Keyboard manufacturers are such cheap bastards.
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Guess what keys are pad printed (I swapped out the lasers because they looked dirty).
snippity arent we. while i dont care what the keys look like right now, i do have some concern as to what the keys will look like down the road. while it seems that costar(ty ltllstn) uses an improved proccess, still think they could use something more durable for the $$ they charge for theses kb's.
i dont even know if it makes that much difference, as im new to this & basically gathering info. i do know that some pad printe keys canwear very quickly, in my experience saitek is the worst by far followed by logitech. never had wear with any ms kb, so that implies that costar should be durable as i would assume their proccess is better.
your(&others) font problem with deck keyboards(& of course their very limited switch choice) aside, it looks to me that its price is pretty good compared to the filcos. you get more durable keys, build quality that is at least as good- if not more robust considering their mod policy-, & the best led light setup in the industry- assuming you want/need led's of course. ;)
i get the impression that clears are a temp fix for them. wonder if they are looking at your reds ripster, from what you say they would be an excellent option if available.
course given apparent financial state right now doubt if they are doing much of anything.