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Offline ValerieV

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Cherry ml switch 4100
« on: Wed, 29 May 2013, 16:35:37 »
I have had this keyboard for about 2 months. I am using it more frequently now but i have a question: Sorry if this has been asked before but do the keys get looser to type on? I know some people have lubed them but i am not really good enough or patient enough to try that. It seems that the keys are getting a little bit easier to press but that could also be me being more used to the keyboard itself. This is one of the cheapest keyboards out there but it is really good and i love it almost as much as i love the HHKB. Thanks.
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Offline absyrd

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Re: Cherry ml switch 4100
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 29 May 2013, 16:37:42 »
I've had one for a long while and do not notice keys being easier to press. I think you are just "more used to" it, like you suggested.
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Re: Cherry ml switch 4100
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 29 May 2013, 16:42:56 »
Quote from: ValerieV on Wed, 29 May 2013, 16:35:37
I have had this keyboard for about 2 months. I am using it more frequently now but i have a question: Sorry if this has been asked before but do the keys get looser to type on? I know some people have lubed them but i am not really good enough or patient enough to try that. It seems that the keys are getting a little bit easier to press but that could also be me being more used to the keyboard itself. This is one of the cheapest keyboards out there but it is really good and i love it almost as much as i love the HHKB. Thanks.
I asked this same question and sadly, they don't. Its a really shame as otherwise, this model of KB with these particular switches definitely have their place, somewhere useful in the techno world.
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Offline ValerieV

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Re: Cherry ml switch 4100
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 29 May 2013, 20:27:48 »
Yeah i really love the keyboard. I wish it was a little less stiff but it is still a wonderful keyboard. I love the size and the sound the keys make.
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Offline eth0s

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Re: Cherry ml switch 4100
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 29 May 2013, 21:13:45 »
I professed my love for the Cherry ML switches on this forum some time ago.  I have three G84's:  2x 4100, and the 4400 model with a mini-trackball, which is my favorite one, since a mini-keyboard should save you from the mouse as well.

Here's a pic of my G84-4400:


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Offline ValerieV

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Re: Cherry ml switch 4100
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 29 May 2013, 22:50:02 »
That is a nice keyboard. I love those keyboards that have the mouse builtin with the keyboard. I don't know if i would get another ml switch keyboard. I love the switch but i would rather save my money for cherry mx keyboards.
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Re: Cherry ml switch 4100
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 29 May 2013, 23:01:58 »
It's a nice keyboard.  I like the typing feel of it but I had to put it back to shelf for a few reasons.

I just wish it had regular key size/spacing.  Typing on it feel kind of crammed.  That and I also wish it had window keys.  But ultimately I use the number pad a lot so the tenkeyless format doesn't work for me  :(
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Offline ValerieV

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Re: Cherry ml switch 4100
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 29 May 2013, 23:14:40 »
The cramped feeling is the same problem i have with the cherry ml 4100. The backspace key is way too small and it makes it hard to adjust to when i have been typing on other keyboards. I am not going to sell this keyboard because i do like it but there are things that could have been improved on. Either way, my typing speed has increased with it from when i first got it but nothing comes close to the Topres or the cherry mx keyboards. I don't have to use the number pad that much so i can use small keyboards. I will never go back to using a full size keyboard except when i am at work.
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