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Offline jonnybeantown

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« on: Thu, 26 April 2012, 17:42:01 »
Hey whats up everyone. This being my first post I wanted to say thanks for the wonderful site. There's so much useful information, and the guides are great. I had been doing a lot of research in order to find the right keyboard and I ended up (at first) getting the CM Storm Quickfire Rapid. I really enjoyed typing on it, although I admit I wasn't too fond of the looks in terms of the colors and overdoing of the logos.

I ended up picking up a Filco Majestouch 2 tenkeyless, and boy do I not regret that move. Even though the builds looked and felt the same, the feeling of the cherry blues on the Filco were a lot more tactile and satisfying to type on. Overall the Filco just felt better in quality. Don't get me wrong the Quickfire is still a great board for the money and I highly recommend it. I had never wanted to actually learn how to type properly but after using the Filco, all I want is an excuse to type something. Its like a drug.
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Offline reaper

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« Reply #1 on: Thu, 26 April 2012, 17:46:20 »
Welcome to Geekhack and here are some ideas to decorate your new found hobby. =P



Guard your wallet with your life..  don't say I didn't warn ya. :rofl:
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Offline jonnybeantown

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« Reply #2 on: Thu, 26 April 2012, 17:51:22 »
Ha you ain't kidding. Those are sweet I'll have to pick some up soon, thanks for showing me
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Offline jonnybeantown

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« Reply #3 on: Thu, 26 April 2012, 21:09:15 »
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Filcos are great.  Another example that not all Costar keyboards are the same.

And you are welcome about the guides....

Yeah I had the impression that the Quickfire was just as good as the Filco in terms of quality because it was a Costar make. Maybe I just got a bad one but the switches felt inconsistent across the whole board. A testament to the 'you get what you pay for' adage i guess. Although I have read people saying the same thing about the Filco keys as well. Luck of the draw maybe
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Offline mmmty

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« Reply #4 on: Thu, 26 April 2012, 21:21:23 »
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Welcome to Geekhack and here are some ideas to decorate your new found hobby. =P

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Guard your wallet with your life..  don't say I didn't warn ya. :rofl:

What's the estimate GH value of all the keys in the box?
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Offline reaper

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« Reply #5 on: Thu, 26 April 2012, 21:48:57 »
It's priceless. :behindsofa:
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Offline Namkung

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« Reply #6 on: Thu, 26 April 2012, 22:04:25 »
looks like you are missing quite a few keys there !
like the recent meme keycaps for instance..
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Offline fstop

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« Reply #7 on: Thu, 26 April 2012, 22:16:41 »
I thought my 4x4 box was cool...

Welcome to GH! You can see that our keyboards are priceless to us :)
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Offline reaper

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« Reply #8 on: Thu, 26 April 2012, 22:19:00 »
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looks like you are missing quite a few keys there !
like the recent meme keycaps for instance..

Sorry but that's an old picture.  =(

Been meaning to update it but haven't had the time.
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« Reply #9 on: Thu, 26 April 2012, 22:26:53 »
Welcome to Geekhack! And damn reaper. Damn.
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Offline NYC

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« Reply #10 on: Thu, 26 April 2012, 22:35:33 »
welcome to gh! :D and nice collection reaper looks nice in the box
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Offline Namkung

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« Reply #11 on: Thu, 26 April 2012, 22:35:40 »
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Sorry but that's an old picture.  =(

Been meaning to update it but haven't had the time.

I figured. just teasing =P
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Offline Exort

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« Reply #12 on: Thu, 26 April 2012, 22:56:26 »
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Yeah I had the impression that the Quickfire was just as good as the Filco in terms of quality because it was a Costar make. Maybe I just got a bad one but the switches felt inconsistent across the whole board. A testament to the 'you get what you pay for' adage i guess. Although I have read people saying the same thing about the Filco keys as well. Luck of the draw maybe

Since they are plate mounted I doubt it is the problem of the boards. It should be the switch it self. By the way, is the cool master blue switches? They take some time to break in from my experience, during that period my Filco Tenkeyless felt inconsistent as well. Some of the key such as the arrows key are still harder to press.
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Offline jonnybeantown

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« Reply #13 on: Fri, 27 April 2012, 01:16:48 »
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Since they are plate mounted I doubt it is the problem of the boards. It should be the switch it self. By the way, is the cool master blue switches? They take some time to break in from my experience, during that period my Filco Tenkeyless felt inconsistent as well. Some of the key such as the arrows key are still harder to press.

Yeah it's the blues. I'll definitely give it some time to break in and see what happens . Either way both boards are great to type on I just think the filco has a better feel. Maybe it's in my head and I'm turning into a filco fan boy who knows . I'm pretty interested to try out some topre switches now that I've heard those were nice to type on . I got a feeling all my money will be gone soon
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« Reply #14 on: Fri, 27 April 2012, 01:34:15 »
it only goes downhill for your wallet from here
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« Reply #15 on: Fri, 27 April 2012, 02:52:38 »
Quote from: reaper;583176
Welcome to Geekhack and here are some ideas to decorate your new found hobby. =P

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Guard your wallet with your life..  don't say I didn't warn ya. :rofl:



I miss those two punisher keycaps. :shocked:
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