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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: nsrexler on Thu, 31 October 2013, 11:47:25
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I have a Ducky with Clear switches that I absolutely love, so I've been looking for another Clear board that I can use at work. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be very many options available right now. The only boards I can find are the Leopold FC660M (which won't work because I don't want a 60% board - I need full-size or at least 87%) and the Deck options (which I won't buy on principle because they're hideous and obscenely overpriced.) I had planned on getting a WASD V2, but they apparently will not be getting any more Clear switches for at least 12 months.
Are there any other options out there right now?
I'd rather not have to build or modify a board, though I might end up doing it if I really can't find any other options.
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Perhaps a keycool?
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Where can I find one with Clears?
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Where can I find one with Clears?
I know a few geekhackers have gotten them recently, perhaps they will chime in!
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I just got my Keycool 87 Clear from banggood this week --
BG has a sketchy track record according to some of the members here, however, my order came in fine. Took 21 days from date of purchase to delivery at door so just keep that in mind. They do appear to have a very limited supply at the moment but sometimes put them up here:
84-Key --
http://www.banggood.com/Keycool-84-White-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-Clear-Switch-p-89114.html
87-Key --
http://www.banggood.com/Keycool-87-White-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-Clear-Switch-p-89115.html
I saw that you'd like a full size and there is one marked as coming soon --
http://www.banggood.com/KEYCOOL-108-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-White-Switch-p-82971.html
I heard about them going up on Reddit's MechanicalKeyboards board two days early so it may be worth it to check there as well.
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The 84's and 87's will be out of stock for the time being, will make a post if more show up.
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The 84's and 87's will be out of stock for the time being, will make a post if more show up.
Are you affiliated with banggood? Do you have insider info?? Please share!
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I just got my Keycool 87 Clear from banggood this week --
You're lucky! When I ran across that link a week ago it's already out of stock :(
clear will be the last switch that I need to try before declaring brown is my favorite mx switch
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Banggood ships from direct from China right? that's why they have the low prices and super-snail-like shipping. (http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/th_118_.gif)
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Too bad you hate the Deck Legend ... Toughest on the market :-)
http://www.deckkeyboards.com/product_info.php?products_id=95 (http://www.deckkeyboards.com/product_info.php?products_id=95)
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Not sure if the profiles are the same but you could always grab a dirt cheap TG3 BL82 off ebay with nicer looking caps and swap most of them.
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CODE keyboard comes with clears. Also there are lots of Cherry POS keyboards that feature clears
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The 84's and 87's will be out of stock for the time being, will make a post if more show up.
Are you affiliated with banggood? Do you have insider info?? Please share!
He's a banggood rep. So says his reddit flair, at least.
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The 84's and 87's will be out of stock for the time being, will make a post if more show up.
Are you affiliated with banggood? Do you have insider info?? Please share!
He's a banggood rep. So says his reddit flair, at least.
interesting, i also noticed on reddit he didn't seem to have anything nice to say about geehack
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The 84's and 87's will be out of stock for the time being, will make a post if more show up.
Are you affiliated with banggood? Do you have insider info?? Please share!
He's a banggood rep. So says his reddit flair, at least.
interesting, i also noticed on reddit he didn't seem to have anything nice to say about geehack
He claims not to be a banggood rep, just someone who lives in the UK, has had good experiences with them, and is in contact with them. The crusades for them are just part of damage controlling from what GH said about BG. So the story goes. Of course, posts like this really don't help the claims against him of shilling and being a rep. If you want people to stop accusing you of being a shill, stop making posts that make you appear to be one or, if you are a rep, come clean about it.
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Don't forget about Cherry which are the easiest to source and cheapest of them all with the G80-3000LQCEU or DE being the most common for around €55. There is also 186* and 349* LQC** though they are less widely available and generally more expensive.
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The 84's and 87's will be out of stock for the time being, will make a post if more show up.
Are you affiliated with banggood? Do you have insider info?? Please share!
He's a banggood rep. So says his reddit flair, at least.
interesting, i also noticed on reddit he didn't seem to have anything nice to say about geehack
He claims not to be a banggood rep, just someone who lives in the UK, has had good experiences with them, and is in contact with them. The crusades for them are just part of damage controlling from what GH said about BG. So the story goes. Of course, posts like this really don't help the claims against him of shilling and being a rep. If you want people to stop accusing you of being a shill, stop making posts that make you appear to be one or, if you are a rep, come clean about it.
