Hi there,
Did you buy one of these RamaBot or anyone else for that matter, to see what they are like? I use an IBM Model M currently, I wonder how these feel in comparison.
I've just bought one of these keyboards. It arrived pretty quickly (faster than they said on the ebay listing).
Compared to the model M I've been using over the last few yeas (or any other mechanical keyboard I've used in the past), describing them as clicky is a bit of a stretch imho.
I haven't taken it to bits to check (and probably won't bother), but it definitely feels like a rubber dome keyboard to me and not quite as tactile as an old HP rubber dome one I have (though the keys do seem a bit noisier which slightly gives that impression when typing quickly oddly - they have a bit more of a ping to them when they're released I think).
There's a video on youtube of this keyboard, which along with the 'clicky' description in the ebay description, lead me to think it might be a mechanical keyboard. I'm guessing the youtube video is just someone hammering the keyboard heavily which makes it sound more clickly than it really is (unless I've got a look alike keyboard and theirs really was mechanical). Still for a £10er new and delivered it was worth a gamble, and I've seen much worse keyboards on sale in computer shops for more than that.
The one I received doesn't have chicony written on it anywhere I spotted, nor on the box it came in, or the slip of paper with the FCC stuff on it (though there was a sticker with the model number mentioned in the listing). Only FCC compliant, and made in china and some other serial numbers that I could see unless I'm missing it. I'm not sure if this is to be expected (if they're making them for other companies as the ebay listing suggests and these are surplus or something then maybe they wouldn't include the chicony branding).
On the plus side, it does look pretty sturdy and has a decent weight to it and it feels nicer (to me at least) than the other rubber dome keyboards I've got gathering dust in the cupboard, and doesn't feel quite so much of a leap moving from the Model M to it as some of the others (keys seem to be about the same size and spacing and with a reasonable amount of travel).
For £10 including delivery I can't complain really, even if it wasn't quite what I was hoping for, and it'll come in handy as a spare until I get around to getting another model M as a spare. Or I'm tempted to try to remove the lettering (it appears to be printed rather than lazered on or whatever they do on the model M's) to make it completely black.
You should bear in mind I'm new to this forum and this is my first post. So this is just my somewhat inexpert (compared to many of the people here) impression.
