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Offline reverkiller

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Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« on: Mon, 07 January 2013, 20:40:45 »
I saw this keyboard posted on r/mk, and I was wondering if anyone had any knowledge of this keyboard? It seems pretty cool:

http://www.12got.com/product/17761376075/FlashGet+G600+belly+full+metal+frame+Cherry+Ling+87+key+OEM+black+shaft+mechanical+keyboard+package+mail
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 07 January 2013, 20:50:25 »
I thought it would be the new mkc board but that's pretty cheap... like cheaper than Vortex. I wanna buy one to check it out. Maybe our China vendors know something?
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 07 January 2013, 21:14:53 »
damn it.. why does it have that ridiculous design...  I don't want to see all the dust collecting under my keys.. I know some of you think it'll be "easy to clean" this way, it certainly IS NOT, because you have to remove the corresponding caps to clean certain areas...

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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 07 January 2013, 21:17:19 »
I should buy one. I wonder if they do Canada shipping
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 07 January 2013, 21:20:25 »
Someone let me know, this board looks pretty nice for the price tbh. :d
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 07 January 2013, 21:21:13 »
also, the site looks sketchy has s$%^&
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 07 January 2013, 21:24:22 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 07 January 2013, 21:14:53
damn it.. why does it have that ridiculous design...  I don't want to see all the dust collecting under my keys.. I know some of you think it'll be "easy to clean" this way, it certainly IS NOT, because you have to remove the corresponding caps to clean certain areas...

Can't you use air in a can or something similar?
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 07 January 2013, 21:25:57 »
Quote from: reverkiller on Mon, 07 January 2013, 21:24:22
Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 07 January 2013, 21:14:53
damn it.. why does it have that ridiculous design...  I don't want to see all the dust collecting under my keys.. I know some of you think it'll be "easy to clean" this way, it certainly IS NOT, because you have to remove the corresponding caps to clean certain areas...

Can't you use air in a can or something similar?

Cleaning is doable for sure.. It's just that I'd rather not have to do it so often.. like once a year tops... with an open bezel design like that you'd probably have to clean every 2 months... ...
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 07 January 2013, 22:04:37 »
good luck with liquids getting even remotely near the keyboard!

that font looks like the Razer BWs...
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #9 on: Mon, 07 January 2013, 22:10:55 »
Pretty cool if you're into it. First time I've seen a TKL (or any other board for that matter) with a case like that that isn't the Corsair K90.
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #10 on: Mon, 07 January 2013, 22:11:19 »
Quote from: jabar on Mon, 07 January 2013, 22:04:37
good luck with liquids getting even remotely near the keyboard!

that font looks like the Razer BWs...

After losing my very first gaming keyboard to liquids, despite the advertised drainage holes... I've learned to use water bottle with "straw" attachment... Have yet to have a spill issue since....
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #11 on: Mon, 07 January 2013, 22:11:47 »
Quote from: jeroplane on Mon, 07 January 2013, 22:10:55
Pretty cool if you're into it. First time I've seen a TKL (or any other board for that matter) with a case like that that isn't the Corsair K90.

I hope the similarity ends there.. K90 and K60 were total crap and unusable keyboards.
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #12 on: Tue, 08 January 2013, 00:01:02 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 07 January 2013, 21:25:57
Quote from: reverkiller on Mon, 07 January 2013, 21:24:22
Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 07 January 2013, 21:14:53
damn it.. why does it have that ridiculous design...  I don't want to see all the dust collecting under my keys.. I know some of you think it'll be "easy to clean" this way, it certainly IS NOT, because you have to remove the corresponding caps to clean certain areas...

Can't you use air in a can or something similar?

Cleaning is doable for sure.. It's just that I'd rather not have to do it so often.. like once a year tops... with an open bezel design like that you'd probably have to clean every 2 months... ...

Yeah I think the main idea is that it's open so you see what is collecting, rather than just one day feeling like you want to clean your keyboard.

