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Offline Boozebeard

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« on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 11:21:32 »
Ok, So am I right in thinking that the bit under the caps should be the same colour as the switch type? So a on cherry browns it will be brown plastic?

I've had my filco  "brown" for a bout a month now and I just took the space bar off to get some dirt out and it's got a blue switch... I must admit it was clickier than I was expecting but it's my first mechanical so I didn't really question it.

Offline Brian8bit

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 11:23:53 »
Weird that it's got blues. I thought green was the preferred space bar switch.

Offline ch_123

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« Reply #2 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 11:27:45 »
Filcos should have the same type of switch on all keys. The practise of putting a heavier switch under the spacebar is primarily a Cherry thing.

Do other keys also have blue switches?

Offline Brian8bit

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 11:30:25 »
It'd be funny if it turned out he's been using a blue board the entire time.

Offline Boozebeard

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 11:34:06 »
They are all blue, haha. I'll try and get it replaced. At least I got to try blues. I bet they are out of stock now though.

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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 11:45:37 »
Wow. Didn't you notice the clickiness of the keyboard before looking under the keycaps?
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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 11:47:36 »
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Offline ch_123

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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 11:48:25 »
Who was the vendor?

Offline Boozebeard

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« Reply #8 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 11:56:31 »
Quote from: db_Iodine;302826
Wow. Didn't you notice the clickiness of the keyboard before looking under the keycaps?


Like I said. It was clickier than I had expected but this is the first time I've ever used a mechanical keyboard so I didn't really know. It did actually occur to me they could be blues I just never got around to checking, lol.

Quote from: ch_123;302829
Who was the vendor?


Keyboard company (UK)

Offline lzf929

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« Reply #9 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 11:59:55 »
they probably shipped the wrong keyboard to u...

Offline Boozebeard

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« Reply #10 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 12:04:01 »
Yeah it was from a proper retailer so hopefully shouldn't be too much of a problem as long as they have stock...

I'll send them an email now.

Offline db_Iodine

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« Reply #11 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 12:11:07 »
Keyboard Company is known to be extremely good in dealing with problems of their customers, so you're likely to get a completely new keyboard (this time with the right switches) shipped to you.
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Offline Boozebeard

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« Reply #12 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 12:14:20 »
According to the website they don't have stock, so I might have to wait a bit.

Anyway I e-mailed them. Will have to see what they say.

I bet I'll get the brown and then decide I liked the blue better, haha.
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Offline Boozebeard

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« Reply #13 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 12:49:39 »
Well the invoice still attached to the box it came in says:

Product Description
88 UK Tenkeyless Majestouch NKR Brown Switch

So I definitely ordered the right one :)

Offline Brian8bit

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« Reply #14 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 12:56:21 »
Someone, somewhere, is typing on a brown switch board believing it to be blues. Universal balance and all that.

Offline Boozebeard

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« Reply #15 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 14:53:20 »
They will send a courier to deliver a correct one and pick up the old when once they are in stock. It's also worth noting it's 20:50 in the UK right now and he's still replying to e-mails. Great customer service :)

Offline neo

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« Reply #16 on: Tue, 01 March 2011, 17:00:13 »
What color are the LED lights on your board, green or blue?