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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Lorem-Ipsum on Sun, 07 October 2012, 16:23:30
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Hi folks.
After spending a while lurking and the occasional few posts, I bought a Filco Majestouch 2 earlier this year.
I really like it and will certainly never use rubber dome again, although I still quite like certain scissor switched boards.
As I have a full size Filco I'd quite like to go to the opposite end of the size scale and get a very small keyboard.
I'm thinking either a Poker, Noppoo choc mini, or a KBT race.
Backlighting is not needed but I would like to get brown this time over blues and I will probably be changing the keycaps to a White/green mix or a Cream cheese set if I can get hold of one for a good price.
I know I can get hold of a KBT race in the UK and maybe a Noppoo choc mini but I have no idea where I'd be able to get hold of a poker for a reasonable price.
Any other suggestions or advice?
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You just missed Poker groupbuy. Other than that there is pretty much only used market now. You could get a Pure instead, or maybe a Keycool 84 instead of Race or Choc?
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You just missed Poker groupbuy.
Doh, just noticed.
Other than that there is pretty much only used market now. You could get a Pure instead, or maybe a Keycool 84 instead of Race or Choc?
I do like the look of the pure. The problem is, being in the UK, I get slapped with a massive import fee on virtually anything and I'm really struggling to find any of the above in the UK.
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You just missed Poker groupbuy.
Doh, just noticed.
Other than that there is pretty much only used market now. You could get a Pure instead, or maybe a Keycool 84 instead of Race or Choc?
I do like the look of the pure. The problem is, being in the UK, I get slapped with a massive import fee on virtually anything and I'm really struggling to find any of the above in the UK.
:o I haven't had that and I bought my choc mini from qtan (when I was in the UK)...
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VAT and handling charges seem to be almost randomly applied to parcels coming into the UK - I did have to pay on the Pure I got from the USA, and on some fans, but haven't had to pay on some CD's and other things...
There are various Pure's on amazon - but not a non-LED blue, which was what I wanted...
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There are various Pure's on amazon - but not a non-LED blue, which was what I wanted...
I'm after a NON-LED brown myself and there don't seem to be any.
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IF you to buy RACE/PURE, you can see this ebay line
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KBT-Race-75-Mechanical-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-Milk-switches-PBT-Caps-/271072169429?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D2600042111759340174%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D271072169429%26
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There are still some Pokers w/ black switches and PBT keycaps on www.mechanicalkeyboards.com. It's very specific so it might not be what you want.
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I think I've narrowed it down to the KBT pure 60% without backlighting, or the Poker.
I'm going to give it some time and see if I can find one to buy in the UK as importing is a right pain here.
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I think I've narrowed it down to the KBT pure 60% without backlighting, or the Poker.
I'm going to give it some time and see if I can find one to buy in the UK as importing is a right pain here.
There was a non-led version with brown switches from this guy (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_p_4_0?me=A35N9T5Y3WBHX9&rh=p_4%3AKBT&ie=UTF8&qid=1349737485) but it seems to have gone now. There's a non-led red left though.
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I think I've narrowed it down to the KBT pure 60% without backlighting, or the Poker.
I'm going to give it some time and see if I can find one to buy in the UK as importing is a right pain here.
There was a non-led version with brown switches from this guy (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_p_4_0?me=A35N9T5Y3WBHX9&rh=p_4%3AKBT&ie=UTF8&qid=1349737485) but it seems to have gone now. There's a non-led red left though.
I'm tempted but I'm unsure whether reds would suit my typing style. I would just go for it but as I'm a student I have limited funds and so I don't want to buy something I might later regret.
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There are various Pure's on amazon - but not a non-LED blue, which was what I wanted...
I'm after a NON-LED brown myself and there don't seem to be any.
Have you looked on mechanicalkeyboards.net? They are sold out of all their LED ones.I'm looking for a KBT Pure Orange LED (Brown Cherry MX).
http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=130
Its in stock.