(Amazon US) Various Used Filco Keyboards

[blighty]

Amazon occasionally lists used Filco keyboards from their warehouse or other sellers.
Some current examples:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004VKYHP4/ref=sr_1_6_olp?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1343107318&sr=1-6&condition=used
 Used Filco 104 with blue switches for $121.49 USD or $138.57 shipped (versus a new board for $149 USD)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004Z0XSAA/ref=sr_1_19_olp?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1343107318&sr=1-19&condition=used
Used Filco 104 Ninja with black switches for $96.48 USD shipped
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004VKUSG6/ref=sr_1_4_olp?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1343107318&sr=1-4&condition=used
Used Filco 104 with brown switches for $130.58 USD shipped.

If you don't mind what interesting bodily fluids have caressed these keyboards and want to save a few dollars, there you go.

[soccermatt34]

Blacks sold out

[TurdFurgusand]

+1 to this tip. I just got a cherry blue Filco Majestouch 2 tenkeyless for $105 from there. You have to keep an eye out though.

[ZenMaverick]

You bought your Filco used? I'm trying to buy my first mechanical keyboard and saw a few used options. How was the keyboard after purchasing it? I'm kind of hesitant to buy a used board...

[rowdy]

Seems you can get a CoolerMaster QuickFire Rapid new keyboard (TKL) for about half the price of a used Filco TK.

[WhiteFireDragon]

You bought your Filco used? I'm trying to buy my first mechanical keyboard and saw a few used options. How was the keyboard after purchasing it? I'm kind of hesitant to buy a used board...

If this is your first board and price is a concern, but a CM quickfire if you want a TKL, or a Rosewill if you want full size. These two are essentially Filcos, just sold under a different brand.

[ZenMaverick]

I have the quick fire rapid in mind, but I keep seeing about Filcos and how amazing they are, maybe I'll pick one up along the line. Also I'm seeing a lot about how quick fire rapids are more or less similar quality to Filco. Looks like quick fire rapid it is, for it's price I don't think I can go wrong. Thank you Rowdy and Whitefire!

[WhiteFireDragon]

They're pretty much the same but only half the cost of a Filco. If you really care about the differences though, I did a close comparison between a CM quickfire and Filco and you can decide if it's worth the price difference:

[ZenMaverick]

Whitefiredragon I found a couple of used options for Filcos opposed to a new Quick Fire Rapid. Since Quick Fire Rapids are supposedly close in quality to Filcos I'm leaning towards them. Any thoughts?

[WhiteFireDragon]

lol just watch the video, I don't want to type out every difference between a Filco and CM quickfire again. But BASICALLY, if you don't care about cosmetic conditions (like small scratches, shine/oily keys, dust, etc), then go with the Filco since the feet and non-removable cable are more robust. If you want it brand new and pristine condition, go for the CM quickfire. This is assuming you can get a new quickfire and used filco for around the same price. But again, it comes down to personal preference in the differences in features, so it's really up to you.

[ZenMaverick]

Yeah I just finished watching it. I'm actually pretty surprised with the comparison... It's like the Quick Fire Rapid is a rebranded Filco lol.

[blighty]

Basically, you buy a filco because it's a filco, and you buy a CM quick fire because you want a filco, but don't want to pay the premium for the name, or have as many (or any) options for replacement cases or controllers. Or you buy a quickfire because you want media keys without having to use autohotkey. The OG quickfires are tacky as hell with the overbranding.  At least they cooled it a bit on their newest batch.
Think we got a bit off topic here....