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Title: Question about Cherry reds AND the Qpad Mk-50 (aka Xarmor U9?) key travel feel
Post by: droon on Tue, 21 February 2012, 18:56:51

Hi!

I recently got a Qpad MK-50 to try out, and I've been using it reasonably happily for some 2 weeks. It has the Cherry red switches, which is nice, but something strikes me as odd about the feel.

Essentially, are the reds supposed to have a slightly "sandpapery" feel to them, when pressed down? My current kb has the blue switches, and it's a smooth ride save for the tacticle bump. But the Qpad reds have like a miniature coarse feel, and it's especially pronounced on the bottom row keys (ctrl, alt, etc, not zxcvbnm). I've taken out the keys and tried the switches as is, and the strange feel still manifests itself. I'm pretty sure it's not a case of McRip effect, since most keys are smooth.

I haven't gone through the engineering diagrams of the keyboard, but could something like the plate or the plastic casing have this kind of effect?

It seems like the Mk-50 and the Xarmor with reds aren't the most common kb's out there, so it's not very straightforward to just google it.

Thanks

Title: Question about Cherry reds AND the Qpad Mk-50 (aka Xarmor U9?) key travel feel
Post by: droon on Tue, 21 February 2012, 19:06:36

Thanks. Probably used crap keywords when searching the forum for previous threads.

Bear with me.

Edit: If any MK-50 owner happens to read this, the coarse feel supposedly disappears with age. Why it's there in the first place, I don't know.

Title: Question about Cherry reds AND the Qpad Mk-50 (aka Xarmor U9?) key travel feel
Post by: derek trousers on Sun, 20 May 2012, 13:53:42

I've just got an mk-50 droon. I noticed that rough texture you described. Assumed it to be just the keycap surface, not the switch though. I really like the keycaps actually, but have no idea what they are made from (other than "plastic"!)