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Title: Anyone know if this stabs on my IKBC MF-87 are genuine stabs?
Post by: unluckygamer on Thu, 11 January 2018, 22:46:16

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Title: Re: Anyone know if this stabs on my IKBC MF-87 are genuine stabs?
Post by: rich1051414 on Fri, 12 January 2018, 19:23:33

I have never seen genuine cherry stabilizers with blue mounts. Those are plate mounted stabs in the same style as genuine plate mount cherry stabs though.

Title: Re: Anyone know if this stabs on my IKBC MF-87 are genuine stabs?
Post by: Hyde on Fri, 12 January 2018, 22:01:28

It's possible it's real, some other companies do have colored stabilizers.

Red stabilizer stems from their 60% models:
http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/mechanical-keyboard/wasd-p3-61-key-barebones-mechanical-keyboard.html

Grey stabilizer stems (if you scroll down to see the pic):
http://www.leopold.co.kr/?doc=cart/item.php&it_id=1416364725

My understanding is that those colored ones are "clipped" stabilizers (meaning crisp bottom out, as oppose to mushy).

So maybe those companies asked Cherry to make different specs for them (unless they source it from another 3rd party company).

Though my assumption is that your IKBC MF-87 most likely has "clean" bottom out isn't it?

Title: Re: Anyone know if this stabs on my IKBC MF-87 are genuine stabs?
Post by: unluckygamer on Fri, 12 January 2018, 23:31:46

Yes it has a clean feel to it the stabs.

Title: Re: Anyone know if this stabs on my IKBC MF-87 are genuine stabs?
Post by: johnmcdonnell on Wed, 04 July 2018, 14:53:44

I realize this thread is pretty old, but I thought I'd share this response I received from iKBC about the stabilizers in the MF87:

Thanks for your mail.
This stabilizer isn't Cherry or GMK, we make it by ourselves, thanks.

best regards

Jack

Title: Re: Anyone know if this stabs on my IKBC MF-87 are genuine stabs?
Post by: tomasG2 on Tue, 17 July 2018, 16:42:29

Unrelated question but is your usb connector loose on the keyboard? mine is and I wonder if that warrants a replacement from amazon.

Title: Re: Anyone know if this stabs on my IKBC MF-87 are genuine stabs?
Post by: Sgt_4Leaf on Tue, 17 July 2018, 18:24:49

Don't stab me for saying this, but please, for the sake of English - refer to stabilizers as stabilizers and not "stabs".
By the way, I am actually looking into getting the non-tenkeyless version of that keyboard.

Title: Re: Anyone know if this stabs on my IKBC MF-87 are genuine stabs?
Post by: lowercaste on Tue, 17 July 2018, 18:49:10

Quote from: tomasG2 on Tue, 17 July 2018, 16:42:29

Unrelated question but is your usb connector loose on the keyboard? mine is and I wonder if that warrants a replacement from amazon.

Are you talking about the connector on the circuit board or something else?  I have this keyboard and I haven't noticed anything that seemed loose.