I'd avoid aliwa. He's really shady, giving contradictory messages. He first tells everybody about the clear boards, claiming to be independant from banggood. However, I doubt some random person has that much power over a company like banggood to make them stock a new board. Also, as tacticalstache has said, he's now marked himself as a banggood rep on reddit, despite claiming not to be.
And to the OP, there aren't many boards with clears, but with mechanicalkeyboards.com having a cherry partnership and selling clears for pretty cheap, an extremly viable option is to build or mod your own board with clears
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I just got my Keycool 87 Clear from banggood this week --
BG has a sketchy track record according to some of the members here, however, my order came in fine. Took 21 days from date of purchase to delivery at door so just keep that in mind. They do appear to have a very limited supply at the moment but sometimes put them up here:
84-Key --
http://www.banggood.com/Keycool-84-White-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-Clear-Switch-p-89114.html
87-Key --
http://www.banggood.com/Keycool-87-White-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-Clear-Switch-p-89115.html
I saw that you'd like a full size and there is one marked as coming soon --
http://www.banggood.com/KEYCOOL-108-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-White-Switch-p-82971.html
I heard about them going up on Reddit's MechanicalKeyboards board two days early so it may be worth it to check there as well.
I need those boards. I just do. I need to try clears before they go away.
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I just got my Keycool 87 Clear from banggood this week --
BG has a sketchy track record according to some of the members here, however, my order came in fine. Took 21 days from date of purchase to delivery at door so just keep that in mind. They do appear to have a very limited supply at the moment but sometimes put them up here:
84-Key --
http://www.banggood.com/Keycool-84-White-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-Clear-Switch-p-89114.html
87-Key --
http://www.banggood.com/Keycool-87-White-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-Clear-Switch-p-89115.html
I saw that you'd like a full size and there is one marked as coming soon --
http://www.banggood.com/KEYCOOL-108-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-White-Switch-p-82971.html
I heard about them going up on Reddit's MechanicalKeyboards board two days early so it may be worth it to check there as well.
I need those boards. I just do. I need to try clears before they go away.
Clears are not going away :P
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I just got my Keycool 87 Clear from banggood this week --
BG has a sketchy track record according to some of the members here, however, my order came in fine. Took 21 days from date of purchase to delivery at door so just keep that in mind. They do appear to have a very limited supply at the moment but sometimes put them up here:
84-Key --
http://www.banggood.com/Keycool-84-White-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-Clear-Switch-p-89114.html
87-Key --
http://www.banggood.com/Keycool-87-White-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-Clear-Switch-p-89115.html
I saw that you'd like a full size and there is one marked as coming soon --
http://www.banggood.com/KEYCOOL-108-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Cherry-MX-White-Switch-p-82971.html
I heard about them going up on Reddit's MechanicalKeyboards board two days early so it may be worth it to check there as well.
I need those boards. I just do. I need to try clears before they go away.
Clears are not going away :P
But they are keeping their distance for a little while.
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They just got popular! So now production has to catch up.
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They just got popular! So now production has to catch up.
I was given to understand there was a temporary shortage of clear switches, which has led to a temporary shortage of keyboards based on clear switches.
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They just got popular! So now production has to catch up.
I was given to understand there was a temporary shortage of clear switches, which has led to a temporary shortage of keyboards based on clear switches.
But mechanicalkeyboards.com just got a bunch of clear switches to sell from Cherry.......
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They just got popular! So now production has to catch up.
I was given to understand there was a temporary shortage of clear switches, which has led to a temporary shortage of keyboards based on clear switches.
But mechanicalkeyboards.com just got a bunch of clear switches to sell from Cherry.......
My self-updating mechanism has been somewhat spotty as of late.
Last I heard was that WASD Code keyboards were unavailable for 18 months due to switch shortages.
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They just got popular! So now production has to catch up.
I was given to understand there was a temporary shortage of clear switches, which has led to a temporary shortage of keyboards based on clear switches.
But mechanicalkeyboards.com just got a bunch of clear switches to sell from Cherry.......
My self-updating mechanism has been somewhat spotty as of late.
Last I heard was that WASD Code keyboards were unavailable for 18 months due to switch shortages.
That's true maybe MK bought them ALL!
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New WASD restock schedule update:
87/88-Key V2 Keyboards: Early Jan 2014
104/105-Key V2 Keyboards: Feb 2014
CODE Keyboards (Blue/Brown/Green Switches): Mar 2014
Any Clear switch keyboard (V2 and CODE): Jul 2014
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Geez, that's a long time for clears. Shouldve grabbed one earlier this year