Author Topic: Went back to a cheap rubber dome for a day (Read 15904 times)

vivalarevolución · « **on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 16:07:41 »

I went back to using a cheap rubber dome for a day here at work. It's been a reminder of the terrible old days. I lived a spoiled life with these mechnical keyboards.

fohat.digs · « **Reply #1 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 16:23:17 »

Even a good rubber dome is bad.

I keep a few around, just because, but it is not a pleasant experience to actually use one.

noisyturtle · « **Reply #2 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 16:31:37 »

My WPM actually slows down at school, and I am unsure if it's the domes or my selfconscious fingers.

vivalarevolución · « **Reply #3 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 17:36:52 »

Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 14 February 2013, 16:23:17

Even a good rubber dome is bad.

I keep a few around, just because, but it is not a pleasant experience to actually use one.

I busted it out to remind myself of why I refuse to use them anymore these days.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #4 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 17:39:13 »

I think rubber domes are just fine.

Nothing wrong with rubber domes whatsoever...

I honestly like my "cheapo" rubber dome more than my topre, when I had it..

Because it's lighter,, around 30g, VERY VERY thin domes...

swagpiratex · « **Reply #5 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 17:42:50 »

They aren't that bad.

I use the rubber dome keyboard when I get pissed at the browns I keep at work.

keymaster · « **Reply #6 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 17:46:06 »

Higher quality rubber dome keyboards such as the non-buckling spring IBMs are surprisingly good. I use one at work that I found in the closet.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #7 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 17:47:22 »

Quote from: keymaster on Thu, 14 February 2013, 17:46:06

Higher quality rubber dome keyboards such as the non-buckling spring IBMs are surprisingly good. I use one at work that I found in the closet.

that wasn't all you found in the closet was it?

tp4tissue · « **Reply #8 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 17:47:57 »

Quote from: swagpiratex on Thu, 14 February 2013, 17:42:50

They aren't that bad.

I use the rubber dome keyboard when I get pissed at the browns I keep at work.

yarrgg... I honestly semi-h8 browns.... Red or Black anyday..

crthell · « **Reply #9 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 22:18:42 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 14 February 2013, 17:47:22

that wasn't all you found in the closet was it?

Nope, he also found Tom Cruise.

Veering back on topic, the only rubber dome I really care for is the Made in Thailand QuietKey RT7D5JTW

sth · « **Reply #10 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 22:28:18 »

Quote from: keymaster on Thu, 14 February 2013, 17:46:06

Higher quality rubber dome keyboards such as the non-buckling spring IBMs are surprisingly good. I use one at work that I found in the closet.

there is one IBM that uses domes that i actually prefer to topre. HaaTa brought one to the Bay Area meetup and i wanted to sneak it into my box of keyboards to take home

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jwaz · « **Reply #11 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 22:29:20 »

Quote from: sth on Thu, 14 February 2013, 22:28:18

Quote from: keymaster on Thu, 14 February 2013, 17:46:06
Higher quality rubber dome keyboards such as the non-buckling spring IBMs are surprisingly good. I use one at work that I found in the closet.
there is one IBM that uses domes that i actually prefer to topre. HaaTa brought one to the Bay Area meetup and i wanted to sneak it into my box of keyboards to take home )

That IS a Topre switch though, no? er Protopre

sth · « **Reply #12 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 22:33:54 »

Quote from: JesuswasaZombie on Thu, 14 February 2013, 22:29:20

Quote from: sth on Thu, 14 February 2013, 22:28:18
Quote from: keymaster on Thu, 14 February 2013, 17:46:06
Higher quality rubber dome keyboards such as the non-buckling spring IBMs are surprisingly good. I use one at work that I found in the closet.
there is one IBM that uses domes that i actually prefer to topre. HaaTa brought one to the Bay Area meetup and i wanted to sneak it into my box of keyboards to take home )

That IS a Topre switch though, no? er Protopre

not sure if it was topre or just a similar capacitive + dome design. i can't recall the connector.

uJalled · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 22:35:03 »

Oh jeez, that must be terrible

. Even though my laptop has a keyboard (rubber dome of course), I attach my Filco to it

jwaz · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 22:37:54 »

Quote from: sth on Thu, 14 February 2013, 22:33:54

Quote from: JesuswasaZombie on Thu, 14 February 2013, 22:29:20
Quote from: sth on Thu, 14 February 2013, 22:28:18
Quote from: keymaster on Thu, 14 February 2013, 17:46:06
Higher quality rubber dome keyboards such as the non-buckling spring IBMs are surprisingly good. I use one at work that I found in the closet.
there is one IBM that uses domes that i actually prefer to topre. HaaTa brought one to the Bay Area meetup and i wanted to sneak it into my box of keyboards to take home )

That IS a Topre switch though, no? er Protopre
not sure if it was topre or just a similar capacitive + dome design. i can't recall the connector.

IIRC switch was the same patent

iri · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 22:54:20 »

an ibm keyboard with topre switches?

