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Title: small(er) keyboard with MX clears?
Post by: lost eden on Tue, 19 February 2013, 08:19:16: I was lucky enough to come across a Cherry G80-3000 with MX clears a few months ago, which I have been using at home ever since. I'd used a G80-3000 with MX blues at home for 3-4 years previously & a Compaq MX-11800 with MX browns at work for about a year.

I would like to replace my Compaq at work with another MX clear board & am considering going for a tenkeyless or smaller board. What are my options? The KBT Race looks neat, but doesn't seem to be available with clears :( I'm an ISO user, but am open to the idea of switching to ANSI as there seems to be so much more choice of boards that way...
Title: Re: small(er) keyboard with MX clears?
Post by: CeeSA on Tue, 19 February 2013, 08:25:37: Small boards with ISO Layout are hard to find. Maybe you could be happy with a G80-1800? It's smaller than a 3000 but it's not tenkeyless. But very cheap and easy to mod.
Title: Re: small(er) keyboard with MX clears?
Post by: SmallFry on Tue, 19 February 2013, 09:53:45: You could also look into the DIY avenues of the Phantom and GH60.
Title: Re: small(er) keyboard with MX clears?
Post by: lost eden on Tue, 19 February 2013, 12:39:07: This might be an obvious question, but can one actually buy a bunch of new MX clear switches to solder onto a DIY PCB like the Phantom, or do you have to find a 'donor' board to unsolder them from?
Title: Re: small(er) keyboard with MX clears?
Post by: JaccoW on Tue, 19 February 2013, 12:40:42: Anything smaller than fullsize is currently either custom, modded or a special limited edition. I have a TKL with clears from Keycool's Taobao store. If you want ISO, maybe check out the deskthority marketplace for modded boards?
Title: Re: small(er) keyboard with MX clears?
Post by: lost eden on Thu, 21 February 2013, 08:41:44: Something like this with clears looks promising, but my Chinese isn't good enough to see whether that's actually an option on offer :(

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=13489217832
Title: Re: small(er) keyboard with MX clears?
Post by: cyberwave on Thu, 21 February 2013, 09:22:48: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.37.tCOggw&id=13514954417

白轴 means 'white shaft' but it's cherry clears no cherry whites :)
Title: Re: small(er) keyboard with MX clears?
Post by: jabar on Thu, 21 February 2013, 09:44:17: There are a few TG3 BL82 which feature MX Clears. They are a bit of a rarity—most are MX Blacks. The BL82 features the same form factor as the Deck 82 Ice but without the weird font and only 2KRO (which isn't a huge problem).

(http://i.imgur.com/SrZgxiw.jpg)
Title: Re: small(er) keyboard with MX clears?
Post by: lost eden on Thu, 21 February 2013, 10:10:09: Quote from: cyberwave on Thu, 21 February 2013, 09:22:48
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.37.tCOggw&id=13514954417

白轴 means 'white shaft' but it's cherry clears no cherry whites :)
If this is true, then I might try to order one of those... Clears in a small keyboard but which still has arrow keys is an absolute winner for me, even if it does mean learning ANSI.
Title: Re: small(er) keyboard with MX clears?
Post by: lost eden on Fri, 22 February 2013, 09:04:33: So can anybody confirm whether the Keycool 84 is actually available with clears & whether it's a decent board?