Personally I think it'd be cool to try out. Kina minimalist. But I'm agreed, the site looks sketchy!
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #13 on: Tue, 08 January 2013, 01:14:05 »
I've been looking for a keyboard that would do something like this, maybe I'll pick one up in the future.. after someone finds out if it's legit or not.
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #14 on: Tue, 08 January 2013, 02:29:52 »
? thats not a case it's a plate that's had the corners bend over.
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #15 on: Tue, 08 January 2013, 02:39:03 »
Quote from: Sifo on Mon, 07 January 2013, 21:17:19
I should buy one. I wonder if they do Canada shipping
Total price:$ 88.81 x 1 + $ 17.74 = $ 106.55 shipped to Canada.
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #16 on: Tue, 08 January 2013, 10:56:00 »
I quite like it also. I think I will order black one... but probably look for other source. I am not sure about this taobao tmall reseller/agent. Also there is 3 other listing for this board on that site for $10 less. Soulds like it only have black switch available right now, but possibly other case colors. I see some listing for green, orange, blue, red, etc...
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Offline reverkiller

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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #17 on: Tue, 08 January 2013, 10:56:45 »
Quote from: lysol on Tue, 08 January 2013, 10:56:00
I quite like it also. I think I will order black one... but probably look for more 'trusted' source. I am not sure about this taobao tmall reseller/agent. Also there is 3 other listing for this board on that site for $10 less. Soulds like it only have black switch available right now, but possibly other case colors. I see some listing for green, orange, blue, red, etc...

That with a green case drooooool
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #18 on: Tue, 08 January 2013, 11:10:52 »
Quote from: dirge on Tue, 08 January 2013, 02:29:52
? thats not a case it's a plate that's had the corners bend over.

I think most of not all of it is plastic. Does it explicitely say aluminium anywhere in chinese?
Look at the foot and bottom corner for instance
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #19 on: Tue, 08 January 2013, 11:13:56 »
Quote from: damorgue on Tue, 08 January 2013, 11:10:52
Quote from: dirge on Tue, 08 January 2013, 02:29:52
? thats not a case it's a plate that's had the corners bend over.

I think most of not all of it is plastic. Does it explicitely say aluminium anywhere in chinese?
Look at the foot and bottom corner for instance

I was going off of a ripster post saying it was aluminium, so I could be wrong.
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #20 on: Tue, 08 January 2013, 11:25:10 »
Quote from: reverkiller on Tue, 08 January 2013, 11:13:56
Quote from: damorgue on Tue, 08 January 2013, 11:10:52
Quote from: dirge on Tue, 08 January 2013, 02:29:52
? thats not a case it's a plate that's had the corners bend over.

I think most of not all of it is plastic. Does it explicitely say aluminium anywhere in chinese?
Look at the foot and bottom corner for instance

I was going off of a ripster post saying it was aluminium, so I could be wrong.

Ripster would not claim that without cause, so it may be so. I can't read chinese, so I have no idea if it is stated in the images or not. It just looks a bit plastic-y to me. The underside and feet are definately not aluminium however.
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #21 on: Tue, 08 January 2013, 11:27:56 »
Top shell could be aluminum with plastic bottom, would certainly make sense with the cost, and also there is nothing saying it is not like soda can thin alluminum either over plastic... unless someone buy one and tells us we can't know. Even still if it is cheap like that as long as it look nice and interal build quality is good I don't see a problem.
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #22 on: Tue, 08 January 2013, 11:48:43 »
Looks like a TKL version of the VIKI
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #23 on: Tue, 08 January 2013, 12:00:52 »
Quote from: lysol on Tue, 08 January 2013, 11:27:56
Top shell could be aluminum with plastic bottom, would certainly make sense with the cost, and also there is nothing saying it is not like soda can thin alluminum either over plastic... unless someone buy one and tells us we can't know. Even still if it is cheap like that as long as it look nice and interal build quality is good I don't see a problem.

It pretty much can't just be thin aluminium foil because of the nice corners. Achieving those with thin foil would require a tool to punch it into that shape in one piece, which is very expensive in low volumes because of the tool cost. It seems unreasonable. A thicker aluminium shell as you suggested, made by some other method might be true though. It doesn't look milled however, as the corners and edges seem a bit irregular for that. Casting is again expensive in these quantities. I would love to have a closer look at it if it indeed is aluminium.
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #24 on: Tue, 08 January 2013, 12:51:01 »
If they used a thin material they could vaccum form it, that is not expensive method. I was more or less saying that even if they cheaped out and use some thin material as a decorative rather than structural material over a plastic shell I wouldn't have an issue with that for the price.
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #25 on: Wed, 09 January 2013, 01:37:15 »
Apparently we've already had a thread on this keyboard o.0 http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37816.0
and no one really seemed to know anything about it.
« Last Edit: Wed, 09 January 2013, 01:40:15 by MissMurd3r84 »
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Re: Chinese Aluminum body Keyboard
« Reply #26 on: Wed, 09 January 2013, 02:29:22 »
To me, it looks like it is stamped, folded, then welded.

The picture does say all metal outer shell. Other says no top-cover stylish design.
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