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Offline codersean

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« on: Tue, 27 March 2012, 22:16:36 »
Yesterday I replaced my work keyboard, Unicomp Customizer, with my new Filco MJ2 TKL with MX Browns.

Today a coworker came over to my cube and said, "I like your new keyboard, it is much quieter."

I didn't think my customizer was that loud!

Anyone have any good stories?
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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 27 March 2012, 22:21:24 »
They think I'm crazy for spend more than $10 on a keyboard.

Using a customized G80-11900 at work.
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« Reply #2 on: Tue, 27 March 2012, 22:29:39 »
They asked me why did I get a keyboard without a numpad.
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Offline Tony

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 27 March 2012, 22:31:52 »


They think the Filco brown is nice to type and the Ninja red keycaps are cool, "it must cost around 40USD at most".

I never try to tell them the right price.
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Offline Autolyze

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 27 March 2012, 22:32:25 »
Confusion about blank keys, price, and tenkeylessness are all common reactions.
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Offline Parak

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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 27 March 2012, 22:41:42 »
A few people in my office already had mechanicals. Most everyone followed suit after I joined.

Wololo.
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Offline codersean

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 27 March 2012, 22:47:12 »
I know of only one other coworker with a "good" keyboard and it too is a customizer. Guess I need to do a better job of spreading the word.
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Offline Erick_C

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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 27 March 2012, 22:53:48 »
Brought the groove87 to work to replace a standard dell KB a couple of days ago.
I dont' mind them asking about the keyboard so much as their desire to touch it.  I have this sudden sensation to slap their hands when they reach for it.
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Offline biszarerabbit

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« Reply #8 on: Tue, 27 March 2012, 23:30:52 »
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They think the Filco brown is nice to type and the Ninja red keycaps are cool, "it must cost around 40USD at most".

I never try to tell them the right price.


Lol. 40USD. I wish
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Offline kimhwee

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« Reply #9 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 00:12:30 »
So far, none of my co-workers that I've asked are aware of what a Mechanical Keyboard is -.-"
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Offline whiskerBox

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« Reply #10 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 00:16:05 »
Took my HHKB to class the other day and got some hater stares. It was fun!
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« Reply #11 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 00:25:13 »
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They asked me why did I get a keyboard without a numpad.

They asked me why mine has a miniature skull on it. lol
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« Reply #12 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 00:31:09 »
whiskerBox  can you make more usb cable I love to get one(sorry OP)

Thanks
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Offline whiskerBox

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« Reply #13 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 00:33:26 »
Yes
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Offline kaiserreich

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« Reply #14 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 00:38:46 »
What will the coworkers' reaction be if you tell them how much Realforce 87u cost?
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« Reply #15 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 00:48:35 »
I work am a chef so my co-workers haven't had the luxery of typing on my Type-S but they know I have one and how much it cost.
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« Reply #16 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 00:50:54 »
I am starting a new job this week and debating which keyboard to take in with me. I guess that will determine how crazy they think I am. lol
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« Reply #17 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 00:52:54 »
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I am starting a new job this week and debating which keyboard to take in with me. I guess that will determine how crazy they think I am. lol

What is you daily driver?
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Offline whiskerBox

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« Reply #18 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 00:58:13 »
I have been switching back and forth between the poker and HHKB lately. I like them both equally, but the HHKB is definitely a little bit more tame looking. Prolly just go with the HHKB so I can blend in for awhile :spy:
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« Reply #19 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 01:05:19 »
they think im crazy for bringing a keyboard in my tool box to a construction site >.>
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« Reply #20 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 01:15:07 »
I've been driving a Model M at work for almost a decade.  At one point, I had someone next to me that also had one.  In fact, he was the reason I dug mine out of my parents basement (I bought it back in'94).  Since then, I've had more than a few nasty comments and one anonymous note about the noise.  A few years ago I grease modded it and I haven't had any complaints since.

Since coming here, I've brought a few keyboards in and out of work.  I've been using a Cherry G80 with ergo-clears with my laptop lately.  Most people know I am weird, so it's no biggie.
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« Reply #21 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 04:30:57 »
I work from home, so technically I have no co-workers.  Except for the wife and baby, I'm working on my own!

However, I did need to get engraved PBT keycaps and some O-Rings to tune down the sound when bottoming out during StarCraft II sessions.  Wife thinks it's acceptable now, so that base is covered.

What's even better: no one in my household except my wife and I (we're currently living with her parents) can use my keyboard since we're the only ones who can touch type.  The engraving isn't deep enough to see the letters when typing, so they don't even bother trying.  Gotta love that. :)
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« Reply #22 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 04:48:16 »
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They think the Filco brown is nice to type and the Ninja red keycaps are cool, "it must cost around 40USD at most".

I never try to tell them the right price.

