Genovation 630 Teardown/Review

[MGH]

I recently purchased two Genovation 630 numpads from http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genovation-MicroPad-630-21-USB-10-Key-/181639637292?

They arrived today via Priority mail. I paid $21 shipped for both numberpads.





2 screws





Ver 1.1



Plate mount blacks





All opened up



PCB



Note that the switches are plate mount but the PCB supports PCB mounted switches but not stabs.


A more formal review will be edited in once I spend some more time with it.

[Battou62]

Might have to pick one of these up Is it only the 630 that is mechanical?

[Hak Foo]

There is also a 632 which has ALPS swtches in some revisions.

[RickyJ]

Proper tenkey layout (with useful keys on top row), very nice.  How does it feel?  My Adesso numpad is a featherlight, feels like a toy.

[Evo_Spec]

i would have so gotten one of these if i was in the US....  Thanks for the tear down!

[MGH]

After using it for two days, I don't really like it.

The bottoming out feels really mushy, the switches themselves feel like the unclipped stabilizers. It has a plate, but I think that the combination of thin plate and flimsy plastic case make it feel like ****. When I apply a lot of force on the keys, the whole PCB+Plate combo moves up and down inside of the case.

The cable placement is also a tragedy, it juts out of the top of the right side, making it interfere with the mousepad if you put it on the right and with the keyboard (if its TKL-Fullsize) if you put it on the left.

But for $11, its a nice little numpad for quick usage, and a nice object for taking pictures with

[Evo_Spec]

After using it for two days, I don't really like it.

The bottoming out feels really mushy, the switches themselves feel like the unclipped stabilizers. It has a plate, but I think that the combination of thin plate and flimsy plastic case make it feel like ****. When I apply a lot of force on the keys, the whole PCB+Plate combo moves up and down inside of the case.

The cable placement is also a tragedy, it juts out of the top of the right side, making it interfere with the mousepad if you put it on the right and with the keyboard (if its TKL-Fullsize) if you put it on the left.

But for $11, its a nice little numpad for quick usage, and a nice object for taking pictures with

Sounds like you need to send me one to mod =D

Thanks for the update/review

[crazystu]

After using it for two days, I don't really like it.

The bottoming out feels really mushy, the switches themselves feel like the unclipped stabilizers. It has a plate, but I think that the combination of thin plate and flimsy plastic case make it feel like ****. When I apply a lot of force on the keys, the whole PCB+Plate combo moves up and down inside of the case.0

The cable placement is also a tragedy, it juts out of the top of the right side, making it interfere with the mousepad if you put it on the right and with the keyboard (if its TKL-Fullsize) if you put it on the left.

But for $11, its a nice little numpad for quick usage, and a nice object for taking pictures with

You can easily open the num-pad up and change the cable to come out of the left side of the num-pad. There are holes on both sides of the case, doesn't require any modification (you just move the rubber plug to the other side).

[MGH]

After using it for two days, I don't really like it.

The bottoming out feels really mushy, the switches themselves feel like the unclipped stabilizers. It has a plate, but I think that the combination of thin plate and flimsy plastic case make it feel like ****. When I apply a lot of force on the keys, the whole PCB+Plate combo moves up and down inside of the case.0

The cable placement is also a tragedy, it juts out of the top of the right side, making it interfere with the mousepad if you put it on the right and with the keyboard (if its TKL-Fullsize) if you put it on the left.

But for $11, its a nice little numpad for quick usage, and a nice object for taking pictures with

You can easily open the num-pad up and change the cable to come out of the left side of the num-pad. There are holes on both sides of the case, doesn't require any modification (you just move the rubber plug to the other side).

Ohhhhh.....thanks for the info

[drewba]

You can easily open the num-pad up and change the cable to come out of the left side of the num-pad. There are holes on both sides of the case, doesn't require any modification (you just move the rubber plug to the other side).

The cable orientation has bothered since I received the numpad, thanks for the heads up.

MGH - thanks for bumping