I went from Filco browns to blacks, and wanted Filco reds but they are not readily available so I went with the Rosewill with reds. I read that the Rosewill is pretty much a Filco in terms of quality and having all 3 boards together at the same time, I can say that is true. If it were a blind test, you probably wouldn't be able to tell the two apart, well other than the obvious Rosewill/Filco logo. The only thing that's different are the keycaps. I like the Filco keycaps more as they are smoother and you can't feel the actual letters on the keys. I can feel the letters on the Rosewill keycaps, and I prefer them to be smooth, but of course that's not a deal breaker as I can switch out keycaps.
The brown had a weird tactile feel that's like between linear and tactile and I didn't like that as it felt weird typing and gaming on it so I went with blacks thinking it would be perfect because I thought the browns were too light. I was wrong. While the blacks felt great for gaming, it was too heavy for typing and I got tired very fast. Went with the Rosewill reds and it's exactly like the blacks but much much lighter. Much more comfortable to type on and they feel about as light as the browns, if not lighter because there's no tactile bump, so you'd just end up bottom out pretty easily. I do prefer blacks for gaming because it just feels better when say, I'm playing Battlefield 3 and I'm moving my soldier around, each key press feels like I'm really controlling him. With the reds it's nicer because I don't get fatigue compared to the blacks, but there would be times when I would have my finger resting on the A, not knowingly, and I'd be running straight and then keep running left and I'm like, "why am I running sideways? Oh opps, my finger was on A the whole time."
But of course, it all comes down to preference. Most people love browns, I do not.
