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Offline spOOfy

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First mechanical
« on: Fri, 21 October 2011, 16:53:22 »
My Filco Tenkeyless Majestouch-2 w/ cherry blue switches arrived today   from Amazon. I was going to hold off and wait for a tenkeyless ninja   version to appear but according to the email I got from Diatec, they   won't be available in the US until around December. Couldn't wait that   long. After using this $15 Logitech internet keyboard for years, it was   finally time to retire it with a Filco.
     
     My first impression is that the keyboard is heavy and feels solid.   Typing on it is a joy and the noise doesn't bother me at all. I also   enjoy the extra space I get without the numpad but I still reach and   push the right arrow on occasions thinking its the enter button. I was   scared to pull off the keycaps without the proper keycap puller. I only  pulled the esc key  with this paperclip I bent at the ends to make sure  it was blue switches  underneath.    
   
   Since I was planning to buy the ninja for the side printed keys, I was  thinking of buying some keys from this website. particularly these  keys:   http://www.vendio.com/stores/E-sports-Gaming-equipments/item/pbt-key-caps/104-pbt-white-side-printed-key/lid=19686618
 
 I'm thinking white keys on a black board would look good. Do you guys think it's a good buy or will I be able to buy from  somewhere else for cheaper? Also is $8 the average price for a keycap  puller? I see it on that site as well and was just thinking of  purchasing it all from one place.
 
 Crappy cellphone pics of my keyboard:
 imgur.com/a/2eOQZ#TUzD0

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First mechanical
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 21 October 2011, 18:28:23 »
http://imgur.com/a/2eOQZ#TUzD0

I would recommend buying keycaps from qtan. (The owner of the store is a member here)

'course you'll have extra keys, as the listing is for 104 keyset, and you have a tenkeyless (more like 17keyless) 'board.

I think there's a picture of white keys on a black filco on the "dress up boards with keycaps" topic, but I don't remember for sure. I thought it looked nice.