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Offline concept73

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Multi-Keyboard situation.
« on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 07:05:03 »
As im aware, many of us geekhackers have multiple keyboards, i myself have: HHKB pro 2, Poker II, HHKB Lite 2 and qpad mk85,
I am selling the lite and qpad,

So i will be left with the Pro and the Poker, but what do people use their keyboards for?
Personally i like my Poker for BF3/4, but i prefer my HHKB for everyday typing.

Please let me know your opinions,

Thanks
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Offline Steven

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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 07:10:27 »
I buy everyone of them from period to period, I'm still loving them all but I can only choose 1 to use at a time.
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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 07:16:06 »
I use one board at work and one at home (occasionaly)

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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 07:18:00 »
I use one board at work and one at home (occasionaly)

^This. Use my QFR (Blues) at home and my Ducky 1087 (Blues) at work.

And my third board I let my brother use. So all three of my boards get use on a daily basis. :)
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tp thread is tp thread
Sometimes it's like he accidentally makes a thread instead of a google search.

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Offline Steven

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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 07:19:24 »
I use one board at work and one at home (occasionaly)

^This.

And my third board I let my brother use. So all three of my boards get use on a daily basis. :)
That is very money well-spent. 100% utilization.
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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 07:20:31 »
I have two boards on my desk and switch between them. Sometimes I enjoy buckling spring and sometimes topre... Depends on what I'm doing. And it doesn't get boring when you switch sometimes

Offline concept73

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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 07:20:41 »
Yeah, well im currently at work using my hhkb as i do more typing at work, so the pkoer is at home for some typing/gaming/desinging.
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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 07:23:30 »
I use one board at work and one at home (occasionaly)

^This.

And my third board I let my brother use. So all three of my boards get use on a daily basis. :)
That is very money well-spent. 100% utilization.

Oh, and I forget to mention my Model M (which I lent out to MW). So all 4 of my mechanicals get use on a daily (or close to it) basis.
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 07:43:21 »
Only my GH60 gets used everday. Another 7 get used occasionally when I set up my retro gaming machine... usually with whichever board is on top/easiest to get out :)) 3 are not assembled yet, and 2 never get used since they don't speak anything I can use with my computers... another 4 have not arrived yet.  :rolleyes:

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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #9 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 08:10:05 »
I keep all of mine in a closet and use whichever one I'm in the mood for.
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Offline McWilloughby

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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #10 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 08:26:21 »
I have both of mine on the desk and I swap between them when I feel like it (if I'm just using the computer for browsing the internet or whatever) but tend to use my G80 when I'm typing a document (clears) and my QFR when I'm playing games. I also thought I'd give it a try typing on both of the keyboards at the same time after seeing this thread. An interesting experience.

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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #11 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 08:29:47 »
Using hhkb as daily driver, the rest are kept in their boxes

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Offline Game Theory

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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #12 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 08:45:35 »
Filco at work.
Realforce 104UG or IBM 5251 Beam Spring at home depending on whim mostly.  My gaming drive has pretty much disappeared since I got into keyboards but last used was Filco with MX Blues.
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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #13 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 09:41:29 »
I use three or four at various computers at home, I have probably 1-2 backups just in case, and a few at various computers I use at work.

Most of the rest are involved in some sort of project or restoration.

What remains are on my "to sell" list.

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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #14 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 10:04:28 »
Realforce at work (quiet, good for typing) and my 2 filcos at home. Depending on if i feel like using pbt or doubleshots.
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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #15 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 10:19:26 »
Have YOTS for desktop, ducky shine2 for office. And alternating between fc660c and poker2 for laptop.

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Re: Multi-Keyboard situation.
« Reply #16 on: Mon, 07 October 2013, 12:25:33 »
Backlit keyboards for home, non-LED ones for work.

Mostly.