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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: ChronoBodi on Fri, 14 March 2014, 05:31:22

Title: MX Clears Keycool 108 finally here!
Post by: ChronoBodi on Fri, 14 March 2014, 05:31:22
http://imgur.com/a/tgShh#2 (http://imgur.com/a/tgShh#2)

Finally came today... in hair-covered bubble wraps, but that's probably to be expected of free shipping from China. Dunno if that's how it is from AliExpress or what, but hey the keyboard is protected fine!

It is pretty much what i've been looking for, a stronger, firmer Brown, and this delivers that in spades.

It does have a few weird quirks i've not seen before:

Why only LEDs for ESC, WASD and arrow keys? I've not seen this LED configuration before.

The extra 4 keys above numpad: some calc shortcut, something that looked like Sleep, does Ducky have the same 4 key config?

If Aliexpress CAN have a Clears keyboard in stock, but somehow no other places does like Amazon, is it something in Asia that they can get Clears somehow and we can't? I'm wondering on that.
Title: Re: MX Clears Keycool 108 finally here!
Post by: dante on Fri, 14 March 2014, 12:30:13
How hard is it putting the keycaps back on?  Hard to imagine fat Clear steams + tight KC POMs.

Ooh that sounded naughty..
Title: Re: MX Clears Keycool 108 finally here!
Post by: ChronoBodi on Fri, 14 March 2014, 17:06:46
How hard is it putting the keycaps back on?  Hard to imagine fat Clear steams + tight KC POMs.

Ooh that sounded naughty..

Eh, wasn't that hard at all... ONLY problem is the fat metal zinc ESC cap. That one is hard to get out, and i need a better keypuller than the stock Cooler Master puller i have.

i replaced the POM arrow keys with thick PBT orange arrow keys, they light up much better and they're slightly bigger than other arrow keys.

I am left-handed and use the arrow keys as my "WASD" cluster, so that's why.