LEOPOLD WARNING DO NOT BUY

[TotalChaos]

This is like one of those Yelp reviews that doesn't offer any good constructive criticism!

He bought a product and it didn't work.  He even explained the exact manner in which the product failed.  How is that not constructive criticism?

  I will say though, I've seen a decent amount of Leopold rant posts over the last year...

So any time someone buys a defective product and they admit to it in public, you accuse them of "ranting"?

Or is it only a "rant" because he used exclamation points?

[Rule16]

so at $89 it doesn't feel like a deal.

$89 is expensive to you? Ooooo gurl u aint seen nuttin yet.

[TreeSc2]

its funny u say that, because before i bought my filco i wanted a leopold, and because of this post I still want one to this day.

[TotalChaos]

Or you can buy a Dell  rubber dome keyboard for $5 and have 0 failures in the first 5 years.

The keyboard may not fail in the first 5 years but if you type on it heavily, writing code all day then your hands definitely may fail on you.

Rubberdome keyboards are a big scam to transfer money out of your bank account into the bank accounts of doctors, surgeons and pharmaceutical companies.

[Abacus1234]

My leopold is only 2 months old and was made in Taiwan. So if they did switch manufacturers, they must have done it very recently.

[babyhands]

This reminds me of my reaction to razer products. I have broken one of their mice, and one of their keyboards, and now i won't buy anything from them

[Bencze]

Certainly sucks to have problems like this.
Being in Europe I sometimes need to order from Usa, or China etc. so if I ever have problems warranty won't help me too much. Can only hope I get lucky I guess because there's no one in close proximity (shipping price-wise) to help me.

I am seriously considering learning some basic electronics and soldering, could certainly save me some money if I have problems like that...

[Grim Fandango]

Sorry to hear this OP. I have been in your shoes ( not with keyboard *knock on wood* but other electronics). However I am not sure if one malfunctioning keyboard is enough to say something about a brand in general. Shame you had such a bad experience.

[danielucf]

What models are you having issues with? You really can't just say "Don't buy ANY leopold because my one mystery model number board had issues". I know of FC200, FC300, FC500, FC700, and several more just came out, or are about to be released. I've used the FC700R and it was better than any Filco or QFR that I used, but I sold it because of the stupid spacebar stabilizer spacing and incompatibility with after market sets. Really I just didn't want to mod every spacebar for every custom set I ordered, and everything else is good enough.

[SmallFry]

My Leopold FC200 pooped out after I did an Ergo-Clear mod to it. I think i ruined some of the traces, so... meh. Not Leo's fault, IMO.

[funkymeeba]

My FC200R with blues is really flaky, and it has not been modded. My FC200R with clears is working fantastically. Both of them were in my hands in November 2011.

[SmallFry]

Holy crap... I did buy my Leopold that long ago. 0.0

[noons]

I have two leopolds and the only bad thing I can say about them is the damn non standard spacebar.

[TotalChaos]

but I sold it because of the stupid spacebar stabilizer spacing and incompatibility with after market sets. Really I just didn't want to mod every spacebar for every custom set I ordered, and everything else is good enough.

I banned Leopold from receiving any $$$ from my bank account for the exact same reason.

[csloan1218]

but I sold it because of the stupid spacebar stabilizer spacing and incompatibility with after market sets. Really I just didn't want to mod every spacebar for every custom set I ordered, and everything else is good enough.

I banned Leopold from receiving any $$$ from my bank account for the exact same reason.

Is there any leo that has a standard space bar?

[Abacus1234]

I just put different keys on and leave the black spacebar. Still looks pretty good to me!

[inteli722]

I just put different keys on and leave the black spacebar. Still looks pretty good to me!

I have a full Klaxon set on mine...Yay for universal spacebar