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Offline mrbonk

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« on: Sun, 12 February 2012, 03:57:39 »
Hey folks.  I'm looking to buy a full-size mechanical keyboard but I'm having trouble finding a supplier here in Australia.  I've narrowed my search down to a couple of boards:

Rosewill RK-9000RE
Filco Majestouch Linear R Limited Edition (yes, I know these are out of production)

I'd be prepared to go to a Majestouch 2 with browns if I absolutely have to, but I would prefer reds.  I've considered the Leopold and the Ducky, but after reading all of the reviews I could find, I think I'd rather go with a better quality board like either the Rosewill or Filco.

Any Aussies here who can direct me to a local supplier for one of these boards?  The only one I could find was AusPcGear, who has the brown switch boards on 'preorder'.
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Offline Kamikaze K

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« Reply #2 on: Sun, 12 February 2012, 04:05:30 »
Also try these guys:

http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/products/1838/?page=1

They seem to tbe one of the few places selling Filco's...

Edit: Were these the guys you were talking about??  Sorry if they were... Just did a search for Auspcgear and nothing came up so I presume we're talking about the same place...  Check out page 2.. they have the Multicam full decks in brown available.
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Offline Saviant

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« Reply #3 on: Sun, 12 February 2012, 04:08:21 »
You have pccasegear which deals in the Leopolds, topres and the CM Mechanicals. auspcmarket has the filcos and DAS and you have mechkeyboards for the duckys. I have personally brought Leos, Topre and the CM stuff from PCcasegear and they are always excellent to deal with, and all my Filco's I have brought out of auspcmarket and again excellent dealings with them aswell.
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Offline Kamikaze K

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« Reply #4 on: Sun, 12 February 2012, 04:13:32 »
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You have pccasegear which deals in the Leopolds, topres and the CM Mechanicals. auspcmarket has the filcos and DAS and you have mechkeyboards for the duckys. I have personally brought Leos, Topre and the CM stuff from PCcasegear and they are always excellent to deal with, and all my Filco's I have brought out of auspcmarket and again excellent dealings with them aswell.

 Have to say that we're pretty lucky here in Australia... We seem to be able to get things like this a whole lot easier than the guys in Europe.  Got my Topre and CM red's from PCCG.  Mechkeyboard.com are great as well and they don't charge delivery... Got my Filco from Auspcmaket as well...

We seem to have the same board buying history Saviant! lol
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Offline mrbonk

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« Reply #5 on: Sun, 12 February 2012, 04:20:38 »
Quote from: Kamikaze K;512378
they have the Multicam full decks in brown available.


Yeah, that's the place.  I'm absolutely not interested in a camo keyboard though.  My colour preference would be just regular black with white lettering.
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Offline Saviant

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« Reply #6 on: Sun, 12 February 2012, 04:24:15 »
Quote from: Kamikaze K;512382
Have to say that we're pretty lucky here in Australia... We seem to be able to get things like this a whole lot easier than the guys in Europe.  Got my Topre and CM red's from PCCG.  Mechkeyboard.com are great as well and they don't charge delivery... Got my Filco from Auspcmaket as well...

We seem to have the same board buying history Saviant! lol

I agree we do have it good here with the choices of mechanicals, I just ordered a blue cm storm from pccg as I don't have a blue switched keyboard :)
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« Reply #7 on: Sun, 12 February 2012, 04:29:02 »
Just be carful to choose the right board, because you wont be able to send it back and get your money back.
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Offline Kamikaze K

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« Reply #8 on: Sun, 12 February 2012, 04:40:52 »
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Yeah, that's the place.  I'm absolutely not interested in a camo keyboard though.  My colour preference would be just regular black with white lettering.

All good. Wrote that reply and realised we were talking about the same place... I can see why people wouldn't want the camo but to be honest, the camo is nicely done.  I was originally cautious about it and took ages deciding but when I got it I was pleasantly surprise how nice it was.  Great board.  They did have the Filco with yellow keycaps but they only stock the TKL version of the board now. Oh there also the Pink Filco!  No? I wonder why....

