Best Topre Keyboard

[Ian S]

And you never admit that you are just trying to boost your post count.

But to my credit I did attempt to follow that admission with a somewhat meaningful narrative

[Ian S]

Topre circlejerk...? O_o

Please forgive my ignorance of these matters, could you please elucidate as to whether that's that a helpful suggestion to make the RF better or a Pavlovian response to a Topre thread?

[rowdy]

And you never admit that you are just trying to boost your post count.

But to my credit I did attempt to follow that admission with a somewhat meaningful narrative

Welcome, although the admission could have formed the TL;DR

[Ian S]

There's another thread somewhere where I and others have been critical of the 60 posts required to place an advert in the classifieds.  In reality I'm making a point each time I mention the number of posts, that there remain disgruntled new and not so new members here that are currently excluded from the classifieds due to this, IMO, somewhat ill considered arbitrary selected number, and that results in the rest of the community missing out a  little on what these excluded people want to buy or sell.

[rowdy]

That is partly to prevent users from creating an account just to sell something.  There are other sites online for just selling things, Geekhack is a community.  It is hoped that all Geekhack members will become part of the community

[quadibloc]

Evil is afoot.

No, no. Rules text and flavor text are in Times Roman on the old cards; only the card name is in Goudy Mediaeval.

And the way they templated in those days, it should be Summon Moron.

[Germiphene]

HHKB. Best. Layout. Ever. Nevermind the haters.

Also, topre is just smooth. Like typing on boobies.

Mmmm, boobies.  Yeah this sounds about right! On a side note, where's my wife........ 

[quadibloc]

HHKB. Best. Layout. Ever. Nevermind the haters.

Also, topre is just smooth. Like typing on boobies.

Mmmm, boobies.  Yeah this sounds about right! On a side note, where's my wife........ 

What do you expect people to think of, when you put stuff like "good feeling of oneness with cup rubber" on the box?

And is this what, like the 900th time this joke has been made?

[rowdy]

HHKB. Best. Layout. Ever. Nevermind the haters.

Also, topre is just smooth. Like typing on boobies.

Mmmm, boobies.  Yeah this sounds about right! On a side note, where's my wife........ 

Just as long as you are not comparing your wife to a keyboard.  The danger lies in the risk that the keyboard would come out on top, if you will pardon the expression.

[daerid]

I just typed on my gf's boobies tonight, and I must say... the HHKB does feel more like it than the 55g Topre, but the closes is still Cherry MX Red.

[HolidaySHRIMP]

Hhkb is fantastic. If you want portability look no further. Mine fits in my laptop bag with ease alongside a mouse, mousepad, smart card reader, and a few different cables.

If you have any sort of finger dexterity and coordination it will be easy to adjust. Took me a few minutes to adjust. The combos come naturally and feel great.

If you had any keyboard lust early on for a keyboard do yourself a favor and just get one. It was the first board I drooled over and I ended up getting two Leopolds in mx blue and browns. After I got my hhkb pro 2 in black blank I sold my Leo boards. They felt like crud afterwards.

[daerid]

^^^^ yes, yes, a thousand times yes

[Turbo Slaab]

Hhkb is fantastic. If you want portability look no further. Mine fits in my laptop bag with ease alongside a mouse, mousepad, smart card reader, and a few different cables.

If you have any sort of finger dexterity and coordination it will be easy to adjust. Took me a few minutes to adjust. The combos come naturally and feel great.

If you had any keyboard lust early on for a keyboard do yourself a favor and just get one. It was the first board I drooled over and I ended up getting two Leopolds in mx blue and browns. After I got my hhkb pro 2 in black blank I sold my Leo boards. They felt like crud afterwards.

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So would you say that it feels like an upscale brown?

[TotalChaos]

I'd say it feels like someone kidnapped the cursor keys. 

[rowdy]

And made the function keys hide under the table?

[HolidaySHRIMP]

Hhkb is fantastic. If you want portability look no further. Mine fits in my laptop bag with ease alongside a mouse, mousepad, smart card reader, and a few different cables.

If you have any sort of finger dexterity and coordination it will be easy to adjust. Took me a few minutes to adjust. The combos come naturally and feel great.

If you had any keyboard lust early on for a keyboard do yourself a favor and just get one. It was the first board I drooled over and I ended up getting two Leopolds in mx blue and browns. After I got my hhkb pro 2 in black blank I sold my Leo boards. They felt like crud afterwards.

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So would you say that it feels like an upscale brown?

Collapsing blocks of clay. Closest mx that I've used are browns (red brown blue are all mx I've onwed). They have a thock sound and no clickyness. The collapsing clay is the tactile feel. I hear ergo clears mx is even closer to topre.

[Turbo Slaab]

Collapsing blocks of clay. Closest mx that I've used are browns (red brown blue are all mx I've onwed). They have a thock sound and no clickyness. The collapsing clay is the tactile feel. I hear ergo clears mx is even closer to topre.

Hmm. That's a good description. So basically the "tacitness" is at the very top, but it isn't sharp.

[daerid]

Exactly. And yes, now that I think about it, Ergo clears feel WAY more like 45g Topres than anything else.

[Turbo Slaab]

Exactly. And yes, now that I think about it, Ergo clears feel WAY more like 45g Topres than anything else.

Hmm. That sounds like it would be perfect for gaming. Do you have to "reset" the switch to activate again? Like in a spamming situation?

[daerid]

No. The activation point on Topre's is a completely independent mechanism from the tactility. But to be sure, lemme plugin my HHKB in and test...

Yup. You can ride the activation point. However, it's pretty much right in the stiff resistance point of the downstroke, so you'll probably feel the tactile bump a few times. However, it being 45g (on the HHKB at least), it shouldn't make a difference.

[Turbo Slaab]

No. The activation point on Topre's is a completely independent mechanism from the tactility. But to be sure, lemme plugin my HHKB in and test...

Yup. You can ride the activation point. However, it's pretty much right in the stiff resistance point of the downstroke, so you'll probably feel the tactile bump a few times. However, it being 45g (on the HHKB at least), it shouldn't make a difference.

Well as long as I can feel the point so I can ride it. I currently use browns now and it helps knowing when it's activating.

[HolidaySHRIMP]

You know I play moba and press it so fast already that I don't perceive any benefit from riding activation point. For reference I type at about 120wpm.

I'm not an amazing moba player though. Mainly Arams on lol.

[Turbo Slaab]

You know I play moba and press it so fast already that I don't perceive any benefit from riding activation point. For reference I type at about 120wpm.

I'm not an amazing moba player though. Mainly Arams on lol.

Well, in my case, I play BF3 and spam the spot (q) button alot. Especially when there's smoke. That's mainly what I was talking about.

[HolidaySHRIMP]

You know I play moba and press it so fast already that I don't perceive any benefit from riding activation point. For reference I type at about 120wpm.

I'm not an amazing moba player though. Mainly Arams on lol.

Well, in my case, I play BF3 and spam the spot (q) button alot. Especially when there's smoke. That's mainly what I was talking about.

I'm going to get an n52 modded with cherry switches whenever my KMAC is done. Best of both worlds!

[lazerpointer]

Just pulled the trigger on a RF 87U 55g now it will be easier to find one of those skull things