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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: bazh on Tue, 26 August 2014, 09:27:16

Title: What Rapoo is this?
Post by: bazh on Tue, 26 August 2014, 09:27:16

Catch this when I was wandering around Verkkokauppa, mechanical I believe, linear, but don't know what kind of switch and the keycaps are really interesting.


(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t35.0-12/10647316_871549056191237_1613179471_o.jpg?oh=24051d607b9103d1bf44cbfdef895b44&oe=53FE93FC&__gda__=1409206316_aa1524140b4cbbce6f214014744f4a4e)


(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t35.0-12/10642673_871549086191234_870355713_o.jpg?oh=f05308db935b0f1c6006bea2cfe47707&oe=53FE7DD2&__gda__=1409189069_375f8125f99eba23eae63e132f380124)

Title: Re: What Rapoo is this?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 26 August 2014, 09:33:33

I've seen this posted somewhere don't remember if it was here or DT....

Title: Re: What Rapoo is this?
Post by: FoxWolf1 on Tue, 26 August 2014, 09:53:49

KX. Yellow Kailh.

Title: Re: What Rapoo is this?
Post by: phoenix1234 on Tue, 26 August 2014, 10:12:19

The switches look very short. Perhaps they even have shorter actuation point than the clone "Razer Mechanical Switches"

Title: Re: What Rapoo is this?
Post by: Findecanor on Tue, 26 August 2014, 12:38:30

I think the switches here are actually drawn, not real ones.

I also recall seeing it here several years ago... It got flak for the function keys being like a touch screen.

Title: Re: What Rapoo is this?
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Tue, 26 August 2014, 18:55:54

Interesting layout compromise — they've managed to get both right Windows and menu and into a 60%. Not only that, but Fn is in the same place as on a laptop, and on the opposite hand to the one used for home/end/page up/down.

I want to try one now : (

Title: Re: What Rapoo is this?
Post by: PointyFox on Tue, 26 August 2014, 19:29:36

I thought I had a stroke when reading this.

Title: Re: What Rapoo is this?
Post by: flaming_june on Wed, 27 August 2014, 01:30:54

Looks rad man, but I wish they didn't make the function keys like that.

Title: Re: What Rapoo is this?
Post by: Oobly on Wed, 27 August 2014, 02:21:19

Rapoo KX with Kailh Yellows. The keycaps are MX compatible and it has a nice layout. If you're enterprising, you could swap in your favourite MX switches :)

Title: Re: What Rapoo is this?
Post by: bazh on Wed, 27 August 2014, 02:32:19

I like what they did with the keycaps to bring them to a chiclet-keyboard-like look, but it is also so hard to pull off, I tried to have a look at the switches but had to give up


That is one nice compact keyboard though, I quite like it