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Title: Please help me decide (stuck between 2 color choices)
Post by: mbreslin on Sun, 09 March 2014, 15:43:25
After much agonizing I have narrowed my choices.

Option 1: filco/qfr with mx browns in vortex blue alum case.

Option 2: poker with mx browns in tex blue case.

I'm not partial to either size. That's not the problem. The problem is the keycaps will be IMSTO thick pbt greys. I have literally looked well over 1000 images, I can not find any boards with either of these cases mixed with imsto greys. The different blues from the different cases are so hard to really tell online, nearly every picture is different depending on lighting etc. Do you guys have any opinions on which case might look better with imsto greys?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Please help me decide (stuck between 2 color choices)
Post by: HendyZone on Sun, 09 March 2014, 15:50:23
I vote for option 2 with tex case maybe looks better, because the blue more darker than vortex
Title: Re: Please help me decide (stuck between 2 color choices)
Post by: mbreslin on Sun, 09 March 2014, 15:57:42
Thank you! Yeah I'm leaning this way, it's just hard to tell with pictures sometimes they are not really close to reality.
Title: Re: Please help me decide (stuck between 2 color choices)
Post by: Pacifist on Sun, 09 March 2014, 16:00:32
btw only 1 tex case left in stock at mk.com and I am about to purchase it
Title: Re: Please help me decide (stuck between 2 color choices)
Post by: mbreslin on Sun, 09 March 2014, 16:08:24
btw only 1 tex case left in stock at mk.com and I am about to purchase it

I was ordering while you were typing that, perhaps I got it first? We'll see.
Title: Re: Please help me decide (stuck between 2 color choices)
Post by: Pacifist on Sun, 09 March 2014, 16:15:06
btw only 1 tex case left in stock at mk.com and I am about to purchase it

I was ordering while you were typing that, perhaps I got it first? We'll see.

ugh stupid power went out
Title: Re: Please help me decide (stuck between 2 color choices)
Post by: mbreslin on Sun, 09 March 2014, 16:20:35
Sorry about that, I notice they are now sold out of the mx brown poker 2 pbt's. :(
Title: Re: Please help me decide (stuck between 2 color choices)
Post by: Pacifist on Sun, 09 March 2014, 16:30:40
Sorry about that, I notice they are now sold out of the mx brown poker 2 pbt's. :(

they were sold out of poker 2s for a while now

also for some reason mk.com let me pay for the item...
Title: Re: Please help me decide (stuck between 2 color choices)
Post by: mbreslin on Sun, 09 March 2014, 17:10:46
Can you turn off the LEDs on the poker 2 led version? (or at least turn the brightness down a lot)

Thanks.
Title: Re: Please help me decide (stuck between 2 color choices)
Post by: tbc on Sun, 09 March 2014, 18:16:57
never heard of a board that couldn't turn off LEDs.

i THINK 0 brightness (off)  is just one of 7 brightness levels
Title: Re: Please help me decide (stuck between 2 color choices)
Post by: berserkfan on Sun, 09 March 2014, 23:52:41
After much agonizing I have narrowed my choices.

Option 1: filco/qfr with mx browns in vortex blue alum case.

Option 2: poker with mx browns in tex blue case.

I'm not partial to either size. That's not the problem. The problem is the keycaps will be IMSTO thick pbt greys. I have literally looked well over 1000 images, I can not find any boards with either of these cases mixed with imsto greys. The different blues from the different cases are so hard to really tell online, nearly every picture is different depending on lighting etc. Do you guys have any opinions on which case might look better with imsto greys?

Thanks!

Just buy the greys and try them out. Some things only work when you personally physically try them.
Title: Re: Please help me decide (stuck between 2 color choices)
Post by: note on Mon, 10 March 2014, 03:47:04
I would go for the 2nd option also, those blue tex case are awesome looking.
Title: Re: Please help me decide (stuck between 2 color choices)
Post by: mbreslin on Tue, 11 March 2014, 17:20:00
Thanks for the input guys, looks like pacifist beat me to it because they cancelled my order today. Oh well!
Title: Re: Please help me decide (stuck between 2 color choices)
Post by: Pacifist on Tue, 11 March 2014, 17:20:44
Thanks for the input guys, looks like pacifist beat me to it because they cancelled my order today. Oh well!

They cancelled mine too.....so idk what happened
Title: Re: Please help me decide (stuck between 2 color choices)
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 11 March 2014, 17:31:58
Thanks for the input guys, looks like pacifist beat me to it because they cancelled my order today. Oh well!

They cancelled mine too.....so idk what happened

Oh, the irony!