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Title: keycap on the filco is numberpad is extreme lose..
Post by: FinancialWar on Mon, 03 May 2010, 03:54:50

just got my filco number pad today from elitekeyboard....Now here's the problem, the keycaps on the top 2 rows already fell off before I even the box. I was like what the... so I open the box and had look the switch and the under the keycap.

the switch seem to be same as my other filco keyboard, but the "female cross" under the keycap is larger the ones from my filco keyboard, therefore making the keycap lose.

also under the keycap the number pad keycap has " Q M F and a number" while normal keyboard keycap only has a number.

does anyone know here to fix this?

Title: keycap on the filco is numberpad is extreme lose..
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 03 May 2010, 03:57:53

You might have a dud, Cherry keycaps usually fit onto the switches quite securely.

Title: keycap on the filco is numberpad is extreme lose..
Post by: FinancialWar on Mon, 03 May 2010, 04:03:21

Quote from: ch_123;178379

You might have a dud, Cherry keycaps usually fit onto the switches quite securely.

well it's not, i can literally shake the keycaps off...

I don't think these are genuine filco either, I will go home and take some photos tonight and show you guys

Title: keycap on the filco is numberpad is extreme lose..
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 03 May 2010, 04:06:39

Either way, send an email off to Brian about it, he should be able to offer you an exchange.