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Title: Cherry G84-4400?
Post by: okan on Mon, 13 November 2017, 06:55:16

Hi,

I have a question, why is this keyboard so expensive? Even the ps/2 ones...Tried one and it feels kinda light..like a toy keyboard :P

http://www.touchwindow.com/c/CherryG84-4400SmallKeyboards.html (http://www.touchwindow.com/c/CherryG84-4400SmallKeyboards.html)

Title: Re: Cherry G84-4400?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Mon, 13 November 2017, 07:03:50

Because the target market isn't consumers and you can probably find it much cheaper elsewhere.



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Title: Re: Cherry G84-4400?
Post by: jackalopephoto on Mon, 13 November 2017, 08:22:10

Quote from: okan on Mon, 13 November 2017, 06:55:16

Hi,

I have a question, why is this keyboard so expensive? Even the ps/2 ones...Tried one and it feels kinda light..like a toy keyboard :P

http://www.touchwindow.com/c/CherryG84-4400SmallKeyboards.html (http://www.touchwindow.com/c/CherryG84-4400SmallKeyboards.html)

Get a Cherry G86. I love mine, and it feels solid

Title: Re: Cherry G84-4400?
Post by: dorkvader on Mon, 13 November 2017, 12:48:56

Quote from: jackalopephoto on Mon, 13 November 2017, 08:22:10

Quote from: okan on Mon, 13 November 2017, 06:55:16

Hi,

I have a question, why is this keyboard so expensive? Even the ps/2 ones...Tried one and it feels kinda light..like a toy keyboard :P

http://www.touchwindow.com/c/CherryG84-4400SmallKeyboards.html (http://www.touchwindow.com/c/CherryG84-4400SmallKeyboards.html)

Get a Cherry G86. I love mine, and it feels solid

very different keyboards. G84 is low-profile (2mm travel) mechanical (ML ) switches, G86 is normal profile (4mm) rubber dome switches (except the G86 ricercar spos, which has MX switches. Somewhat uncommon though). Personally, I like the G84 and have one with dyesubs that I use sometimes. The only bad part is 2KRO. Mine is only a 4100 so no trackball.

Anyway the lack of a metal plate, and low-profile switches and keycaps makes it weigh almost nothing. Good for laptops, which is why some manufatures switched to ML from M87 or whatever before going to scissor.

Title: Re: Cherry G84-4400?
Post by: jackalopephoto on Tue, 14 November 2017, 07:46:17

Interesting, I didn't know there were short travel mechanical switches

Title: Re: Cherry G84-4400?
Post by: SamirD on Thu, 16 November 2017, 00:43:46

I have an ML based Cherry that I got for a steal and while I didn't think I would like it, my hands do typing almost as effortlessly and as fast as they do on the modlel M.  Definitely one of those 'try and see whatcha think' switches.  :thumb:

Title: Re: Cherry G84-4400?
Post by: Findecanor on Thu, 16 November 2017, 01:11:54

BTW, the keys are a little bit smaller than standard.