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Offline Jmaverick

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« on: Wed, 29 February 2012, 22:11:17 »
Does anyone have a Filco white and Leopold White side by side in a picture? It's hard to tell which is whiter in pics on the web.

Thanks in advance.
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« Reply #1 on: Wed, 29 February 2012, 22:34:07 »
If I weren't trolling... I'd say this thread is racist! Racist I tell ya! But I'm trolling.
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Offline Henry Allen Venture

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« Reply #2 on: Wed, 29 February 2012, 23:08:07 »
I've heard the Filco is proper white.
I know for a fact that the Leo isn't very white. See the review in my sig.
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Offline litster

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« Reply #3 on: Wed, 29 February 2012, 23:12:01 »
No.  Filco's white is like condensed milk kinda white.
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Offline demik

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« Reply #4 on: Wed, 29 February 2012, 23:37:52 »



pic when i had my leopold
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Offline Jmaverick

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« Reply #5 on: Thu, 01 March 2012, 08:00:14 »
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Show Image

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pic when i had my leopold

The Leopold looks a lot whiter to me in these. Thanks for the pics!
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Offline sth

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« Reply #6 on: Thu, 01 March 2012, 09:59:41 »
Be aware that the Leopold is decidedly* not white, but very light beige/grey.


*I decided it.
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« Reply #7 on: Thu, 01 March 2012, 10:04:11 »
Yes...



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Offline demik

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« Reply #8 on: Thu, 01 March 2012, 14:50:29 »
More Michael Jackson white.
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Offline flaming_june

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« Reply #9 on: Thu, 01 March 2012, 14:53:08 »
yeah, only ducky's truly white.

jeremy lin is fine with it.
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Offline obijohn

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« Reply #10 on: Fri, 02 March 2012, 05:44:34 »
I have a white leopold and have also found that pictures don't really convey the color very well. Here's my attempt using HTML color codes. You know, for grins. :becky:

This is white.
This is the color of the Leopold.

I spent way more time than I should have choosing the HTML color code that most closely matched my Leopold. What is wrong with me... :nerd:
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Offline Bry

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« Reply #11 on: Fri, 02 March 2012, 18:50:04 »
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I have a white leopold and have also found that pictures don't really convey the color very well. Here's my attempt using HTML color codes. You know, for grins. :becky:

This is white.
This is the color of the Leopold.

I spent way more time than I should have choosing the HTML color code that most closely matched my Leopold. What is wrong with me... :nerd:

That awkward moment when you realize everyone's LCD is going to display a different shade depending on their model / age / settings / etc.
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« Reply #12 on: Fri, 02 March 2012, 18:57:44 »
Dumb question inc; Do white boards/caps start to turn crusty colored after awhile?
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« Reply #13 on: Fri, 02 March 2012, 19:27:40 »
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That awkward moment when you realize everyone's LCD is going to display a different shade depending on their model / age / settings / etc.
Looks pretty accurate to me.
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Offline demik

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« Reply #14 on: Fri, 02 March 2012, 19:29:03 »
font looks cream to me.

leopold has more of a grey tint to it
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Offline RTbar

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« Reply #15 on: Sat, 03 March 2012, 23:29:38 »
my choc mini is blindingly white
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« Reply #16 on: Sat, 03 March 2012, 23:44:51 »
I think the Leopold white is more like this
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Offline demik

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« Reply #17 on: Sat, 03 March 2012, 23:49:14 »
thats filco "white"

just look at the picture qtan has of his engraved white pbts on a filco board.
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« Reply #18 on: Sat, 03 March 2012, 23:53:26 »
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just look at the picture qtan has of his engraved white pbts on a filco board.

That picture scares me. :Cry:
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Offline demik

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« Reply #19 on: Sun, 04 March 2012, 00:07:24 »
:rofl: filco white
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Offline obijohn

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« Reply #20 on: Sun, 04 March 2012, 05:14:10 »
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Dumb question inc; Do white boards/caps start to turn crusty colored after awhile?

The "crusty" color you're talking about, which everyone has seen thanks to the older "white" computer cases and CRT monitor cases, is actually caused by a two different factors. The plastic used on those white computer cases is actually ABS (same as these keyboard). However, ABS is flammable, and computer/monitor cases generate lots of heat and have high voltage electricity running through them, so to meet safety standards Bromine is added as a fire retardant to the ABS. Bromine reacts chemically to heat and UV light, and this chemical reaction causes the ABS to start to turn brown, which combined with the white pigment makes the yellow or "crusty" color. Since most computer parts are not exposed to sunlight, it's mainly the heat that causes the discoloration over time.

Keyboards do not generate heat (your fingertips are probably warmer than any heat generated in the keyboard itself). My last white keyboard was 10 years old and had not started to discolor at all. Not to say they wouldn't do so under certain circumstances, such as being left by a window where the sun shines on it every day, but they will discolor much less than computer cases and monitor cases.
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« Reply #21 on: Sun, 04 March 2012, 08:00:58 »
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Here's another view.  The Leopold (top left) is a kind of grayish off white.  The Filco (top right) is more of a tanish off white.  By comparison, the keys on the black keyboard are snow white.  The background is a sheet of pure white printer paper.  Sorry for the poor lighting.
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« Reply #22 on: Sun, 04 March 2012, 08:34:35 »
If you want a white keyboard, have a look at Noppoo Choc mini. It looks white to me.
« Last Edit: Sun, 04 March 2012, 08:36:52 by poxeclipse »
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« Reply #23 on: Sun, 04 March 2012, 08:44:34 »
My Choc Mini is as white as the driven snow (almost).  I think the keys are made of POM plasitc and are just the slightest shade off white.  I can only tell because the South Park keys on it are pure white.
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Offline nhwhaup

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« Reply #24 on: Sun, 04 March 2012, 11:58:25 »
I have KBC PBT keycaps for both my Filco TKL and my Poker - both are snow white - love them.  I use the white keycaps in combination with the black cases and my keyboards look like they are dressed up in tuxedos.  I'm a G-Ma and not a dude so it's okay for me to describe my keyboards in tuxedos.....
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« Reply #25 on: Sun, 04 March 2012, 21:38:00 »
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I have KBC PBT keycaps for both my Filco TKL and my Poker - both are snow white - love them.  I use the white keycaps in combination with the black cases and my keyboards look like they are dressed up in tuxedos.  I'm a G-Ma and not a dude so it's okay for me to describe my keyboards in tuxedos.....


G-ma, is that supposed to be girly-man, or grand-mother.

And I never understood the fascination with snow white coloring, UV damage will turn it yellowish eventually, why deal with that.. Black all the way..
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