If you like browns or clears, you could get a 60% MX board and then a numpad. If you can't find keyboards that come with clear switches, there are people you could pay to mod your board if you're not comfortable doing it yourself.
currently in the market to get this done, i have a leopold 10key in blues coming to my doorstep today (OOS on browns). Looking to get a mixture of greens and clears put on it. Does anyone know if i can get leds soldered to the rest of the switches? or does it only support that single led?
currently in the market to get this done, i have a leopold 10key in blues coming to my doorstep today (OOS on browns). Looking to get a mixture of greens and clears put on it. Does anyone know if i can get leds soldered to the rest of the switches? or does it only support that single led?
Think the Leopold keypad doesn't support full back lighting. There was a Keycool keypad that came out earlier this year that had it but I forget the part name.
OP, there's an LZ board that has the layout you want but I forgot the name of it as well :(
yeah MK has the keycools in stock, i just like the look of the leo's better. Thanks for the info dude!
I'm going to really have to figure out what I want then.. I might just pick up the new das 4, till I figure out what my plans are for real keyboard use, to many options, hopefully the user I PM'd gets back to me so I can figure out what other options I got are...
Keyboarding is definitly a love/hate relationship hate only because of the wallet.
Sounds like you would like something like the Plum96 then if you are after something smaller but still with numpad?Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/wCN8LLB.jpg)
It is available in brown, but I do not think it was produced with clears. Of course modding is always an option. Model isn't always easy to find though, will likely need to find someone that can import it from China via TaoBao.
There is also the similar CM TK.
You can get the FC660M in clears and you can get the FC660C for Topre w arrows. They're both a tad wider than a 60% then get a tenkeypad I like the 210 from Leopold
I'm going to really have to figure out what I want then.. I might just pick up the new das 4, till I figure out what my plans are for real keyboard use, to many options, hopefully the user I PM'd gets back to me so I can figure out what other options I got are...
Keyboarding is definitly a love/hate relationship hate only because of the wallet.
dude, WTF?
You came in here saying you "mizewell just buy the best right at front" (which is the correct way to proceed), and then you say you're going to just buy a Das 4 (which is the worst way to proceed). I know you're a nub, so I want to try to help. If I misunderstood you, then I apologize, but I think I have to clear some things up for you.
First: Please, DO NOT BUY Das 4. It's a waste of money for you at this point.
Second: I'm not sure you know what a 60% keyboard is. A true 60% keyboard is the HHKB Pro 2 or the Poker X. 60% keyboard has only the Alpha keys + number row + space bar + bottom row modifiers. A 75% keyboard has the same keys as a 60% + F-row + arrrow keys + partial nav cluster. An example of a 75% would be the Noppoo Choc Mini. The Leo FC660 is kind of a hybrid. I guess you could call it a 67% keyboard? I dunno. But anyway, you get the point. Regardless of how you define a 60% keyboard, the 60% keyboard has no numpad.
Third: You can buy a separate numpad, like the Leo FC210: https://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=leopold,tenkeypads&pid=fc210tpnb
Fourth: I think NCIX is the easiest place for Canadians to shop for Keyboards. But the only interesting 60% keyboard on NCIX is this Filco Minila with MX reds (at least IMO): http://products.ncix.com/detail/filco-majestouch-minila-cherry-mx-b5-80715.htm The Minila isn't technically a 60%, b/c it's another hybrid-size, I guess you could call it a 65% or something.
Fifth: the best 60% keyboard in the universe is the HHKB pro 2. https://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=pfu_keyboards,hhkbpro2&pid=pdkb400w. elitekeyboards charges some big bucks to ship to Canada from what I've heard, but it's the most reliable place to get the HHKB. Maybe you can use that French website googlé to find a another reseller.