Best story thus far :D

First I was not sure how the reactions of my co-workers will be when I bring my own keyboard.
Then I've brought my G80-3000 with Clears with me (which obviously isn't extraordinary at all) and no one even noticed it... lol
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« Reply #23 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 05:08:10 »
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they think im crazy for bringing a keyboard in my tool box to a construction site >.>

This is quite hilarious. At school, people hated my blues. So I dont bring it anymore.

Do we have people here that bring topre boards to school/work ? i'm planning on getting a 87u, and I was wondering, does anyone have the balls to bring it to school.
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Offline Surly73

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« Reply #24 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 07:22:59 »
Well, people around me think that an interest in keyboards is kind of weird.  I don't have a lot of rainbow keycaps mods going on or anything, but I can't understand how people who type all day can't appreciate that some tools are better than others.

Anyways.... the only keyboard that really generated comments was my model M.  There were some comments about noise (despite me being somewhat isolated and in an office).  There were the comments about the lame retro keyboard from the 80s from people who thought I should get something "decent" like a Logitech multimedia rubber dome board if I was going to bother to buy my own keyboard.  There were also some comments of praise from those who didn't notice it at first but clued in to the model M on my desk.  "Those are the last of the great keyboards!  They were over $300 in their day!  They don't build them like that anymore" etc....  

Right now I have an 86U on my desk - no one has noticed (other than perhaps a reduction in the noise). I've had a Leopold TKL there - no notice.  I've had a weirdo server-room space saving board with ALPS - no notice.  Of course I guess there's nothing wrong with flying under the radar.
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Offline Itxi

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« Reply #25 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 07:42:02 »
I work for a legacy systems support company so they didn't even raise an eyebrow.

Though they think it's a bit strange I have such an interest in keyboards :P
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« Reply #26 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 07:47:50 »
Some one ask me for the price of the cc tricolors in my hhkb and I told him that I paid 5 usd per keycap in a Chinese store ;-)
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« Reply #27 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 07:47:58 »
Not only do they not mind my (Cherry brown) keyboards, one of my employees bought her own (pink Filco).
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Offline astr0s

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« Reply #28 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 07:56:12 »
I use my Brown Filco at work, haven't had any comments so far, except from one customer commenting on my typing speed being fast over the phone. I guess I'd get some looks/questions if I took the Blue one day, or the Race for that matter. Nearly everyone uses the office's Lenovo keyboards, apart from a few Logitech users, but all are rubber domes. Might have to share some knowledge about mechanicals in the future..
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« Reply #29 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 08:42:44 »
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I have been switching back and forth between the poker and HHKB lately. I like them both equally, but the HHKB is definitely a little bit more tame looking. Prolly just go with the HHKB so I can blend in for awhile :spy:

Bring the HHKB with the 3D skull =)
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« Reply #30 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 10:37:55 »
Last week my receptionist came and asked me to find her a clicky keyboard. Now she knows I have a different kind of keyboard but no idea what a mechanical one is. So she goes in looks through 50 boxes of Lenovo rubber dome keyboards testing them out even though they are all the same lol.

Sent her a link of a Pink Filco and showed her a video clip of someone typing on blues and now she has been begging my boss to get her one
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« Reply #31 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 10:51:52 »
^ She doesn't deserve one since she doesn't even know how to mail out my keycaps properly. lol
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« Reply #32 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 11:20:08 »
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^ She doesn't deserve one since she doesn't even know how to mail out my keycaps properly. lol

lol yes. I realized later she almost shipped your keys to the wrong person :eek:
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Offline Squelos

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« Reply #33 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 13:46:44 »
Yeah, people in my class are also really confused when seeing no legend on my caps. They are like : wtf ? How the hell are you supposed to use this ?  
PS : im in an IT  school.
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« Reply #34 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 15:35:25 »
When I got my Noppoo I got a lot of questions about "What do you do if you want to type numbers?". It's silly to me that nobody uses the number row, and I guess, doesn't even know it exists in some cases.

I guess I lucked out though, when I brought in my Poker with Blues, nobody has complained about the sound. I've only received comments when I forgot to mute a conference call from a co-worker that likes to give me crap about my obsession with keyboards.

Thanks to me though, I have one friend at work that has purchased a mechanical keyboard and two friends that will be ordering soon. I'm glad to help the community grow.
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« Reply #35 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 15:46:28 »
I accidentally got my team leader hooked. He tried my filco with browns and loved it, then i replaced with an RF87u and he didn't like it as much, and ended up buying a rosewill with browns and bought a set of white pbt caps off me. He's not yet to the point that he's ready to spend more money, but he DID complain about having to actually type on his laptop on the business trip he was just on. poker inbound?
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« Reply #36 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 15:53:22 »
Used to have a G80-3000, the only comment I got was that it was too old school.
Bought 2 DAS kb's with blues and blank keys and that did get some attention, mostly because of the blank key caps (I have my own office so sound is no issue).

My manager came in while I was unboxing and asked me what it cost me, and then forced me to declare them as a business expense :) .

