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Title: Hello from Sydney, AUS
Post by: tkim on Mon, 02 March 2015, 06:25:06

Hello everyone, been a lurker on these forums for a while and decided to join up.

I first bought a filco minila air with blue switches as a means to bring to work since we have activity based working (shared keyboards) Call me OCD but I found the premise of sharing a keyboard strangers rather disgusting  :eek:. The blue switches served me well however it drove my fiancé up the wall, she hated the sound of typing as she was a light sleeper.

I then seeked out a topre switch keyboard after reading a post which rated the typing experience better than on a blue switch. So I took the plunge and bought a leopold fc660c which I absolutely love. Now I have been looking at customisation options, only to realise how expensive this habit has become. Anyway, hope to be a regular around here, but I do more lurking than posting  :)

Title: Re: Hello from Sydney, AUS
Post by: tkim on Mon, 02 March 2015, 08:00:57

Some pics, sorry I will not win any awards for my photography skills.

Will mostly likely be selling the Filco and Vortex double shots for some Topre Keycaps believe it or not  :eek:

Title: Re: Hello from Sydney, AUS
Post by: dustinhxc on Wed, 04 March 2015, 15:00:10

Welcome! Oh man that is the one board I miss most! FC660C by Leopold. It's gotta be one of the best boards out there! Don't let it go!

You could add krytox lube to the sliders and also there are multiple silencing methods to the sliders. Foam, dental bands, etc.

For Keysets there are Realforce keysets that fit the alphas or multiple sets to do the mods. Or you can use novatouch sliders then an mx keyset.

Title: Re: Hello from Sydney, AUS
Post by: byker on Wed, 04 March 2015, 15:01:09

Quote from: dustinhxc on Wed, 04 March 2015, 15:00:10

Welcome! Oh man that is the one board I miss most! FC660C by Leopold. It's gotta be one of the best boards out there! Don't let it go!

You could add krytox lube to the sliders and also there are multiple silencing methods to the sliders. Foam, dental bands, etc.

For Keysets there are Realforce keysets that fit the alphas or multiple sets to do the mods. Or you can use novatouch sliders then an mx keyset.

Agreed. The FC660C is a great keyboard, I wish I kept mine! Welcome to Geekhack and let us know if you have any questions!   :)

Title: Re: Hello from Sydney, AUS
Post by: tkim on Thu, 05 March 2015, 05:21:10

Thanks for the welcome guys, but why did you part with yours?

I don't think I will mod it with nova touch stems, my mother is going to Korea in a few days so I might ask her to pick up some real force keys.

Title: Re: Hello from Sydney, AUS
Post by: byker on Thu, 05 March 2015, 11:29:18

I sold mine because I got bored and wanted to try an HHKB. Now that I have an HHKB (which i also love), I wish I had both!  :p

Title: Re: Hello from Sydney, AUS
Post by: dustinhxc on Fri, 06 March 2015, 02:14:05

Quote from: tkim on Thu, 05 March 2015, 05:21:10

Thanks for the welcome guys, but why did you part with yours?

I don't think I will mod it with nova touch stems, my mother is going to Korea in a few days so I might ask her to pick up some real force keys.

Quote from: byker on Thu, 05 March 2015, 11:29:18

I sold mine because I got bored and wanted to try an HHKB. Now that I have an HHKB (which i also love), I wish I had both!  :p

Good call! I personally love topre sliders so wouldn't want CM Novatouch sliders in the board.

I sold it so I could try a different board. Then I sold that to try another, etc etc etc now I wish I had the fc660c back!

Title: Re: Hello from Sydney, AUS
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 09 March 2015, 04:51:41

Welcome to Geekhack!

Ah the orange keyboard ;)  I probably would have bought one of those if they had been available when I was looking for a Topre keyboard, but I found my HHKB first.

Title: Re: Hello from Sydney, AUS
Post by: tkim on Mon, 09 March 2015, 07:44:53

Probably would have gone with a HHKB too except I use a lot of Excel so having dedicated arrow keys was imperative.

Title: Re: Hello from Sydney, AUS
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 15 March 2015, 01:28:45

Quote from: tkim on Mon, 09 March 2015, 07:44:53

Probably would have gone with a HHKB too except I use a lot of Excel so having dedicated arrow keys was imperative.

That is fair enough, and a valid use case for a numeric keypad.

Of course you could have gotten an HHKB plus a separate numpad ;)  The RealForce 23U and 23UB are very popular.

Title: Re: Hello from Sydney, AUS
Post by: tkim on Thu, 19 March 2015, 05:53:55

Yes true but its strange enough I carry my own keyboard in the office let alone a numpad :p

I use excel for formula and analysis