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Keyboard Testers
« on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 08:11:05 »
How cool would it be if companies would let us test out their keyboards without having to buy them?

It would be even cooler if they offered to pay shipping, am I right?
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 08:12:23 »
Especially for Topre boards.
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 08:19:56 »
If they were smart we would be flooded with prototype boards to test before they go into production. I'm not sure Topre need much help though :) if they would just continue making keycaps and numpads I would be pretty happy  :p
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 16:13:39 »
Not gonna happen - imagine the mess some people would make of keyboards and the financial loss companies would have shipping keyboards all over the place and then cleaning them when they come back, or just throwing them out.
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 16:16:48 »
Unfortunately that is probably the reality.
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 16:28:24 »
Now if the companies would donate maybe four or five keyboards of a new model to the site, say via the Keepers or something, the community could organize a tour around that. Then have a contest of some sort to decide who would get to keep the keyboards when the tours completed. That would be something.
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 16:32:14 »
Quote from: jdcarpe on Thu, 27 March 2014, 16:28:24
Now if the companies would donate maybe four or five keyboards of a new model to the site, say via the Keepers or something, the community could organize a tour around that. Then have a contest of some sort to decide who would get to keep the keyboards when the tours completed. That would be something.

BUT the keepers would just hoard them :P :D
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 16:37:48 »
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Thu, 27 March 2014, 16:32:14
Quote from: jdcarpe on Thu, 27 March 2014, 16:28:24
Now if the companies would donate maybe four or five keyboards of a new model to the site, say via the Keepers or something, the community could organize a tour around that. Then have a contest of some sort to decide who would get to keep the keyboards when the tours completed. That would be something.

BUT the keepers would just hoard them :P :D

They would keep them?

So THAT's why they are called the Keepers :))
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 16:42:35 »
Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 27 March 2014, 16:37:48
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Thu, 27 March 2014, 16:32:14
Quote from: jdcarpe on Thu, 27 March 2014, 16:28:24
Now if the companies would donate maybe four or five keyboards of a new model to the site, say via the Keepers or something, the community could organize a tour around that. Then have a contest of some sort to decide who would get to keep the keyboards when the tours completed. That would be something.

BUT the keepers would just hoard them :P :D

They would keep them?

So THAT's why they are called the Keepers :))

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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 16:46:29 »
Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement on Thu, 27 March 2014, 08:12:23
Especially for Topre boards.

Agreed. I never would've bought one if I'd tried it first.
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #10 on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 17:07:45 »
As long as it is not CONUS only.
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #11 on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 17:15:10 »
Quote from: MOZ on Thu, 27 March 2014, 17:07:45
As long as it is not CONUS only.

Which it would be - can't see US manufacturers spending money shipping keyboard back and forth to Australia (or India or many European countries ...).
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #12 on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 17:24:35 »

Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 27 March 2014, 17:15:10
Quote from: MOZ on Thu, 27 March 2014, 17:07:45
As long as it is not CONUS only.

Which it would be - can't see US manufacturers spending money shipping keyboard back and forth to Australia (or India or many European countries ...).

We have Keepers in the UK and Deutschland, you know. :)
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #13 on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 18:07:53 »
Quote from: jdcarpe on Thu, 27 March 2014, 17:24:35

Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 27 March 2014, 17:15:10
Quote from: MOZ on Thu, 27 March 2014, 17:07:45
As long as it is not CONUS only.

Which it would be - can't see US manufacturers spending money shipping keyboard back and forth to Australia (or India or many European countries ...).

We have Keepers in the UK and Deutschland, you know. :)

That's easy - one way shipping :p
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #14 on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 18:56:33 »
Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 27 March 2014, 17:15:10
Quote from: MOZ on Thu, 27 March 2014, 17:07:45
As long as it is not CONUS only.

Which it would be - can't see US manufacturers spending money shipping keyboard back and forth to Australia (or India or many European countries ...).

Let's see those US manufacturers... Topre, Leopold, Cherry, Maltron, Filco... Well, there's Unicomp, but they haven't released anything meaningful for ages. What's left? Maybe WASD, Kinesis and Matias, but the boards aren't manufactured in America AFAIK, and Matias is Canadian.
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #15 on: Thu, 27 March 2014, 19:07:36 »
It does sound fun, I would love to test out keyboards and give my thoughts about them to the manufacturers. :)
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #16 on: Fri, 28 March 2014, 02:19:01 »
Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 27 March 2014, 16:13:39
Not gonna happen - imagine the mess some people would make of keyboards and the financial loss companies would have shipping keyboards all over the place and then cleaning them when they come back, or just throwing them out.
Unfortunatley I agree. Logistics and cost(Do the manufacturer of the board see an ROI in this?)  is the reason this will not happen.
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Re: Keyboard Testers
« Reply #17 on: Fri, 28 March 2014, 08:53:19 »
Quote from: jdcarpe on Thu, 27 March 2014, 16:28:24
Now if the companies would donate maybe four or five keyboards of a new model to the site, say via the Keepers or something, the community could organize a tour around that. Then have a contest of some sort to decide who would get to keep the keyboards when the tours completed. That would be something.

I was trying to get Signature Plastics to do that with their color rings, but they wouldn't.  We might be able to convince Cherry to do it with their MX 3.0 board...or maybe not with the review thread getting nuked.
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