Deverica Wolf · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 23:03:17 »

I tried my two rubber domes again after having had used my first real keyboard, a Cherry MX Black, for several months, back in 2011.

Finger diarrhea. $:-\$

sth · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 23:19:39 »

Quote from: iri on Thu, 14 February 2013, 22:54:20

an ibm keyboard with topre switches?

i can't remember the model #

Plater · « **Reply #18 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 23:29:56 »

I have to go through this ordeal everyday at work. Makes me sad...

jabar · « **Reply #19 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 23:46:46 »

I have to use the crappiest HP keyboard c. 2011 production ever at work (wouldn't dream of bringing in a mechanical keyboard with liquids always around). Flattest profile, almost like a chicklet. Typing on the edges rotates the keys. I mistype horrifically.

We do have a few older rubberdome keyboards around which are more tolerable. And my old 12-year-old Dell RD isn't bad either.

hasu · « **Reply #20 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 23:50:17 »

Someone already refer about NMB?
The company was a manufacturer of good rubber dome keyboard.

KangarooZombies · « **Reply #21 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 23:56:25 »

Something tells me this thread is going to turn into a Topre-bash party...

Warduke · « **Reply #22 on:** Thu, 14 February 2013, 23:58:57 »

I did that not too long ago and it's incredible how much better mechanical keyboards are. I could never go back to rubber domes now.

jwaz · « **Reply #23 on:** Fri, 15 February 2013, 00:02:12 »

Quote from: KangarooZombies on Thu, 14 February 2013, 23:56:25

Something tells me this thread is going to turn into a Topre-bash party...

on a less dramatic note, there are significant differences between the tactile feedback on various rubberdomes at work. anything with black plastic is guaranteed to suck more

jabar · « **Reply #24 on:** Fri, 15 February 2013, 00:17:38 »

Quote from: KangarooZombies on Thu, 14 February 2013, 23:56:25

Something tells me this thread is going to turn into a Topre-bash party...

I typed on a Topre rubber dome today and I was positively content!

davkol · « **Reply #25 on:** Fri, 15 February 2013, 05:25:13 »

There was thread about rubber domes that suck less. I have some of them in the closet, and guess what? I could happily use them... if they had better layout than winkeyless full-sized.

paradox · « **Reply #26 on:** Fri, 15 February 2013, 09:50:33 »

I can totally relate. I recently sold pretty much all my keyboards while waiting on my new ones to come in and was using my old mini-keyboard rubber dome for a couple of days. It felt like I wasn't really typing.

luckynet · « **Reply #27 on:** Fri, 15 February 2013, 10:04:24 »

been using an apple a1048 rubberdome, just as good as topre/cherry imho..

sth · « **Reply #28 on:** Fri, 15 February 2013, 14:05:16 »

Quote from: luckynet on Fri, 15 February 2013, 10:04:24

been using an apple a1048 rubberdome, just as good as topre/cherry imho..

funny joke

tufty · « **Reply #29 on:** Fri, 15 February 2013, 14:37:31 »

Quote from: luckynet on Fri, 15 February 2013, 10:04:24

been using an apple a1048 rubberdome, just as good as topre/cherry imho..

Did you lose your fingers in a bizarre gardening accident?

The 1048 is an atrocity. It makes me want to kill things. Mainly Apple's designers.

fohat.digs · « **Reply #30 on:** Fri, 15 February 2013, 14:43:12 »

My teenage daughter has one of those. She loves it because "it is white"

It is a truly horrible board, even worse than the "Apple Design Keyboard" - which is at least worth buying out of a junk pile for a dollar for the nice Alps-compatible PBT caps.

volatilecoffee · « **Reply #31 on:** Fri, 15 February 2013, 15:54:31 »

-redacted

BucklingSpring · « **Reply #32 on:** Fri, 15 February 2013, 17:15:06 »

Quote from: hasu on Thu, 14 February 2013, 23:50:17

Someone already refer about NMB?
The company was a manufacturer of good rubber dome keyboard.

Some of the NMB had very good RD switches. They made keyboards for a LOT of companies
They also had a very good mechanical switch - The mythical "Space Invader"

Vintage · « **Reply #33 on:** Fri, 15 February 2013, 17:32:58 »

Quote from: keymaster on Thu, 14 February 2013, 17:46:06

Higher quality rubber dome keyboards such as the non-buckling spring IBMs are surprisingly good. I use one at work that I found in the closet.

I agree. I felt one at my old job and I loved typing on it. I think it also had PBT caps as well.

BucklingSpring · « **Reply #34 on:** Fri, 15 February 2013, 17:36:28 »

Quote from: Vintage on Fri, 15 February 2013, 17:32:58

Quote from: keymaster on Thu, 14 February 2013, 17:46:06
Higher quality rubber dome keyboards such as the non-buckling spring IBMs are surprisingly good. I use one at work that I found in the closet.
I agree. I felt one at my old job and I loved typing on it. I think it also had PBT caps as well.

