Ducky Shine 2 vs. Filco?

[OnTheBrink]

So, I wanted to grab a board with cherry stabilizers so now I am looking at the Ducjy Shine 2. The backlight looks fun, but how does it match up quality wise to the Filco.

I heard Ducky really stepped up their game quality wise with those new model, but everything I read bashes the older models. Couldn't find a good side by side comparison with the newer Duckys and the Filco.

Thoughts?

[WhiteFireDragon]

I made a pretty detailed comparison between the new Ducky and Filco here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf3iRXiMvl0

If you don't care about the details, basically quality is pretty much on par with Filco. On thing I found lower than was the top cover of the Ducky was a tad more flimsy than Filco when you take it apart. That's not a huge deal though because both have a plate to prevent bending anyways.

[terran5992]

I would go with filco, ducky if you want backlight .

[Grim Fandango]

I own a Filco Majestouch 2 Tenkeyless in brown switches and have used the Ducky Shine. I think they are both very good keyboards. I have a preference for Costar stabilizers, but since you indicated you wanted Cherry stabilizers, that would be an argument to get the Ducky.

But let's not beat around the bush. The real reason to get the Ducky is the cool backlight. And I have to say it looks awesome. I did not go for it for the simple reason that, while I like the way it looks, it is only distracting to me when looking at my monitor and you don't really look down at the keyboard all that often.

[metalliqaz]

But let's not beat around the bush. The real reason to get the Ducky is the cool backlight.

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[OnTheBrink]

I have a Filco Majestouch Ninja and think it is made like ****.

They keys are thinner than Razer's Blackwidows and the Costar Stabilizers have been a pain. The space bar rattles and every long key makes a different sound. And no, not the cool 'ping' or nice sounding mechanical keyboard sounds either.

It's just, if I am going to make it my main gaming board and mod it out with expensive keys, I don't want **** rattling on me. I have tried Cherry stabilizers and on red switches, you really can't feel the difference from Costar, especially with red o-rings. Not to mention there is absolutely no rattle and the key just feels more proportioned to me. I think Filco is extremely over-hyped and I am not trying to be disrespectful to anyone. Maybe my expectations were just set too high.

Also, for anyone else reading this, there are other things to factor besides just if you want back-lit or not. I plan on using different switches for different tasks and being able to hot swap keyboards without changing wires by the mini-usb I can see being ultra handy.

I would have went for Leopold, but the roundness of their case is fugly as hell. It looks like these new Duckys have even sharper edges than Filcos. If The Year of the Dragon is basically a Ducky Shine 2 with LE lighting, then I do not see why anyone would get a Filco over it. It's priced the same and has some awesome back-lighting. It also seems like Ducky really stepped up their game.

Now it is just a matter of picking a back-light color. I think I might go with Blue LED. I envision the blue LEDs bleeding on the sides of my red PBT WASD cluster and black on black PBT keys.

Thanks for that great video. I will put up a comparison review as well real soon.