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Title: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: Blaise170 on Tue, 16 June 2015, 08:46:24: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mechanical-gaming-keyboard-Noppoo-EC-108-Pro-electrostic-capacitive-keyboard-topre-clone-switches-PBT-keycap-detachable/32291783087.html
Title: Re: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 16 June 2015, 08:48:41: Wish it was the black model.
Title: Re: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: MAR82 on Tue, 16 June 2015, 09:02:16: I wouldn't say that it a bad keyboard, but it doesn't feel as good as a real Topre. The biggest difference I could notice is that the switches are a lot less tactile than real Topre
Title: Re: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: EscapeVelocity on Tue, 16 June 2015, 17:02:08: Quote from: Blaise170 on Tue, 16 June 2015, 08:46:24
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mechanical-gaming-keyboard-Noppoo-EC-108-Pro-electrostic-capacitive-keyboard-topre-clone-switches-PBT-keycap-detachable/32291783087.html

35g or 45g or 55g?
Title: Re: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: wlhlm on Tue, 16 June 2015, 17:05:10: Quote from: EscapeVelocity on Tue, 16 June 2015, 17:02:08
Quote from: Blaise170 on Tue, 16 June 2015, 08:46:24
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mechanical-gaming-keyboard-Noppoo-EC-108-Pro-electrostic-capacitive-keyboard-topre-clone-switches-PBT-keycap-detachable/32291783087.html

35g or 45g or 55g?
Quote
Keyboard Options:
--1) 35g tactile feeling;

-- 2) 45g tactile feeling .

ATTENTION: THIS IS NOPPOO SWITCHES

Customers pls kindly choose your preferred options in your order remark when placing the order.
Title: Re: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: EscapeVelocity on Tue, 16 June 2015, 17:12:02: These have the Cherry MX style key cap mounts right?

I might jump on the 45g (wish they had a 55g)
Title: Re: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: Blaise170 on Tue, 16 June 2015, 17:32:25: yeah
Title: Re: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: jerue on Tue, 16 June 2015, 17:58:36: 65g spacebar?

...alright, who wants to help me get 87 of those 65g domes?
Title: Re: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: EscapeVelocity on Thu, 18 June 2015, 02:06:41: I just now ordered one, to compare with my Vintage Rubber Domes. Ill post up my comparison/experience when it gets here.
Title: Re: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: ander on Thu, 18 June 2015, 04:03:33: Quote from: MAR82 on Tue, 16 June 2015, 09:02:16
I wouldn't say that it a bad keyboard, but it doesn't feel as good as a real Topre. The biggest difference I could notice is that the switches are a lot less tactile than real Topre

Why is it that when people try to clone something, it's never as good? Can you think of something where that's not true? I don't really get it, as engineering should be as good as the people doing it, not determined by the order in which people do it.

Then again, if something's engineered to be excellent, and someone else copies it, they must make the copy substantially different to avoid lawsuits. Assuming the original had everything it needed to be the best it could be, any of the copier's legally necessary changes would be likely to detract from the item's quality rather than equal or improve on it. Okay, I think I've figured it out—thanks!
Title: Re: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: Oobly on Thu, 18 June 2015, 05:31:34: Just thought I'd leace this here: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/royal-kludge-rc930-87?mode=guest_open

:)
Title: Re: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: Elrick on Fri, 19 June 2015, 03:52:21: Quote from: Oobly on Thu, 18 June 2015, 05:31:34
Just thought I'd leace this here: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/royal-kludge-rc930-87?mode=guest_open (https://www.massdrop.com/buy/royal-kludge-rc930-87?mode=guest_open)

:)

Was too scared to post that here in someone else's section, involving another product BUT I'm in with the Royal Kludge being that it's the current one on MassDrop that has 55g actuation in the Thorpe Tech :thumb: .

Damn fine TKL keyboard especially the basic one with no leds plus they supply an all POM key-set as well.
Title: Re: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: EscapeVelocity on Fri, 19 June 2015, 22:36:04: Im probably joining that Massdrop too.
Title: Re: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: XMIT on Sun, 05 July 2015, 06:48:38: The drop did not "tip" and jd.com doesn't have the Royal Kludge boards at the moment. They are available on alibaba.com (search for "RC930"). I don't know how $135 shipped from China compares to jd.com's pricing.
Title: Re: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: dante on Sun, 05 July 2015, 19:51:01: Find a vendor on taobao and PM imsto. He can help ship you one for a small fee.
Title: Re: Noppoo Topre Clone for $105
Post by: XMIT on Sun, 05 July 2015, 19:55:42: Hmpf. I just got one through AliExpress.com for what is entirely too much in retrospect. ¥432 comes to like $70. Wow.

I'll PM imsto just to see what this entails.