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Offline rowdy

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Re: DAS Keyboard 4
« Reply #100 on: Fri, 04 April 2014, 03:41:31 »
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Re: DAS Keyboard 4
« Reply #101 on: Fri, 04 April 2014, 08:44:38 »
Quote from: CommonCurt on Fri, 04 April 2014, 01:06:24
Quote from: Nixietube on Wed, 26 March 2014, 12:41:31
i really dislike the non mechanical function keys.

Non mechanical function keys?  :confused:

I'm assuming he meant the play/pause, previous track, next track... etc buttons.
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Offline Demetrium

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Re: DAS Keyboard 4
« Reply #102 on: Fri, 04 April 2014, 09:54:38 »
Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 03 April 2014, 18:22:46
Quote from: Hyde on Thu, 03 April 2014, 18:00:49
^  Maybe they'll come out with the "Quiet" version later.

Just gotta wait a bit also depending on your preference you might have to leave/take out the o-rings.

Brown is the quiet version, isn't it?

In contradistinction to blues, being the "noisy" version.

Yep, the browns are still pretty loud but a little bit softer cause of the lack of tactile. If you type really softly on the browns you can quiet them down a bit, the blues are pretty much loud no matter what you do.
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Offline blackbox

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Re: DAS Keyboard 4
« Reply #103 on: Fri, 04 April 2014, 12:09:37 »
Quote from: Demetrium on Fri, 04 April 2014, 09:54:38
Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 03 April 2014, 18:22:46
Quote from: Hyde on Thu, 03 April 2014, 18:00:49
^  Maybe they'll come out with the "Quiet" version later.

Just gotta wait a bit also depending on your preference you might have to leave/take out the o-rings.

Brown is the quiet version, isn't it?

In contradistinction to blues, being the "noisy" version.

Yep, the browns are still pretty loud but a little bit softer cause of the lack of tactile. If you type really softly on the browns you can quiet them down a bit, the blues are pretty much loud no matter what you do.

The browns are tactile but they are not clicky.
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Offline scottrod

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Re: DAS Keyboard 4
« Reply #104 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 13:27:44 »
Just got one of these (with blues) and have been using it for a few days now at work after leaving the venerable Chicony KB-5181 behind.

I like the feel and the click; it's lighter than the Chicony. I like a tilted keyboard, so I had to add a 1/4" thick bar under the red footbar to get it where I wanted it.

The main thing I don't like is the spacing between the main key set and the six [Ins-thru-PageDown] key set, and between those and the Number keys. The gap between them is narrower than the Chicony. I tend to hit those keys along the outer perimeter on their edge, so I keep tagging the Ins key when hitting the Backspace key, and the snagging the NumLock key when selecting the Page Up key. Other than that it's good for me. Still feels a little on the light side, but I'll get used to eventually.

Oh and they need to coil the wire instead of the back and forth setup which is for packaging of course. The thing took a set and is badly kinked.
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Re: DAS Keyboard 4
« Reply #105 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 17:05:59 »
Holy Necro Batman!
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