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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: FranBunnyFFXII on Wed, 09 July 2014, 14:50:32
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Alright I've had some time to really evaluate this keyboard and give it a good beating and see if it's a good pick or what not.
Feel free to ask questions
Keyswitches, liquid smooth and pretty uniform on the one I got. All the keyswitches sound the same and have no difference in resistance that I can tell personally. I know some people report this with knockoff switches but the consistancy with this board's switches seem to be pretty well matched.
Typing feels like you're typing on liquid. I have no other word to describe it other than "liquid."
Double Tapping issue. Annoying as hell when chatting and typing. Only a few keys do it. Enter key does it the most, ****ing irritating but it's not enough to make me get pissed off(which is actually pretty easy). The R key used to do it a bit, but it doesn't seem to anymore.
Comfortable and soft to the touch, except the spacebar.
EDIT: I figured out how to flip the spacebar. This is seriously the most comfortable keyboard I've ever used.
almost the same issue with the spacebar I had with my Model M and Ducky where the spacebar was angled. I modded the model M, and flipped the ducky spacebars, but this keyboards spacebar is designed to only be put on in the default intended position. Irritating, but it's not unbearable when gaming.
The riser feet underneigth are adequate and made of a stranger rubbery material so it doesn't slide around or have any problems gripping to stay put.
Comfort wise the keyboard is pretty soft to the touch and feels light and less stressful.
Durability, still evaluating.
Preference over other keyboards?
Still like my ducky a lot more, but this is a nice keyboard to have when I don't want a full 104Key+ siting on my desk and want something more travel size. fits perfectly on-top of my laptop and serves nicely as a replacement of the scissorswitch keyboard without adding more required deskspace.
Fix the double tap issue and It might just might become my main keyboard.
Ask questions if needed, I dunno what all to say.
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I tested the 104-key standard (non ultimate) version with the green switches and I also did like the feeling of the switches. No significant differences from key to key and great tactility. Very similar to Mx Blues and not worse in my opinion.
However I hated the ABS keycaps (sandpaper feel, poor font) and the keys did wobble heavy when holding a key down. Never had that experience with Cherry Mx Blues.
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What are the switches like for tactility?
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Alright I've had some time to really evaluate this keyboard and give it a good beating and see if it's a good pick or what not.
Feel free to ask questions
Keyswitches, liquid smooth and pretty uniform on the one I got. All the keyswitches sound the same and have no difference in resistance that I can tell personally. I know some people report this with knockoff switches but the consistancy with this board's switches seem to be pretty well matched.
Typing feels like you're typing on liquid. I have no other word to describe it other than "liquid."
Double Tapping issue. Annoying as hell when chatting and typing. Only a few keys do it. Enter key does it the most, ****ing irritating but it's not enough to make me get pissed off(which is actually pretty easy). The R key used to do it a bit, but it doesn't seem to anymore.
Comfortable and soft to the touch, except the spacebar. almost the same issue with the spacebar I had with my Model M and Ducky where the spacebar was angled. I modded the model M, and flipped the ducky spacebars, but this keyboards spacebar is designed to only be put on in the default intended position. Irritating, but it's not unbearable when gaming.
The riser feet underneigth are adequate and made of a stranger rubbery material so it doesn't slide around or have any problems gripping to stay put.
Comfort wise the keyboard is pretty soft to the touch and feels light and less stressful.
Durability, still evaluating.
Preference over other keyboards?
Still like my ducky a lot more, but this is a nice keyboard to have when I don't want a full 104Key+ siting on my desk and want something more travel size. fits perfectly on-top of my laptop and serves nicely as a replacement of the scissorswitch keyboard without adding more required deskspace.
Fix the double tap issue and It might just might become my main keyboard.
Ask questions if needed, I dunno what all to say.
I liked mine for the first two - three weeks that I had it, but then after a while I started to miss my Noppoo /w reds, so I just put it back in it's box and it's been sitting there ever since lol.
Good first impressions though.
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I tried a Razer TKL w/ Greens at Microcenter. I was really impressed! Felt much better than I thought they would be.
Immediately I have visions of putting them in either a Cherry G80-3850 just for LOL's or something like a GON.
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Yes, it really is a shame about the font.
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I would like to know what people think of the Razer Orange switches compared to MX Brown, MX Clear and the modded ones: Ergo Clears and Panda Clears.
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I would like to know what people think of the Razer Orange switches compared to MX Brown, MX Clear and the modded ones: Ergo Clears and Panda Clears.
I've never tried out browns or clears so I don't know, but the tactility on this switch is extremely light.
I've heard complaints of a "sand scratch" feeling with browns, and there's certainly non feeling of that.
the only issue I have with this keyboard and it's switches are that their weird design while its an interesting and nice feeling after they get that tactile feed back they feel weaker and weaker as you bottom out the switch.
its very odd