I am considering the HPE 87 as my first mechanical keyboard, but it would have to ship to Europe from China. Has anyone used the HPE 87 and was it considered a success?
Does anyone have an idea on the amount of force required to activate the keys? For my current keyboard it's between 70 and 80 grams to activate. The Das Keyboard requires less pressure to press the 'a' key, but even more (80g) to activate the control key.
I reside in The Netherlands, but AFAICT, I can only buy one type of mechanical keyboard which isn't a 'gamers' keyboard. I would be interested in the 'brown switches', because they are more intended for office work and are one of the lightest switches around, AFAIK.
There is one review on Youtube
about it, but since it is about the only review, it might be that this guy has some incentive other than "OMG, I am a keyboard fan", so I would like to cross validate a bit.
I also find it rather inconvenient that I cannot try out these kinds of high-end keyboards anywhere, other than by apparently participating in sending these keyboards by mail to eachother like is done on this forum, which seems a bit awkward
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On the HPE 87 there is only one year warranty, which is also not a lot for keyboards which are intended to be use for 50 million key keystrokes and doesn't give much trust in its build quality. Moreover, shipping back to China is also not going to happen.
All in all, it seems quite a hassle to get a suitable mechanical keyboard.
Short preferences list in no particular order: TKL, n key rollover, low activation force, reliable, couldn't care less about backlighting, ships easily to The Netherlands, it would be nice if I could actually put an ID card or whatever on who ships it to me so that I don't get conned...
I also have fairly large hands, in case that is relevant. About 23 cm or so from start of hand (near wrist) to outer point of middle finger.
I wouldn't mind paying for quality, but since I am only used to 30 euro and cheaper keyboards, I will probably be happy no matter which one I will use in the end.