  Just to let you know though... there a lot of Ducky hate in this forum mainly from a handful of guys who had bad experiences with their 1xxx's models who now are hell bent on dissing Ducky.  Their 9xxx series which is their flagship model are fantastic.  Have a quick look anyway...  http://www.mechkeyboards.com/

There's also WASD... You can fully customize your board to the way you like it.  This company has had universal thumbs up from this forum and others.  I'm planning to get my cherry brown board from these guys in the near future... They are on par with Filco's... They use the same Costar stabilisers as Filco which means they most likely come from the same factory!  Check them out... They ship to Australia.

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/

Quote from: Saviant;512384
I just ordered a blue cm storm from pccg as I don't have a blue switched keyboard :)

  Nice!  Yeah the CM Quickfire's are fantastic. Love my CM red's.  Good bang for your buck the CM's!  Only thing is that the stock keycaps do feel a little cheap compared to the Filco's.  Then again it could just be to do with the red switch lightness...
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Offline Saviant

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« Reply #9 on: Sun, 12 February 2012, 04:44:47 »
I wasn't much of a fan of the multicam either, but the new board with no start on the left side and function keys outwayed the hate. In the end I replaced the casing with a standard case and got the multicam on my parents computer.
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Offline jonnybastard

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« Reply #10 on: Sun, 12 February 2012, 05:04:06 »
I got my Linear R from AusPC Market, don't know if they still carry them though, twas a while ago now.
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« Reply #11 on: Sun, 12 February 2012, 07:37:12 »
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I got my Linear R from AusPC Market, don't know if they still carry them though, twas a while ago now.
Long, long gone
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Offline mrbonk

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« Reply #12 on: Tue, 14 February 2012, 04:22:58 »
After about half a day using a TKL Filco with browns, I've come to a couple of conclusions.
First, the browns are nice.....really nice.
Second, the TKL size board lets me put my mouse in a *much* more comfortable spot on the desk.

Consequently, I've ordered a black Majestouch 2 TKL with browns from AusPcMarket (who shipped it in under an hour from when I placed the order!!).
Now waiting very impatiently for my board :nod:
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Offline Nunez

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« Reply #13 on: Tue, 14 February 2012, 05:16:51 »
Quote from: mrbonk;512374
Hey folks.  I'm looking to buy a full-size mechanical keyboard but I'm having trouble finding a supplier here in Australia.  I've narrowed my search down to a couple of boards:

Rosewill RK-9000RE
Filco Majestouch Linear R Limited Edition (yes, I know these are out of production)

I'd be prepared to go to a Majestouch 2 with browns if I absolutely have to, but I would prefer reds.  I've considered the Leopold and the Ducky, but after reading all of the reviews I could find, I think I'd rather go with a better quality board like either the Rosewill or Filco.

Any Aussies here who can direct me to a local supplier for one of these boards?  The only one I could find was AusPcGear, who has the brown switch boards on 'preorder'.

PCCG are getting the Leopold FC700R keyboards sometime in the next month or 2
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=384438944905355&set=a.223226247693293.70756.216775698338348&type=1&theater
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Offline Saviant

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« Reply #14 on: Tue, 14 February 2012, 06:42:34 »
Quote from: Nunez;513996
PCCG are getting the Leopold FC700R keyboards sometime in the next month or 2
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=384438944905355&set=a.223226247693293.70756.216775698338348&type=1&theater

Thanks for that Nunez, I was gonna ring them and enquire about the FC700R, I want to give Leopold another shot but was waiting for those boards first.
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Offline Kamikaze K

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« Reply #15 on: Tue, 14 February 2012, 07:39:49 »
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Thanks for that Nunez, I was gonna ring them and enquire about the FC700R, I want to give Leopold another shot but was waiting for those boards first.

Yeah... I'm really liking the look of those... Still to find out if they're changing the type of stabilisers used in their boards or sticking to the Cherry types...
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Offline Saviant

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« Reply #16 on: Tue, 14 February 2012, 08:04:18 »
Quote from: Kamikaze K;514050
Yeah... I'm really liking the look of those... Still to find out if they're changing the type of stabilisers used in their boards or sticking to the Cherry types...

They are using Cherry stabilisers from all the info I have seen on here
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Offline Kamikaze K

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« Reply #17 on: Tue, 14 February 2012, 08:41:28 »
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They are using Cherry stabilisers from all the info I have seen on here

Bugger... I thought with the board looking more like an OEM Costar they might have decided to go down that path...

