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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: ANightOnCloudNine on Tue, 09 February 2016, 10:32:31

Title: How good is the Varmilo VA87M
Post by: ANightOnCloudNine on Tue, 09 February 2016, 10:32:31

I want some people with personal use to give me their two cents and I might want one in the future.

Title: Re: How good is the Varmilo VA87M
Post by: jerue on Tue, 09 February 2016, 10:57:50

I have one with Gateron Blacks and it is pretty good.

One problem I have is that it doesn't seem to be recognized in the bootloader...and only works on Windows apparently.

The keyboard itself is nice, the keycaps that come with it aren't too bad either and have a nice (though somewhat rough) texture.

Title: Re: How good is the Varmilo VA87M
Post by: ANightOnCloudNine on Tue, 09 February 2016, 11:48:02

Quote from: jerue on Tue, 09 February 2016, 10:57:50

I have one with Gateron Blacks and it is pretty good.

One problem I have is that it doesn't seem to be recognized in the bootloader...and only works on Windows apparently.

The keyboard itself is nice, the keycaps that come with it aren't too bad either and have a nice (though somewhat rough) texture.

I like rough keycaps so bonus for me and i'll be getting MX blacks if i do get them.

Title: Re: How good is the Varmilo VA87M
Post by: njbair on Tue, 09 February 2016, 12:14:19

Quote from: jerue on Tue, 09 February 2016, 10:57:50

I have one with Gateron Blacks and it is pretty good.

One problem I have is that it doesn't seem to be recognized in the bootloader...and only works on Windows apparently.

The keyboard itself is nice, the keycaps that come with it aren't too bad either and have a nice (though somewhat rough) texture.

FWIW I believe they have fixed the firmware issue affecting boot and non-Windows issues. But there's no way to update it on ours. If you're buying new from Massdrop, it shouldn't be an issue anymore.