I was going to buy a Rosewill but they use Pad Printing. YUCK.
So then I was going to buy a Filco but they use Pad Printing. YUCK.
So then I discovered EliteKeyboards.com and their wonderful looking Leopolds with Laser Engraved keys. At the very least the engraving will last forever. But I never met any paint that could withstand my fingers for 6 months.
So then I started researching stickers. I figured I would just put a clear sticker on every one of my Leopold's keycaps and then they would last forever. But then I realized if I put stickers on my keycaps there will be a little edge on the top of each of my keys all the way around and I am sure that it will annoy my supersensitive fingers. And stuff tends not to stay stuck here in Houston with our 100% humidity. And anyway why should I need to put stickers on? I have several old Amiga keyboards from the 1980s that have perfectly clear text on them because they used properly constructed and expensive keycaps.
So then I thought, yeah I will just buy a whole entire set of replacement keycaps for my Leopold! Ones that are Dysubbed or Doubleshot! Problem solved! But then I discovered all sorts of crazy things like color-coordinated keycaps that would clash terribly with a big black spacebar. And I found other weird stuff like some crazy guy who makes aluminum spacebars! No really its true!
Only his spacebars won't work on my proposed Leopold due to Leopold intentionally installed an incompatible spacebar.
Now maybe you can see how one thing led to another.
Ok back to the present:
I ruled out the Rosewill product line. They failed the "Newegg Review Test"(tm) Everyone says they have a defective USB port.
I read on GeekHack.org (World's Best Source of Keyboardicidal Informations(tm)) that CM Storm keyboards are Filco keyboards but at half the price and can be purchased within the USA. They say that CM Storms are manufactured at the same plant as Filcos.
I am now planning to buy Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire Rapid SGK-4000-GKCR1-US Black USB or PS/2 Wired Gaming Mechanical Cherry RED switches gaming keyboard from Newegg.
Will it work 100% with all normal GroupBuy Cherry Keycaps?
Including Feng's Indestructible Aluminum Spacebar of Death(tm) ?