No biggy, I don't mind cherries... I just prefer Costar's.
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Offline mrbonk

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« Reply #18 on: Wed, 15 February 2012, 14:37:25 »
My new board arrived yesterday morning.....less than 24hours from placing the order to having it sitting on my desk....awesome!
I must say I'm impressed by how heavily built the thing is.  The Dell board that came with my work computer felt like typing on a soggy dishrag by comparison.
The finish/texture on the keys is also very nice to type on.  I do find myself inadvertently going for the absent numpad, but I'm not doing data entry, so I'm sure that will wear off quickly.
I'm very glad I took the plunge and shelled out for a mech board :biggrin1:
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Offline Bertross

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« Reply #19 on: Wed, 15 February 2012, 18:21:33 »
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Congrats on the Filco Brown.  I'm typing on one right now.

Ditto very nice. TKL right?

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Offline Kamikaze K

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« Reply #20 on: Wed, 15 February 2012, 20:21:49 »
Quote from: mrbonk;515360
My new board arrived yesterday morning.....I'm very glad I took the plunge and shelled out for a mech board :biggrin1:

  Nice! Congrats on your new board!  

Welcome to the Cult of Mech!  ;)
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Offline mrbonk

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« Reply #21 on: Wed, 15 February 2012, 22:20:16 »
Yeah, I went TKL after using one for a while that morning.  I found I wasn't having to pick the mouse up and move it away from the edge of the keyboard like I was with the fullsize board.

I can see this being the start of yet another obsession...... *sigh*
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Offline Kamikaze K

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« Reply #22 on: Wed, 15 February 2012, 22:32:58 »
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Yeah, I went TKL after using one for a while that morning.  I found I wasn't having to pick the mouse up and move it away from the edge of the keyboard like I was with the fullsize board.

I can see this being the start of yet another obsession...... *sigh*

ahh... Admitting it is the first step my friend.  Give in to it I say... "ONE... OF... US... ONE OF US..."

On a more serious note... My first TKL was also a Filco... Never looked back.  Only full deck I've got in my collection is my Ducky.
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Offline jonnybastard

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« Reply #23 on: Wed, 15 February 2012, 22:39:36 »
Time for some PBT keycaps now :)
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« Reply #24 on: Wed, 15 February 2012, 22:44:38 »
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Time for some PBT keycaps now :)

Or wait for the new model Leopold's... ;)
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« Reply #25 on: Thu, 16 February 2012, 00:20:10 »
Pfft waiting.. where's the fun in that?!
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Offline Kamikaze K

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« Reply #26 on: Thu, 16 February 2012, 00:38:25 »
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Pfft waiting.. where's the fun in that?!

lol but waiting make getting it al* ... Yeah bugger it.  Get the it NOW NOW NOW!!!!!!

The new Leopold's are looking quite nice I must admit!  Not sure about the white but I'll be lying if I say I wasn't tempted.
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Offline mrbonk

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« Reply #27 on: Thu, 16 February 2012, 02:39:26 »
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Time for some PBT keycaps now :)

Maybe when these start to look a bit worn.  Of course, that would also provide me with the perfect opportunity to just get another board, maybe with red switches.  Purely for comparison sake you understand..... :thumb:
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« Reply #28 on: Thu, 16 February 2012, 06:59:12 »
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Maybe when these start to look a bit worn.  Of course, that would also provide me with the perfect opportunity to just get another board, maybe with red switches.  Purely for comparison sake you understand..... :thumb:

The new Leo's will have PBT keycaps... so I'd probably wait fo them.  I know PCCG will probably stock the Red's.
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Offline mrbonk

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« Reply #29 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 02:39:55 »
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The new Leo's will have PBT keycaps... so I'd probably wait fo them.  I know PCCG will probably stock the Red's.


Oh no!  I may have already found the excuse for a board with reds :scared:

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_1276&products_id=19570
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Offline Kamikaze K

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« Reply #30 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 07:05:25 »
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Oh no!  I may have already found the excuse for a board with reds :scared:

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_1276&products_id=19570


Yeah I already put a preorder on the brown's... :doh:
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Offline Saviant

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« Reply #31 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 07:06:28 »
Yeah I placed an order for a red one, was thinking it would of been more expensive.
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Offline Kamikaze K

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« Reply #32 on: Fri, 17 February 2012, 07:10:00 »
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was thinking it would of been more expensive.

Was kinda expecting it to have gone up by that much... But was bracing myself for PCCG to mark it up even more... Glad they didn't. Good company.
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