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geekhack Community => Reviews => Topic started by: Puddsy on Sat, 09 November 2013, 14:55:43
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Well, it's tiny, it's pretty, and I think I'm in love.
This is my first keyboard with backlighting, and I take back everything I've ever said about backlight being ugly. I can't believe how beautiful it is. Considering I spend a lot of time gaming in the dark, this is a welcome addition to my collection. The LEDs are in the top of the switch, so the legends are pretty uniform, but the side-printed functions can be hard to see on dimmer settings (that and my eyesight is lame). The caps are actually pretty nice, considering that they're ABS. I suspect they'll hold up much longer than the caps on my miniLA have been. It flexes a lot more than I'd like, but I have a wood case coming, so I'm not super worried about that. The plate mounted browns feel pretty solid. I don't bottom out, so I can't comment on the stabs.
I played some TF2 last night, and it worked perfectly well for that (here is where I note that I was a platinum medic for a season). I actually ended up turning the light off, as it was pretty distracting. After a sufficiently long TF2 session, I switched over to GW2. The lack of F-keys really hurts here, as I use them for a whole array of things. I ran around in PvP for about half an hour before I gave in and switched back to my oh-so-trusty QFR.
I'll probably add more as I play more games/do more things, but that about covers it for now.
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I feel exactly the same way you do about backlighting. I can touch type so I don't need to look down obviously, but when I type on my Pure or KMAC and there's backlighting, it just looks great. A nice cherry on top for me ^__^.
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I have played DotA on it now.
Eh. I like having actual F-keys for DotA. I'll probably be lazy and use it anyway for the next few weeks.
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how's replacement keycaps feasibility? weird spacebar, etc.
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how's replacement keycaps feasibility? weird spacebar, etc.
Space bar means your **** out of luck really.
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how's replacement keycaps feasibility? weird spacebar, etc.
Space bar means your **** out of luck really.
Actually, KBC does sell replacements, which can be gotten from any taobao proxy. I'll see if I can find them again...
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how's replacement keycaps feasibility? weird spacebar, etc.
Space bar means your **** out of luck really.
Actually, KBC does sell replacements, which can be gotten from any taobao proxy. I'll see if I can find them again...
Yeah I was thinking more for custom keysets and such, people don't include the correct size space-bar in SP or GMK sets.
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I had my Pure Pro for one day and could not stand the layout. I had to put it up for sale hahah.
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How do you like the layout? The arrow keys they added seem a little off to me, and the first two rows seem kind of scrunched together.
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TacticalStache was a plat med? WHWATATATAHATA :eek:
Back on topic, how do you find using the small spacebar while gaming?
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TS! program yourself a gaming layout which includes f-keys
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How do you feel about the small backspace key? Is it annoying or are you able to adapt to it pretty quickly?
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I'm about ready to put my Pure Pro up for sale as well. I cannot stand the layout. The small backspace was especially annoying, and swapping it with the awkwardly-placed delete key didn't help much. Most of my keyboards have blank keycaps and I mostly touch type, so even though I did get used to the altered layout pretty quickly, I had a lot of misplaced keystrokes whenever I changed keyboards.
I also hated the feel of the ABS keycaps that came with it. I can't imagine getting custom keysets for that board to be easy though.
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I was going to pull the trigger on a Pure Pro, but the ABS keycaps are what was holding me back. Good to know that they're not that bad.
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How do you feel about the small backspace key? Is it annoying or are you able to adapt to it pretty quickly?
I love the small backspace.
The whole layout will take you about a month to get used to, but it's totally worth it.
I prefer the FN placement of the miniLA, but overall I'm loving the layout.