I'm set to get my tester keypad today.
I assume the "3 day" rule applies to business days? Wouldn't do much good to have it sitting in a USPS facility on a saturday.
I'm not familiar with the shipping options inside Canada, so please just do something reasonable and remember to pack the tester well.
I have the tester, and it's great to be able to feel all the different switches...and together at one time.
What is the force with these 'ergo clears'? They are soft tactile (ergonomic)?
I will mail on Saturday!
Ergos - My understanding was ergos didn't have a tactile bump, but i'm feeling a little bit of something there. What's that about?
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Ergos -Okay, i'm almost thinking there is some crud stuck in these switches, there is an insane amount of bump or a catch or something with these, like plastic rubbing on plastic, is this normal? Far left only has it coming up, middle one actually STRUGGLES to come up and right one is intermittent. Enter key seems to be mostly free of this issue.
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Edit 2: Are clears tactical? if they had a weaker browns spring that would explain why they have issues coming back up.
Ergos - The other surprise. These are good. I don't know if I will get up the time and energy to do the ergo mod, but I can see how so many people think it is worth it.
- (note, however, that I do agree with Internet Lad, there is something about the ergos that feels "off" in the action, like there is a "catch" somewhere that should not be there)
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Hmm.. Did you see the URL for his pic? O.o
"http://geekhack.org/webkit-fake-url://F3910E5B-4383-43B0-8E0D-68D9F531E86E/imagejpeg"
Hi, sorry to be wishy-washy but can I be taken off the list? I recently got a clear/ergo clear board so I lost my initial interest in trying out the switch tester. ><
Ermm... Do I need to turn JS off for another GH JS infection?
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Hey! There's my Unicomp! :dance:
Can I still get on the Mid west mailing list?
I'd love to try it
So what's the news on the testers now!? I was having fun following them but it seems to have petered out
A couple of people promised pics in PMs and haven't delivered, though. :tsk:
Here's a picture of the west coast tester visiting Point Wilson Lighthouse, near Port Townsend, WA. This point is where the Strait of Juan de Fuca meets Puget Sound. All shipping traffic into and out of Puget Sound passes by this point. Navigational duties are now handled by an electronics tower just out of sight to the right, but this is more picturesque.
If you look (very) closely, you can see the Port Townsend ferry heading into town at the lower right.
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Nice picture had to register and say that I live on South Whidbey. I wish I could try the pad guess I will try and get in on another shipping set to try them out. I am using a rubber dome keyboard right now and would like to replace it but refuse to buy without feeling the different types.
Too bad we didn't know that there was an opportunity to share the stop. I see what you mean about trying first. I've been amazed by the range of opinions on these keys, even just in this thread.
Which one did you like best?I liked reds the best and blacks among the least. But there's at least one other review that has those reversed. Weird.
Browns- Not at all what I was expecting, was hoping for a very pronounced "YOU HAVE NOW PRESSED THE KEY" like what you get with a BS key
Here's a picture of the west coast tester visiting Point Wilson Lighthouse, near Port Townsend, WA. This point is where the Strait of Juan de Fuca meets Puget Sound. All shipping traffic into and out of Puget Sound passes by this point. Navigational duties are now handled by an electronics tower just out of sight to the right, but this is more picturesque.I love Port Townsend. Spent a large part of my childhood there and Port Ludlow.
If you look (very) closely, you can see the Port Townsend ferry heading into town at the lower right.
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Here's a picture of the west coast tester visiting Point Wilson Lighthouse, near Port Townsend, WA. This point is where the Strait of Juan de Fuca meets Puget Sound. All shipping traffic into and out of Puget Sound passes by this point. Navigational duties are now handled by an electronics tower just out of sight to the right, but this is more picturesque.
If you look (very) closely, you can see the Port Townsend ferry heading into town at the lower right.
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I love Port Townsend. Spent a large part of my childhood there and Port Ludlow.
Just got it today. Man, I think I like the Blacks?!
...awesome pic...
And the next two for comparison-
...more awesome pics...
Bonus points if you know what the purple tip means, without using Google. :D
Bonus points if you know what the purple tip means, without using Google. :D
So, while I can't prove any statistical correlation, I would like to let you folk know that my date to senior prom was the tattooed lady friend who took a picture with Hashbaz's numpad back when I had it. I'm thinking that probably had something to do with it.
Hashbaz, what's with the "green" on your east coast tester? The stem is white, and according to this post: whites and greens are different:
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?32108-Cherry-MX-(taking-pre-orders!)&p=615194&viewfull=1#post615194
Just wondering.
I'll try to ship it out Monday before work.
Thanks for letting me try this! I'm still very excited about ergo clears.
If it's a true white, it should be heavier than the green, makes less noise too even though it clicks.
Still not heard from snowmill yet. His last activity on GH was June 10th, the day he sent me a PM that he got the tester.
The Canadian tour is off to an awesome start...
Got a hold of snowmill. He was sick, and then he went on vacation. He said he will be back this weekend and will send it out when he is back.
Thanks for the pic, reaper!
I'm going to be out of town until Tuesday of next week, so I will very likely be less responsive than normal to PMs and thread discussion.
Hi all, I PM'd hashbaz already, but figured I'd post here too: Received the tester last night, safe and sound here in Maryland. :D
Will update soon with review/comments and goofy pic.
Yes! GH is back. CanadaRox has the tester now. Next in line is ClackHead. PM'ing you.
Last I saw, the East Coast tester left Maryland on June 25.
Any update on where it's at, now that we're at July 19? I wasn't sure if geekhack being down affected the tester tour.
Yes, it did. It's been more or less on hold. I'll be PMing the last known tester holders soon to get things rolling again.
I had sent out the midwest tester quite a while ago. It looks like my posts are now missing.
(I had posted right before the site went down).
Has anyone heard anything from mkaresh?
EDIT: rechecked my PMs. Apparently mkaresh got skipped.
Has anyone heard anything from paulcalypse ?
Has anyone heard anything from paulcalypse ?I'm still around! I got the tester while GH was down and made the connection for the next stop over at the refugee site. I learned that Reds are the only switches I really like.
Still adding people to the list? If so, I'm west (San Francisco). Thanks.
My testers have been in limbo for a while now due to the GH exodus, extreme busyness, and other projects. I'll be starting up a third tour soon with an entirely new sign-up process. Priority will be given to those who have expressed interest in the past.