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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: flacman on Thu, 17 January 2013, 09:31:06

Title: Hey I'm Ben from Australia
Post by: flacman on Thu, 17 January 2013, 09:31:06: Hey there Geekhack,

I've only recently gotten into the keyboard game....probably two years ago when I first heard about mechanical keyboards - then proceeded to try a friend's Razer Blackwidow using MX Blue switches. I was instantly addicted to the sound of the tactile clicky noise and spent most of the day using it.

Fast forward a year later and I own a Razer Blackwidow Ultimate. Fast forward another year and I've completed a 21-day trip to Japan and purchased a glorious PFU Happy Hacking Keyboard Pro 2.

Strangely enough I wasn't able to find any seller in Akihabara that sold key caps only :S

At the moment, switching between the Razer for gaming, the HHKB for typing and my MacBook Air keyboard for portable use which is making typos everywhere.

I would say, keyboards are my fourth-most expensive hobby with PCs, Head-Fi, and photographic equipment preceding keyboard purchases.

Cheers!
Title: Re: Hey I'm Ben from Australia
Post by: jeroplane on Thu, 17 January 2013, 09:38:29: Hey Ben, I'm Jeremy from Australia - welcome to Geekhack :)

If you want to buy key caps.... you've come to the right place.

Enjoy your stay!
Title: Re: Hey I'm Ben from Australia
Post by: Shadovved on Thu, 17 January 2013, 09:40:16: Quote from: jeroplane on Thu, 17 January 2013, 09:38:29
Hey Ben, I'm Jeremy from Australia - welcome to Geekhack :)

If you want to buy key caps.... you've come to the right place.

Enjoy your stay!

Grab some of his dipped caps :D

They are freaking P-R-E-E-T-Y.

*isthathowyouspellpretty?*
Title: Re: Hey I'm Ben from Australia
Post by: reaper on Thu, 17 January 2013, 12:50:27: Hey Ben, welcome to Geekhack! :)
Title: Re: Hey I'm Ben from Australia
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 17 January 2013, 15:03:54: Welcome to Geekhack!

Once you start collecting custom keycaps you might find that keyboards moves up in your hobby list expenses ;)
Title: Re: Hey I'm Ben from Australia
Post by: akuJIWA on Sat, 19 January 2013, 07:25:29: I'm from Australia too, welcome to wallet hack!
Title: Re: Hey I'm Ben from Australia
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Sat, 19 January 2013, 08:36:32: (http://theclib.net:81/CLiB/Pictures/WelcomeWally.jpg)
Title: Re: Hey I'm Ben from Australia
Post by: flacman on Sun, 20 January 2013, 10:56:00: Thanks for the warm welcome guys!

When I was in Japan - I was desperately trying to find one of those Topre Realforce 87U with uniform weight (45g or 55g) distribution keyboards (black/grey) - but couldn't find them sold anywhere. Tried looking at ARK PC, Yodobashi, Bic Camera or Sofmap. I'm going to be coming back to the IT consulting industry in a few months and I really wanted to get a keyboard I could use at work - because I cannot stand those Dell laptop keyboards.

Are these sold anywhere else other than Elite Keyboards?

I could've not been looking hard enough - but I've always wanted to own one of those cute little HHKBs, so I bought the Pro 2 as aforementioned as a "souvenir," if you may :) Strangely enough HHKB is also mostly out of stock in Japan. Yodobashi sells them for about 22,800 Yen with a tax-free option for foreigners (printed, grey). Obviously all of these models were out of stock (inclusive of the local Japanese KANA layouts) and I could only get it for 24,900 Yen at Sofmap. All things considered, I think I made a substantial saving over getting them on eBay / Elite Keyboards - plus being able to cradle and use it with my Mac in my hostel every night until the end of my trip.

Tried using the HHKB for Battlefield 3 so far - feels way too weird for gaming, with the UNIX layout - going to keep using it for typing.

Might try hunting down one of those red/Soviet Esc keys for the HHKB though.

Damned Topre switches feel so good!

Also Dilbert is awesome :D