I was wondering if the 35g keys are marked correctly in the official Realforce 87u drawing:
What puzzles me is that in the left side of the keyboard, only the keys hit by the little finger are marked as "light" ones. While on the right side, the keys marked as light are those hit by both the little finger and the ring finger.
Maybe the Topre engineers found out that the left ring finger is stronger than the right one? Don't think so.
Did they just make a huge mistake in a board that bases most if not all of its success in its build quality AND key weighting? Unlikely.
So, let's think for a moment that the drawing is incorrect. Reasonably, there are two possibilities:
1. the ring finger keys should all be light weight keys
OR
2. the ring finger keys should all be normal weight keys
(*)
My assumption is that the possibility n. 1 is correct. Topre engineers did a good job, but the drawing somehow got messed up.
Evidence #1 (from
this post):
excellent. I was worried about that because I occasionally even get "ssssssssssss" and "s" is supposed to be 45g. Let me know if the improvement holds up over time (ie, the reduction of "aaaaaaa" and ";;;;;;;;;;;;;").
Evidence #2
I received Welly's
modded 87U a couple of days ago, and I have the impression that the keys 2WSX feel mushier than the others, especially when bottoming out. Exactly like the Function keys or Windows keys, that have been replaced with 35g ones.
Am I just imagining things?
Someone with an 86U or 87U and a RipOmeter could check his keys, especially the 2WSX column?
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(*) There's a 3rd possibility. Welly had the springs and domes flying around the room when he opened the board and mixed them all up when trying to put it back together :juggle: