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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: dracoNiiC on Sat, 10 December 2016, 11:16:15
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So, I have a barebones Novatouch. And I have an 87U. And I really want to swap everything out and get a nice set of keycaps but... what do I do about the spacebar?
My dilemma is a can't seem to find a 6u mx stem spacebar that has the stem centered. I don't know if I'm just not looking hard enough or if it just doesn't exist.
I'm almost tempted to scrap my plans for a novatouch'd RF all together and just get rid of the RF and keep the Novatouch. Or I guess the only other option would be to buy a Topre stem spacebar and not switch sliders on the RF. Halp.
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I would keep the RF if I were you, as the rattling noise is unbearable on the novatouch. Everything feels loose compared to the real deal.
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Unless your planned keycap set disagrees with it, can't you just get a Topre PBT spacebar and use it with other Novatouch'd keys?
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Unless your planned keycap set disagrees with it, can't you just get a Topre PBT spacebar and use it with other Novatouch'd keys?
I assume I'd have to leave the spacebar Topre slider in, because Novatouch and Topre stem don't agree with each other from what I've read.
Which is what I guess is the route I'll be going. But the key kit that I want won't really look right (or in my head it doesn't) with a pbt spacebar.
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I would keep the RF if I were you, as the rattling noise is unbearable on the novatouch. Everything feels loose compared to the real deal.
It's in the mail.. so I haven't gotten my hands on it yet. Is it really that bad?
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The NovaTouch doesn't rattle per se, as in stabilizer rattle, but it does suffer from noticeable upstroke clack, as does the RealForce RGB. However, a set of silencing rings dampens that noise very nicely.
If your plans are to put Dasher on Topre switches, then I recommend installing silencing rings on the NovaTouch and keep the RF for something else.
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The NovaTouch doesn't rattle per se, as in stabilizer rattle, but it does suffer from noticeable upstroke clack, as does the RealForce RGB. However, a set of silencing rings dampens that noise very nicely.
If your plans are to put Dasher on Topre switches, then I recommend installing silencing rings on the NovaTouch and keep the RF for something else.
Are youuuuu stalking me haha
... for real though
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Sometimes it's easier just to have 2 keyboards..
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Sometimes it's easier just to have 2 keyboards..
Good thing this is only number four...
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Sometimes it's easier just to have 2 keyboards..
Good thing this is only number four...
I mean't
Sometimes it's easier to just have 4 keyboards...
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