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Offline robertsig

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Quality membrane TKL keyboards?
« on: Thu, 09 January 2014, 08:55:53 »
Other than Topre based boards, are there any cheap membrane based boards, TKL, that somebody can recommend?  USB preferred.

Some of the best older keyboards I've used were classic Dells, Compaq and Gateway's famous Anykey keyboard.  All very nice for cheap membrane boards.  However, they're PS/2 and most certainly have numeric keypads.  'Not sure if anything exists like this without going full Topre.  I'd prefer not to buy a Topre for the office where cleaning people, prying eyes and coffee spills are common.

One thought is just biting the bullet and get a Topre Type Heaven, but that still is relatively expensive and has a keypad.
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Offline CPTBadAss

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Re: Quality membrane TKL keyboards?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 09 January 2014, 08:59:45 »
Dell QuietKey and HHKB Lite seem to be popular rubber dome options.
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Offline JimByr

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Re: Quality membrane TKL keyboards?
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 09 January 2014, 11:23:33 »
Fujitsu FKB-8769 (and other models?)
http://www.fcl.fujitsu.com/downloads/services/input-devices/fkb-8769.pdf

Sun Type 5 TKL (although have never been able to find one) (not USB)
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Offline BucklingSpring

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Re: Quality membrane TKL keyboards?
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 09 January 2014, 14:43:01 »
High end keytronics holds a lifetime warranty... but I don't think they make TLK :-(
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Re: Quality membrane TKL keyboards?
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 09 January 2014, 18:55:06 »
This general dynamics military kb is rubber dome, but uses a capacitive PCB instead of a membrane. I really like it. It has NKRO as well. The magnesium case helps too.

I know 75% is different from TKL but it's still smaller than fullsize.

http://imgur.com/a/mg86H

There were a few on eBay a while back, not sure how often they show up.

If you like scissors, the IBM TKL m4-1 is well liked by many. Lots of people like the modern lenovo version as well, but I've never tried it.

Also, it's ~104-key, but technically doesn't have a tenkey: the IBM honeywell dome terminal "space unsaver" keyboards are decent. I like IBM plate mounted domes (for domes).
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