so im really looking into mechanical keyboards.
right now i have a cherry mx brown cmstorm trigger keyboard. i hate it and im returning it. the browns are just to soft for me and the buttons have a slight scratchy feeling when you depress them. i want more of a tactical feed back so im thinking going down the green path.
then i decided i wanted to play around with all the different types of switches. i decided to go with a pcb mounted keyboard that has 96 keys. looking into the plum mx 96. i believe the quickfire tx is plate mounted.
so when deciding how i should get this keyboard i know IMSTO can get them but i have read on other sites that taobao can ship the plum mx 96 with green switches.
so then i decided to look at taobao and found a different version of the plum mx 96. i dont know if its a knock off or a v2 take a look..........
easy to see that the plum on the space bar is replaced by morphling and the boxes are different.
what confuses me is the space bar
original plum mx 96 (stock photos from around the web)
this is an intresting photo.
i remember IMSTO saying this (post 27
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33288.0)
"Typing on one of these bad boys now, though I as just moved into a new house pictures will have to wait so I will provide a quick rundown of this (minus the wireless which I will do when I take pictures).
1. PCB mounted Black MX switches.
2. Nice thick POM caps.
3. About 1 inch wider in total width than my Filco MJ1 (main cluster is the same width, it is basically just adding another column of keys as it appears)
4. Fairly light weight (PCB mounted probably a big reason for this)
5. Spacebar stabilizers are not the standard Filco,Ducky spacing. The stabilizers are not the same as the Leo 200 series either. The stabilizers are strangely enough spaced the same as the Leo 500 series (fullsize boards). The spacebar that comes with the PLUM is appears to be designed to fit all three of these (Filco/Ducky, Leo500,Leo200) spacing plus the offset Cherry spacebar.6. Fairly standard smooth usb detachable cable."
number 5 is what im concerned with because post 28 was really disappointed for some reason..... Can someone explain why #5 was such a let down?
and since i found that picture do you think plum is showing this picture of the space bar to address this issue??
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Other PLUM by Morphling
so this last image shows a different space bar style?