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Offline BucklingSpring

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What few months of brown will do to you?
« on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 09:15:29 »
After couples of months using XArmor's MX Brown, I'm ready to move on.

Buckling springs are my benchmark. What a shocking transition.

Typing on a XArmor brown is like walking in a canoe. It's soft, quiet and you need to be careful no to tip the boat over (especially with the large keys). Back at Buckling springs is like walking on a hardwood floor with boots. It's hard, loud and rock solid. The precision is very satisfying.

The only times I'm going to miss the MX Browns is while I'm on the phone. I can be typing and nobody noticed.

Meanwhile – The XArmor is compact, backlit, feature rich and has very weak stabilizers.

The whole Brown experience is up to personal tastes. Too light for those who prefers heavy switches.
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Offline audioave10

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« Reply #1 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 09:32:04 »
Your post has me thinking that I may not bother trying the Brown's after all. I'm not a typist anyway and my "industrial" hands don't care about the DECK blacks or IBM buckling springs. Thanks for the confirmation. I might just as well get a DECK 82 for the tenkeyless I need.
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Offline BucklingSpring

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« Reply #2 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 09:52:30 »
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my "industrial" hands don't care about the DECK blacks or IBM buckling springs.

MX Black and Buckling Springs are amongst the stiffest switches around.

On a side note, The MX Blue are relatively light too. I don't know if it's because of the audible feedback but I got used to them and liked them better than the Brown.

I got to admit... At first the Brown were "woaw". Velvet got its appeal too. It just didn't last.
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Offline audioave10

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« Reply #3 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 11:59:04 »
I thought the Blues were nice too, but I don't use them much.
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Offline noodles256

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« Reply #4 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 15:50:44 »
i miss my blacks, I didnt like browns the short time i had it. I threw up when i typed it because it was so gross.

I then proceeded to post at ocn
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Offline BucklingSpring

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« Reply #5 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 16:40:38 »
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Another Buckling Spring user succumbs to the valley of death.


Hehehehehe. Can you tell what danger we are facing?
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Offline RiGS

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« Reply #6 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 16:40:46 »
I find the topre rather stiff as well in a good way.
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Offline elborak

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« Reply #7 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 16:41:04 »
Wow, I must be some sort of superman to have weathered that danger zone.  I've moved from decades of white clicky complicated ALPS to my current alternation between Cherry browns and Topre Realforce 45g.  Should I be expecting some sort of Vietnam Vet-style PTSD flashbacks soon?
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Offline BucklingSpring

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« Reply #8 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 16:51:07 »
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I find the topre rather stiff as well in a good way.

Talkging about all 55g aren't you?
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Offline elborak

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« Reply #9 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 16:52:53 »
This AXE?

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Offline BucklingSpring

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« Reply #10 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 16:56:10 »
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Offline Touch_It

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« Reply #11 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 18:16:28 »
Wow. Off like to try browns. own buckling springs and monterey. Monterey are very pleasant to type on but any lighter I think would be no effort to me and idk if old like that. I'd think torpes and browns would have too much give for me. I'd like to test drive them though
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Offline noodles256

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« Reply #12 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 18:22:10 »
that axe girl isnt that attractive. i would rate her as brown switches.

topre switches would be zooey deschanel.

I only know 3 people that like her. me, ripster (i think?), and a dota game caster.

everyone here is like zomg katy perry!!! i haz the fireworks
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Offline Findecanor

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« Reply #13 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 18:29:08 »
Yeah, the AXE girl looks a bit as if she is German. Just like Brown Cherries are. :)

I would really like to try Montereys som time.
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Offline RiGS

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« Reply #14 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 19:11:38 »
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Talkging about all 55g aren't you?

To me the 55g feels stiffer than touch typing on mx blacks.
However bottoming out the 45g feels like touch typing on mx blacks.

W=FXS
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« Reply #15 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 19:31:50 »
Very dangerous. You go first.
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« Reply #16 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 19:40:43 »
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Yeah, the AXE girl looks a bit as if she is German. Just like Brown Cherries are. :)

I would really like to try Montereys som time.

 
I'd highly suggest it.I'd say they almost our do feel better than bucklingsprings of c though its personal preference. Is like to try clicky alps cherry blacks and blues. I like my keyboards big and loud.. I don't get small form factor except maybe for a htpc our a really small desk
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Offline BababooeyHTJ

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« Reply #17 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 20:10:50 »
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MX Black and Buckling Springs are amongst the stiffest switches around.

On a side note, The MX Blue are relatively light too. I don't know if it's because of the audible feedback but I got used to them and liked them better than the Brown.

I got to admit... At first the Brown were "woaw". Velvet got its appeal too. It just didn't last.

 
I wouldn't really compare the two. I love buckling springs but I find blacks way too stiff.

I'm using browns right now and of the cherry switches that I have tried they are my favorite but I would love a switch that feels something like buckling springs but without the noise.
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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« Reply #18 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 20:23:52 »
buckling spring (ibm m)- too stiff, traded for cherry blacks (cherry g80-3000) - still too stiff, got some browns (leopold fc200rt) and my hands are happy. i miss the CLICK. trying blues next as soon as i get my poker. my keyboards keep shrinking.
also, +1 for zooey deschanel.
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Offline BucklingSpring

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« Reply #19 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 20:37:07 »
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that axe girl isnt that attractive. i would rate her as brown switches.

topre switches would be zooey deschanel.

I only know 3 people that like her. me, ripster (i think?), and a dota game caster.

everyone here is like zomg katy perry!!! i haz the fireworks

 
Don't bother trying to relate to the original post. I encourage threadcrapping in my own threads as long as it is amusing ;-)

Zooey must have a real boy friend (or girl friend, who knows) who likes her very much and can do whatever he/she wants to her… So add at least one to your count :-)
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« Reply #20 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 20:40:46 »
she married ben gibbard. death cab lead singer
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« Reply #21 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 20:42:17 »
Zooey > Katy

Zooey's got a much, much better voice.
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Offline noodles256

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« Reply #22 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 20:46:06 »
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Zooey > Katy

Zooey's got a much, much better voice.

no doubt, katy got nothing on zooey.

sry for going offtopic. for the record, i did compare the axe girl to browns which brought up zooey

yum
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Offline BucklingSpring

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« Reply #23 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 20:46:44 »
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buckling spring (ibm m)- too stiff, traded for cherry blacks (cherry g80-3000) - still too stiff, got some browns (leopold fc200rt) and my hands are happy. i miss the CLICK. trying blues next as soon as i get my poker. my keyboards keep shrinking.
also, +1 for zooey deschanel.


See... It's all about personal taste. Your hands could probably manage Red as well.

Back to the subject at hand, "switching" from high contrasts switches - velvet quiet brown vs heavy noisy buckling springs was an interesting experience. It really helped me to better define what I like.
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Offline BucklingSpring

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« Reply #24 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 20:48:45 »
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Threadcrapping is not the same as going OT.

Please share your wisdom or RTFM me. I don't know what OT is. (Off Topic maybe?)
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Offline noodles256

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« Reply #25 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 20:57:42 »
how do you threadcrap ebay listings?  

can you post on them now?
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Offline BucklingSpring

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« Reply #26 on: Mon, 16 May 2011, 21:00:53 »
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Correct.  Off Topic. (...) Plus, it gives me a chance to be pedantic about Economic Theory.

LoL - Like Ron Jeremy used to say - Rock out with your graph out.
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