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Offline Chobopants

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Do Leopolds suffer from the dreaded "Filco Ping"?
« Reply #50 on: Sun, 26 June 2011, 18:28:31 »
Haha, trolling ripster back, beautiful.

I own 3, soon to be 4, Filcos and they don't have the problem. I think you can safely order one without being too scared. :)
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Offline Waterdr1nker

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Do Leopolds suffer from the dreaded "Filco Ping"?
« Reply #51 on: Sat, 02 July 2011, 18:25:21 »
Hey! First time poster here, and I have a couple of questions. Here's the story:

I just received a Filco Ninja Tenkeyless from Amazon with Browns (FKBN87M/EFB2). I definitely hear pinging (or ringing..whatever) when typing on this board.

Here is a sound sample: http://cl.ly/86tH (recorded with iPhone 4 directly in front of keyboard. I'm typing regularly until about 0:14 where I exaggerate a bit.)

Now, even though some other samples I heard were louder than mine, I do personally find it a bit irritating. I'm thinking of waiting until EK gets Leopolds in stock and switching over, but I'm not 100% sure how overblown this issue is. Do the Leopolds sound the same? Would I be wasting my time switching over?

Thanks for the help, guys!
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Offline BiNiaRiS

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Do Leopolds suffer from the dreaded "Filco Ping"?
« Reply #52 on: Sat, 02 July 2011, 18:35:03 »
I can attest that my Leopold Tenkeyless with Browns pings. It is mainly just a few modifiers, namely the left shift.
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Offline reaper

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Do Leopolds suffer from the dreaded "Filco Ping"?
« Reply #53 on: Sat, 02 July 2011, 18:35:05 »
Quote from: Waterdr1nker;372168
Hey! First time poster here, and I have a couple of questions. Here's the story...

Welcome to Geekhack and let me link you to my response in this thread regarding both as I'm too lazy to type it again. lol =D
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Offline redpill

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Do Leopolds suffer from the dreaded "Filco Ping"?
« Reply #54 on: Sat, 02 July 2011, 19:39:26 »
Why don't they just dampen the freaking metal plate at the factory?  It wouldn't be very hard.
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Offline Waterdr1nker

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Do Leopolds suffer from the dreaded "Filco Ping"?
« Reply #55 on: Sat, 02 July 2011, 20:35:05 »
Firstly, thanks for the warm welcomes!

I appreciate the input, guys. Does anyone have any clear samples of what the Leopolds sound like? I've been trying to look for something I can compare the Filco to, but it seems like most of the Leopold sounds have heavy background noise.
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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Do Leopolds suffer from the dreaded "Filco Ping"?
« Reply #56 on: Sat, 02 July 2011, 22:56:55 »
My Leopold does not make any noises. No pinging, ponging, squeaking, barking or meowing. Nothing more than the regular clickity clack you get from typing.
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