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Offline IvanIvanovich

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« on: Sun, 01 January 2012, 11:46:36 »
Spotted some of these Keycool on TaoBao, and haven't seen any mention of them anywhere else really. They are cheap ￥348 / $56 on average. Have 104 and 87 key models in white or black and all 5 MX switch types available. The 87 key looks like a Leopold, or at least the body appears to be the same while the 104 version has an odd shaped body with 2 points protruding out the bottom. Seem to come with some extra colorful keycaps and other 'typical' accessory. As usual all of the important info like features, kro etc is in Chinese embedded in the images so translate is useless, and I don't read Chinese.
Has anyone here took a chance on these yet, or know any of the specifics about them?
If they are decent looks like they could be a good contender for entry level mechanical.
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Offline kaiserreich

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« Reply #1 on: Sun, 01 January 2012, 11:50:41 »
Indeed they are.
The chinese are over them, like how it was in Geekhack back when EK was pre-ordering the Leopolds.

They are pretty decent for the price, but the legends leaves something to be desired.
They appear to be USB NKRO
Non standard spacebar stems, similar to that of the Leopold, but have not get any measurements out yet.
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Offline reaper

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« Reply #2 on: Sun, 01 January 2012, 11:56:44 »
It reminds me of PLU ML-87 in white with different fonts.
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Offline lightsout714

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« Reply #3 on: Sun, 01 January 2012, 11:57:59 »
Those look really nice, especially for the price.  Looks pretty much the same as my leopold imo.
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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« Reply #4 on: Sun, 01 January 2012, 12:29:00 »
Thats pretty much what I was thinking. If the build quality is good as the PLU or better I could finally convince some of my friends to get a mechanical. If it is really nkro even better, but as long as 6kro is already better than the PLU. Keycap printing is not so much a concern since it is so easy to replace them if they are poor. Keycap printing is one of the easiest corners to cut, so that is ok for so low a price I think. As long as corners are not cut badly where it counts like the pcb and controller.
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Offline Human

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« Reply #5 on: Sun, 01 January 2012, 12:36:04 »
Main or minimum concern for the keyboard(87 model) is the offset of keyswitches(or keycaps).
It occured on arrow keys of almost all board(design failure?) and some random alphabet keys.



Though for details, you need to give me another 3days-1week for mine to reach to confirm with you with any more serious built flaws.

For the 104keys model, nobody want to give it a f**k due to the fugly odd design.(though it is still a very popular board in China)

P/S: The Clear switch model is only exclusive to "80" boards(claimed officially by keycool) of 87 model(40 of white color and another 40 black color).

P/S2: If you can understand Chinese, pay a visit to both 2 China forums below, lots about keycool had being mentioned.
http://waishehome.cn/forum-4-1.html
http://www.pcwaishe.cn/forum-2-1.html
« Last Edit: Sun, 01 January 2012, 12:49:50 by Human »
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