I've been curious to try a topre for a while now, but my two requirements of 1) fullsize and 2) uniform weighting seem to have limited my options considerably. As far as I can tell, my only options are:
1. Realforce 104UB-DK
The only place I could find these for sale was on Massdrop, and it looks like the last drop was several months ago with no word of when the next one will occur. Also I'm not a fan of the white/gray keycaps - I prefer all black. Can I buy an all black 104-key set of PBT keycaps like the 104UB uses?
2. Topre Type Heaven
It looks like Amazon has this one available right now (
http://www.amazon.com/Topre-Type-Heaven-104-key-Keyboard/dp/B00DGJALYW/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1421951755&sr=1-1&keywords=type+heaven+keyboard). Are these as nice as a Realforce? At $60 cheaper, it seems they must have be missing something. Is that price difference only due to ABS vs PBT keycaps? If so, can the keycaps be replaced with PBT?
3. Realforce 103UB (SE02C0)
This one has uniform 55g switches, but appears to be discontinued. Maybe someone still has excess stock somewhere? My only other alternative would be to buy a used one here if someone is willing to sell.
4. Realforce 104UG
I don't think I would like the extra tall keycaps, plus this one is $80 more than the others.
5. Buy a Realforce 87U plus the 23UB numpad
This could work, but the total price would be > $300.
Are these my only options? Given my requirements, which option would be best?
