu, 25 August 2011, 10:49:42

Doesn't really means a lot w/o any knowledge about the quality... of the owner.

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: audioave10 on Thu, 25 August 2011, 10:58:03

That escape key is on the corner...so the board "could" have been dropped on the floor. Otherwise, it should not break.

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: keyboardlover on Thu, 25 August 2011, 10:58:19

Yea, owner must've had serious "butter fingers" they tried to remove those keycaps with a laser beam.

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: audioave10 on Thu, 25 August 2011, 10:59:42

or...the Half-life crowbar.

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: The Solutor on Thu, 25 August 2011, 11:03:37

Indeed just use a screwdriver forcing on one side only and you can break anything

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: keyboardlover on Thu, 25 August 2011, 11:10:08

Quote from: audioave10;404897

or...the Half-life crowbar.

Good point. Please do not use the following to pull your keycaps:

(http://pnmedia.gamespy.com/screenshots/phl/91869930.jpg)

or

(http://pnmedia.gamespy.com/screenshots/phl/35211051.jpg)

or

(http://pnmedia.gamespy.com/screenshots/phl/45071834.jpg)

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: Gerk on Thu, 25 August 2011, 12:30:37

Pulling keycaps with a chisel never works out well.

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: The Solutor on Thu, 25 August 2011, 12:47:11

Quote from: Gerk;404945

Pulling keycaps with a chisel never works out well.

It works perfectly to remove the keycap, the hard part is resitting it :lol:

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: Gerk on Thu, 25 August 2011, 12:48:18

Ya I guess they do come off nice and quick and easy with a chisel, just as long as you don't want to ever put it back on :)

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: kaiserreich on Thu, 25 August 2011, 20:06:30

To provide some context as to how this happened,

The owner discovered some chattering with his keyboard and returned in for an exchange.
Damage occured during the transit. While the delivery people may handle stuff in a rough way, if the stem was well built enough, I don't think a stem could break so easily. Unless someone wants to prove me wrong by showing a Cherry switch  with a broken stem

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: The Solutor on Thu, 25 August 2011, 20:50:38

Quote from: kaiserreich;405207

Unless someone wants to prove me wrong by showing a Cherry switch  with a broken stem

My BL82 arrived with three broken stems.

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: SmallFry on Thu, 25 August 2011, 21:00:18

Cherry FTW! Dad used to work for Cherry...(thanks Dad for making quality so good :laugh:)

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: kaiserreich on Thu, 25 August 2011, 21:53:35

Quote from: The Solutor;405240

My BL82 arrived with three broken stems.

I stand corrected.
So the picture is not a fair representation of the quality of the Rapoo stems?

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: The Solutor on Thu, 25 August 2011, 22:03:45

Quote from: kaiserreich;405263

I stand corrected.
So the picture is not a fair representation of the quality of the Rapoo stems?

The picture shows a broken stem, unless some decent testing is done this means nothing.

Then to reply to your question, no, definitely.

I haven't touched a rappoo, but I don't mind to judge them because a photo, posted by a random user.

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: Oqsy on Thu, 25 August 2011, 22:18:40

Wow, I realize that this is not necessarily indicative of quality of the brand, but it DOES make you wonder how well the clones will hold up, whether fair or not.

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: The Solutor on Thu, 25 August 2011, 22:40:55

Quote

Say What? Your Cherry MX slider broke off into a cap as in the picture?

Exactly, three of them.

Title: Poor ol' Rapoo V7
Post by: f/64 on Sun, 28 August 2011, 18:01:47

Just got one of these off DinoDirect. Haven't used the vendor before, but from browsing review sites, they seem middle of the road and atleast respond when somebody gives them a negative review. Besides, at $56 +free shipping  +$10 off coupon (which I used to upgrade the shipping) it was too good to pass up.

http://www.dinodirect.com/keyboard-gaming-usb-v7.html (http://www.dinodirect.com/keyboard-gaming-usb-v7.html)

Dino2011   gives $10 off $50.

Oh, and let's not forget the "Exquisite Traditional Festal Nylon Yarn Chinese Knots- Free Gift attached with each order"