LOL I check the PCCG site every day, and I miss this?!?
Anyway, I'd vote Ducky Shine. I've got 2 Shine 1 and both are great.
Shine has standard size keycaps, and reasonable legends.
PS. PCCG still isn't listing the yellow one :p
SHINE.
deck font is just madness..
I don't like madness.....
Tp4 is not madness...
LOL I check the PCCG site every day, and I miss this?!?
Anyway, I'd vote Ducky Shine. I've got 2 Shine 1 and both are great.
Shine has standard size keycaps, and reasonable legends.
PS. PCCG still isn't listing the yellow one :p
Haha, me too. I've been looking for a backlit tenkeyless for some time now and since I won't be forking out $66 dollars on shipping a new SSK from Lexington I have the cash on hand to lash out on what I originally wanted.
I've heard mostly positive reports about the Shine 3 and it is comforting to know both of your Shines are doing well ;). The thing I do like about the Francium is its professional appearance. Roland at MechKb informs me they'll be getting it in before long.
Get both! Put the deck caps on the shine :))
Get both! Put the deck caps on the shine :))
It's an intriguing recommendation. What makes the Shine a better platform?
Maybe more novelty backlighting modes?
Maybe more novelty backlighting modes?Except for a Xmass tree p!ss!ng contest. I don't see (pun intended) the added value to have so many modes.
Deck Fancium looks really intriguing. I'd go for that based on the PBT keycaps.
Francium - Available in Australia, best backlit on the market. Thick PBT Keycaps. No contest.
Get both! Put the deck caps on the shine :))
which one in your opinion feels better to type on? I have a ducky zero with black switches and it is totally solid but I like the blacks on the steelseries 6gV2 better
I guess this also means the Deck's and the Ducky's caps would be completely interchangeable?
which one in your opinion feels better to type on? I have a ducky zero with black switches and it is totally solid but I like the blacks on the steelseries 6gV2 better
As you wrote it - "Feels better" is an opinion and it's totally subjective. You're on your own there.
There's many switches to chose from. Pick the one you like.
As far as sound tastes... Very subjective too. One thing for sure, great sound doesn't mean quality. My piece of sh!t xArmor with MX Brown sounds really good (Seriously) and it's the biggest mistake of my collection. I even gave it for free and it came back because it didn't meet the expectations.
Oh, and the Francium comes with a key-cap puller that doubles as a bottle opener. :thumb:
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he's just showing the keycap puller for comparison.
that board in the background looks definitely backlit.
oh noes...i wish i hadn't seen those videos.
bye bye money. again
the backlight controller is supposed to be reprogrammable right? has anyone seen any work done on that yet?
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so your saying that the pbt version also came with that niche metal thingy?
looks like I won't be getting one since i'm only interested in programming my own reactive modes.
Ok, now I understand, I was thinking you got it from MechKB.com since the pic was from there, not that they had the TKL Deck advertised for long :( So now I understand, some of the MK versions come with it too, cool.Show Image(http://www.mechkb.com/media/wysiwyg/ProductDesc/Deck/IMG_7328_Custom_.JPG)
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so your saying that the pbt version also came with that niche metal thingy?
Yep. I got my keyboard from MechanicalKeyboards.com, and it came with PBT keys, and that key puller/bottle opener.
Edit: I just remembered I took a photo of mine in my Francium review which you can find here: http://imgur.com/a/tW2xq (http://imgur.com/a/tW2xq)
^ thanks for the review.
looks like I won't be getting one since i'm only interested in programming my own reactive modes.
i'm a programmer by trade, so i'm not really worried about programming it.
thanks for letting me know. hopefully YOU put up some more videos of your work though
Cons:
f10 => fn-f10
f11 => fn-f11
f12 => fn-ESC
Minor point: on mine F10 is intact. You press Fn + F10 to toggle the n-key rollover. I agree with you on how it's weird they took over F11 & F12 but left PrtSc/ScrLk/Pause intact.
Yeah, that's another thing. There's a Francium Pro, and then there's the Francium 87, which is more recent. It doesn't have a lighting controller with the same control as the Hassium, and it also has that f10 issue. I don't know why they keep iterating on the keyboard while at the same time refusing to change the font.
I think that keyboard with Bank Gothic and the f-keys in tact would be perfect.
Hassium is now only pro, and Francium is now only non-pro. Source: http://www.deckkeyboards.com/products