What we take for granted, some people find very cool

[jkercado]

Example: my humble Cherry G84-4100.



Took the little keyboard to work today, wanted to give it a nice test drive. Connected it, and well, started working. A couple of hour later, co-workers started asking me about it. Where did you get it? (a nerd forum ;-) ) Is it cramped? (No, it's 96% as wide as a regular keyboard) Do the keys feel nice? (Heck yes, use a light touch and the switches respond beautifully) And so on. And of course, there were the "that thing looks cute!" comments.

A friend actually offered to buy it from me, but I declined. A couple actually tried the keys and were amazed at how smooth it feels and also liked the fact that it's pretty much silent.

This little keyboard is the office equivalent of walking a cute dog in the park. :becky: I think it's gonna have a very extended stay there, by the way. Loved working on it today.

I think it's cool that a humble little keyboard can get such a cool reaction from people.

[iBro]

Be careful about posting that on this forum. I inquired in a thread about this keyboard a few weeks ago and all it received was hate.

You have been warned.

[squarebox]

I tried ML switches once, disliked it.
I have to press down dead center on the key if not, the key will get stuck half-way.

[Tony]

What we consider cool, others may find it nerdy or just a waste of money.

[REVENGE]

It's either your thing or it isn't. If your friends are interested, these keyboards can be bought at a variety of different places ranging from eBay to CDW. Get the lasered version if you're buying new, the dye sub if you're buying used.

[woody]

a humble little keyboard

It is. Other thing is the keycaps are same profile, so you can easily arrange different layout.

[Tony]

For touch typing, the numbs on F and J means more than the keyboard's physical layout (typists do not look at the keyboard anyway), therefore no arrangements for new layout.

[keyboardlover]

I tried ML switches once, disliked it.
I have to press down dead center on the key if not, the key will get stuck half-way.

Sounds like Black Alps...I found the Dell AT101W to be the same way.

[keyboardlover]

Please stay on topic

[Surly73]

Example: my humble Cherry G84-4100.

) Do the keys feel nice? (Heck yes, use a light touch and the switches respond beautifully)

I've got two of these, and neither is what I'd call light.  I don't think they're worn out or anything, but I find it odd that we'd describe them so differently.  Did you lube switches or anything like that?

I type on a Model M all day long at work so I'm not a featherweight typer, but I find the MLs medium heavy and tend to bind.  Something that ticks me off is seeming inconsistency in actuation force, and missed keystrokes because the contacts didn't quite make as I speed up.  They seem easy to bind if you strike off axis at all...  It's too bad - I'd love to love them.  I still use them where I want something compact.

Hmmm

[jkercado]

I've got two of these, and neither is what I'd call light.  I don't think they're worn out or anything, but I find it odd that we'd describe them so differently.  Did you lube switches or anything like that?

I type on a Model M all day long at work so I'm not a featherweight typer, but I find the MLs medium heavy and tend to bind.  Something that ticks me off is seeming inconsistency in actuation force, and missed keystrokes because the contacts didn't quite make as I speed up.  They seem easy to bind if you strike off axis at all...  It's too bad - I'd love to love them.  I still use them where I want something compact.

Hmmm

It took em while to find the trick with them, as you can read in a previous review. I did lube them a little bit (a bit of WD40, so sue me Ripster ) but after lubing there wasn't that much of a big difference. Maybe I'm just a heavy-handed typist, but I find that by using a light touch they actually respond very nicely (I'm typing on it right now).

[Surly73]

It took em while to find the trick with them, as you can read in a previous review. I did lube them a little bit (a bit of WD40, so sue me Ripster ) but after lubing there wasn't that much of a big difference. Maybe I'm just a heavy-handed typist, but I find that by using a light touch they actually respond very nicely (I'm typing on it right now).

Well, I suppose that when I "play" with the keys they seem light but when I type on the boards, they seem heavy and bind easily.  Kind of like how you can run across a pool of cornstarch dissolved in water (or whatever it was) and long as you move fast and if you stop you sink.  The properties are different depending on how fast you're trying to go.  I dunno, bad analogy.

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[jkercado]

I get what you mean. But I've found its sweet spot. I have used it for two days full time at the office and I'm extremely satisfied.