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Title: Hello from the UK!
Post by: jawwwwsh on Thu, 26 September 2013, 14:47:14

Hi guys,

 I very recently got into mechanical keyboards oddly, with a (don't laugh) Zalman piece of junk for £30 someone got me! This is clearly a badly made keyboard, but it's given me the mechanical bug! I'm going to be buying and modding myself a real tenkeyless real soon, when I work out where the hell you buy good keyboards in the UK for a decent price!! :)

Looking forward to joining in the chat once I know a little bit about what I'm talking about! aha

Josh

Title: Re: Hello from the UK!
Post by: thehothit on Thu, 26 September 2013, 15:30:12

Hi!

I just joined, too.  I'm also from the UK, but have been living in the USA for long time.  I believe that there's a company over there called The Keyboard Company http://www.keyboardco.com (http://www.keyboardco.com) .

Good luck!

Title: Re: Hello from the UK!
Post by: Linkbane on Fri, 27 September 2013, 06:02:17

Whoa, from the looks of it, Zalman is selling some sort of self-made or knockoff Cherry switches; they look similar but have a different branding (Kailh rather than Cherry) and different actuation force (50g Kailh vs 40g Cherry). Happen to know anything about these?

Title: Re: Hello from the UK!
Post by: MrRossyTaylor on Fri, 27 September 2013, 07:06:33

Welcome man, i just purchased a Poker II keyboard over from Pexon, Real nice board, it's my first mech too its 88 pounds with shipping and he's from the UK sells all kinds of stuff if your looking for it, and like you said if your modding your own he sells cables for your boards http://www.pexonpcs.bigcartel.com/ Welcome, cya around the forum

Title: Re: Hello from the UK!
Post by: Linkbane on Fri, 27 September 2013, 10:57:51

Quote from: MrRossyTaylor on Fri, 27 September 2013, 07:06:33

Welcome man, i just purchased a Poker II keyboard over from Pexon, Real nice board, it's my first mech too its 88 pounds with shipping and he's from the UK sells all kinds of stuff if your looking for it, and like you said if your modding your own he sells cables for your boards http://www.pexonpcs.bigcartel.com/ Welcome, cya around the forum

I did a double-take when I saw '88 pounds with shipping'. Problems with being a stupid American, I guess.  ;D

Title: Re: Hello from the UK!
Post by: jawwwwsh on Fri, 27 September 2013, 14:26:56

Quote from: Linkbane on Fri, 27 September 2013, 06:02:17

Whoa, from the looks of it, Zalman is selling some sort of self-made or knockoff Cherry switches; they look similar but have a different branding (Kailh rather than Cherry) and different actuation force (50g Kailh vs 40g Cherry). Happen to know anything about these?

Yeah, It's sat in front of me! Obviously I'm not qualified to 'review' it (as it's my first mech!) but I've a CMStorm Quickfire Rapid in the post (£70 next day shipped, 'appy with that!) so couild do a little comparison of the two TKL boards if someone wanted it!

Quote from: MrRossyTaylor on Fri, 27 September 2013, 07:06:33

Welcome man, i just purchased a Poker II keyboard over from Pexon, Real nice board, it's my first mech too its 88 pounds with shipping and he's from the UK sells all kinds of stuff if your looking for it, and like you said if your modding your own he sells cables for your boards http://www.pexonpcs.bigcartel.com/ Welcome, cya around the forum

Thanks dude, but I bought something today, gunna hit eBay hard and find some decent custom keycaps now!