Showed someone in my team the HHKB/Poker (haven't decided yet which) form factor I'm getting next and was declared insane. Although the only other guy in my team did take a magic marker to his Dell kb to blank out the keys, he only lasted a day though :) .
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« Reply #37 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 17:04:48 »
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Used to have a G80-3000, the only comment I got was that it was too old school.
Bought 2 DAS kb's with blues and blank keys and that did get some attention, mostly because of the blank key caps (I have my own office so sound is no issue).

My manager came in while I was unboxing and asked me what it cost me, and then forced me to declare them as a business expense :) .

Showed someone in my team the HHKB/Poker (haven't decided yet which) form factor I'm getting next and was declared insane. Although the only other guy in my team did take a magic marker to his Dell kb to blank out the keys, he only lasted a day though :) .

The part about declaring the KB's as office expences must of been pretty epic. Are you a developper ? Wow, you registered just for this post ?
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« Reply #38 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 20:38:49 »
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Last week my receptionist came and asked me to find her a clicky keyboard. Now she knows I have a different kind of keyboard but no idea what a mechanical one is. So she goes in looks through 50 boxes of Lenovo rubber dome keyboards testing them out even though they are all the same lol.

Sent her a link of a Pink Filco and showed her a video clip of someone typing on blues and now she has been begging my boss to get her one
:cheer2:


She must go further to impress your boss about the way she can type with a pink Filco



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« Reply #39 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 22:01:08 »
Nice stapler.
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« Reply #40 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 22:08:41 »
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Screw the coworkers.  If they don't like the sound they can throw a Topre on the office supply list.

Lmao...

Got a cms blues in the office, nobody complained yet:D

Sent from a phone...
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« Reply #41 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 23:13:50 »
Mostly, I got dirty looks.  I used my Poker with blues for a while.  They didn't like that, either.
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« Reply #42 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 23:32:27 »
Hah, I want from a mushy HP keyboard to a Unicomp (Actually, the Kentucky Wildcats keyboard). My coworkers have said things like "it sounds like rain on a tin roof" but you know what? It feels awesome. And one of my coworkers still types on an original clicky IBM keyboard (he was quite excited to hear that Unicomp still makes clicky keyboards, BTW, in case he needs to replace it), so I have no fear that their keyboard barbarism will make me take my keyboard out of the office. :)

In fact, let me just go on a bit. When you use a mushy but silent keyboard, you just accept the lack of feedback. When you actually have a keyboard that tells your fingers what you are typing -- well, let's just say it's the difference between eating Styrofoam and popcorn. When I have to use a rubber dome keyboard, it feels like I'm typing in Jell-O.
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« Reply #43 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 23:43:35 »
I had the choice in my summer job term last year to use either my SS7G or Das blues at my desk.  Then I remembered that one of my co-workers who needs my station every now and then does the two finger type method while looking at the keyboard and he'd be screwed if i brought the das ultimate in.  I never even had a chance to get dirty looks for using my blue board.
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« Reply #44 on: Wed, 28 March 2012, 23:47:01 »
^ Change to blanks and use other layout  and he will never touch your board again ;-)
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« Reply #45 on: Thu, 29 March 2012, 01:11:00 »
No kidding.  No matter what Cherry board I try, nothing beats the Model M and Unicomp.  "Ergo-clears" come really close, though, and are quieter than even a grease-modded or floss-modded Model M.  Not a bad compromise, at least IMO.  On the other hand it's fun to type on reds sometimes, just to mix things up now and then.
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« Reply #46 on: Thu, 29 March 2012, 03:44:00 »
dvorak layout + blank keycaps is your best password :D
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« Reply #47 on: Thu, 29 March 2012, 03:53:57 »
^ +1 that is mine as well
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« Reply #48 on: Thu, 29 March 2012, 04:44:23 »
Mmm had comments galore..

Has taken a few months though..

Had blues, reds, browns..p

Blues most ppl (read team mates) didnt like it.. too noisy.. especially compared to an HP rubberdome.. or scissor key.

Browns got a few comments, especially the camo with jollys :D all good ones :)

Reds tend to freak ppl out, purely because it's otaku :)

Was great fun watching my team mate struggle with the most basic of tasks with it.. Haha.. Im like " Stop looking down, its not going to help...Just watch the screen and adjust"

But no one has ever said anything about the Reds sound (leo). especially if you dont bottom out.

I just love bottoming out on my browns :D too much fun :)
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« Reply #49 on: Thu, 29 March 2012, 04:58:18 »
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The part about declaring the KB's as office expences must of been pretty epic. Are you a developper ? Wow, you registered just for this post ?

I'm a Quality manager/Office manager in logistics, hardly glamorous or an excuse to buy those keyboards. Still, my boss and I get along pretty well and he knows that I normally don't declare my expenses (not because I dont want to, but I always forget :) ), so he probably thought he'd make it up to me like this.

Oh and I did not register for this post, have been lurking here for ages and decided to register sometime last week. Had a few beers yesterday and this seemed as good as any a place to make a first post. Apparently I also bought a Model M keyboard :)
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