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Offline kaiserreich

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« on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 03:38:59 »

What are the stems made of?

Source: http://www.pcwaishe.cn/thread-189806-1-1.html
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« Reply #1 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 08:26:40 »
I LOLed. Now THAT is some rapid poo!

Looks like they're made out of play-doh.
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« Reply #2 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 08:54:35 »
They're just too tasty! Keycap couldn't resist.
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« Reply #3 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 08:58:27 »
Good thing qtan let me return mine since the letter "t" key decided to stop working.  That's what you get for that price range.
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« Reply #4 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 09:19:22 »
Glad I didn't buy one! :s
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« Reply #5 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 09:38:31 »
Beware of the Chinese clones...
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Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #6 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 10:49:42 »
Doesn't really means a lot w/o any knowledge about the quality... of the owner.
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« Reply #7 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 10:58:03 »
That escape key is on the corner...so the board "could" have been dropped on the floor. Otherwise, it should not break.
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« Reply #8 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 10:58:19 »
Yea, owner must've had serious "butter fingers" they tried to remove those keycaps with a laser beam.
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« Reply #9 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 10:59:42 »
or...the Half-life crowbar.
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« Reply #10 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 11:03:37 »
Indeed just use a screwdriver forcing on one side only and you can break anything
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« Reply #11 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 11:10:08 »
Quote from: audioave10;404897
or...the Half-life crowbar.


Good point. Please do not use the following to pull your keycaps:



or



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« Reply #12 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 12:30:37 »
Pulling keycaps with a chisel never works out well.
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Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #13 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 12:47:11 »
Quote from: Gerk;404945
Pulling keycaps with a chisel never works out well.


It works perfectly to remove the keycap, the hard part is resitting it :lol:
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« Reply #14 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 12:48:18 »
Ya I guess they do come off nice and quick and easy with a chisel, just as long as you don't want to ever put it back on :)
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« Reply #15 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 20:06:30 »
To provide some context as to how this happened,

The owner discovered some chattering with his keyboard and returned in for an exchange.
Damage occured during the transit. While the delivery people may handle stuff in a rough way, if the stem was well built enough, I don't think a stem could break so easily. Unless someone wants to prove me wrong by showing a Cherry switch  with a broken stem
« Last Edit: Thu, 25 August 2011, 21:54:21 by kaiserreich »
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Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #16 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 20:50:38 »
Quote from: kaiserreich;405207
Unless someone wants to prove me wrong by showing a Cherry switch  with a broken stem


My BL82 arrived with three broken stems.
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« Reply #17 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 21:00:18 »
Cherry FTW! Dad used to work for Cherry...(thanks Dad for making quality so good :laugh:)
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« Reply #18 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 21:53:35 »
Quote from: The Solutor;405240
My BL82 arrived with three broken stems.

I stand corrected.
So the picture is not a fair representation of the quality of the Rapoo stems?
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Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #19 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 22:03:45 »
Quote from: kaiserreich;405263
I stand corrected.
So the picture is not a fair representation of the quality of the Rapoo stems?


The picture shows a broken stem, unless some decent testing is done this means nothing.

Then to reply to your question, no, definitely.

I haven't touched a rappoo, but I don't mind to judge them because a photo, posted by a random user.
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Offline Oqsy

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« Reply #20 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 22:18:40 »
Wow, I realize that this is not necessarily indicative of quality of the brand, but it DOES make you wonder how well the clones will hold up, whether fair or not.
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« Reply #21 on: Thu, 25 August 2011, 22:40:55 »
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Say What? Your Cherry MX slider broke off into a cap as in the picture?


Exactly, three of them.
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« Reply #22 on: Sun, 28 August 2011, 18:01:47 »
Just got one of these off DinoDirect. Haven't used the vendor before, but from browsing review sites, they seem middle of the road and atleast respond when somebody gives them a negative review. Besides, at $56 +free shipping  +$10 off coupon (which I used to upgrade the shipping) it was too good to pass up.

http://www.dinodirect.com/keyboard-gaming-usb-v7.html

Dino2011   gives $10 off $50.

Oh, and let's not forget the "Exquisite Traditional Festal Nylon Yarn Chinese Knots- Free Gift attached with each order"
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