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Title: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: blackrim on Sun, 16 September 2012, 20:57:26
I have had filcos (blues and reds) and an older das keyboard (with browns) and just got my HHKB pro and gotta say that I am now a convert. Love the thing. I have it for use coding on my workstation at work, but I would love to take something on the road with the laptop. The questions are:
Title: Re: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: Dajm on Sun, 16 September 2012, 23:58:15
I think it really depends on your budget. Potential candidates that come to mind are the KBT Pure or Race, for instance. But these are in the price range of 100-120 $, not comparable at all to the price of a HHKB pro. The quality you get is also in a different league, from what I hear (haven't had a HHKB personally, but I can imagine that there's a big difference).

If you don't mind paying the price for another HHKB, then go for it. But if you want to try something else to see if a less expensive board will do the trick for you as well, you could try a Pure, for instance, and resell it if you don't like it.
Title: Re: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: TheProfosist on Mon, 17 September 2012, 00:42:18
You could make a dox if you can get you hands on a poker case.
Title: Re: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: longweight on Mon, 17 September 2012, 01:33:32
I would get another HHKB, it drives me nuts switching between the HHKB, TKL and Poker layouts! I will be getting another HHKB to replace my Poker this week I think.
Title: Re: Re: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: TheProfosist on Mon, 17 September 2012, 01:42:27
Quote from: longweight on Mon, 17 September 2012, 01:33:32
I would get another HHKB, it drives me nuts switching between the HHKB, TKL and Poker layouts! I will be getting another HHKB to replace my Poker this week I think.
I do like my HHKB but i think i have improved on it with my dox/phantom layout.
Title: Re: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: blackrim on Mon, 17 September 2012, 07:50:34
i thought layout switching might be annoying. i am newer here so wasn't familiar with the dox. looks interesting
Title: Re: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: reaper on Mon, 17 September 2012, 08:44:08
Case idea (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=34960.0).
Title: Re: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: blackrim on Mon, 17 September 2012, 09:54:54
like the case idea, and you obviously don't agree with the bad reviews?
Title: Re: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: hcry4 on Mon, 17 September 2012, 10:26:19
I would stick with HHKB. Both cases are fine, but you can carry a bit more stuff with the tenkeyless size even though the open part with no zipper kind of sucks.
Title: Re: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: blackrim on Mon, 17 September 2012, 10:45:54
do you also use a keyboard roof in the case or the case is enough?
Title: Re: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: hcry4 on Mon, 17 September 2012, 10:54:55
No roof in the case. Never even considered it. The HHKB case is snug. It will slide around a bit in the tenkeyless size case, so I would think that putting a roof in there is a bad idea.
Title: Re: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: blackrim on Mon, 17 September 2012, 12:52:45
Sounds good. Thanks for the advice. I think I am just going to go with HHKB and the elitekeyboard case. Now I just have to decide if the white looks mac or retro or stick with the grey
Title: Re: Re: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: longweight on Mon, 17 September 2012, 13:00:23
Quote from: blackrim on Mon, 17 September 2012, 12:52:45
Sounds good. Thanks for the advice. I think I am just going to go with HHKB and the elitekeyboard case. Now I just have to decide if the white looks mac or retro or stick with the grey

Always white!
Title: Re: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: baylanger on Mon, 17 September 2012, 19:00:39
White or Grey - I have the same question in mind and this is my first HHKB.  If at night you keep your light dimmed, maybe white isn't a good idea -- but if you're already used to the key layout, that might not worry you.
Title: Re: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: blackrim on Tue, 18 September 2012, 12:20:50
For anyone that cares, I settled on another HHKB (going white cause I have gray) and I am just getting the EK soft case
Title: Re: Re: another HHKB for travel or something else? (also case ideas?)
Post by: longweight on Tue, 18 September 2012, 12:33:24
Quote from: blackrim on Tue, 18 September 2012, 12:20:50
For anyone that cares, I settled on another HHKB (going white cause I have gray) and I am just getting the EK soft case

Good choice!