Speaking of the devil - Today I received my Unicomp QT Ultra-Classic -> QT aka Quiet Touch ak Rubber Dome. Feels great to type on it.

rootwyrm · « **Reply #35 on:** Fri, 15 February 2013, 18:33:57 »

Quote from: fohat.digs on Fri, 15 February 2013, 14:43:12

My teenage daughter has one of those. She loves it because "it is white"

And you haven't disowned her yet, why exactly?

fohat.digs · « **Reply #36 on:** Fri, 15 February 2013, 20:45:08 »

I have "several" keyboards sitting around for the asking.

She claims that she doesn't like "the noise"

Rootwyrm, you don't have a teenage daughter, I suppose?

iri · « **Reply #37 on:** Sat, 16 February 2013, 03:00:07 »

a white keyboard with reds + soft landing pads = a happy teenage girl

sherryton · « **Reply #38 on:** Sat, 16 February 2013, 03:26:12 »

Quote from: fohat.digs on Fri, 15 February 2013, 14:43:12

My teenage daughter has one of those. She loves it because "it is white"

It is a truly horrible board, even worse than the "Apple Design Keyboard" - which is at least worth buying out of a junk pile for a dollar for the nice Alps-compatible PBT caps.

Have you tried the Dell Quiet Key? They feel kind of nice!

Demofly · « **Reply #39 on:** Sat, 16 February 2013, 03:35:21 »

The fastest WPM I have ever typed was on a cheap lite-on rubber dome.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823107120

The reviews are hilarious.

fohat.digs · « **Reply #40 on:** Sat, 16 February 2013, 09:00:14 »

Quote from: sherryton on Sat, 16 February 2013, 03:26:12

Quote from: fohat.digs on Fri, 15 February 2013, 14:43:12
My teenage daughter has one of those. She loves it because "it is white"

It is a truly horrible board, even worse than the "Apple Design Keyboard" - which is at least worth buying out of a junk pile for a dollar for the nice Alps-compatible PBT caps.

Have you tried the Dell Quiet Key? They feel kind of nice!

The original Dell Quiet Keys (not the ones made in China) and the IBM (what is it? 8393 or something like that) are my favorite rubber domes. Also, in the late 1990s-early-2000s Compaq made several really nice rubber domes.

BucklingSpring · « **Reply #41 on:** Sat, 16 February 2013, 22:06:23 »

Quote from: fohat.digs on Sat, 16 February 2013, 09:00:14

Also, in the late 1990s-early-2000s Compaq made several really nice rubber domes.

Those were made by NMB - Got a bunch of them NIB for $5 each at a warehouse sale. I just peeked at the storage box where I use to keep them. It seams that I gave them all except one. Thought I had more left.

rootwyrm · « **Reply #42 on:** Sat, 16 February 2013, 22:51:16 »

Quote from: fohat.digs on Fri, 15 February 2013, 20:45:08

Rootwyrm, you don't have a teenage daughter, I suppose?

Since I haven't killed myself or been arrested for murder, I most definitely do not.
Yeah, I have enough friends with kids. No thanks.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #43 on:** Sun, 17 February 2013, 10:25:41 »

Sadly I forgot my Poker at home this morning, of course in a rush to meet my ride since my car is broken... having to use piece of sh!t HP domes that is office property. It has that nasty plastic over stale gummy bears feeling. It is so horrid I almost would prefer to use the on screen keyboard with the mouse.

vun · « **Reply #44 on:** Sun, 17 February 2013, 10:33:33 »

I get the Ergo 4k out every now and then, the layout is wonderful, but the domes are atrocious and actually make my fingers hurt after some time.
Sometimes I might get the G15 out, that's still a decent typing experience for a rubberdome, I don't think I'd mind using it more if it wasn't for it's monstrous size.

Plater · « **Reply #45 on:** Sun, 17 February 2013, 10:49:01 »

I have to go through this everyday before I got my hands on my current Ducky Shine. Tried it once using it at work, never turned back. Planning on getting a hhkb for its compact design to bring around the country.

vivalarevolución · « **Reply #46 on:** Sun, 17 February 2013, 12:00:02 »

Wow, this thread took off while I was away.

SerenadedAbyss · « **Reply #47 on:** Sun, 17 February 2013, 12:15:53 »

I used to use my leopold at my internship but gave up on blue switches for a bit and now I can't type on them anymore. I did take my rosewill to the office for a bit but I rather use it at home.

So now I use this cheap lenovo keyboard that is bigger then my rosewill and I also tried this cheap thin keyboard that has some really nice amber lights for caps lock and such.

The lenovo keyboard

And the cheap thin thing... I stopped using it after my success rate with some of the keys was god awful. I wish I had a better picture.. but the keyboard in question is in my cubicle's storage area right now.

Long story short. Once I get the spare money. I'm buying a tenkeyless brown switch for home and taking my Rosewill back to the office... after I replace the keycaps... they are so shiny...

Lunartuna · « **Reply #48 on:** Sun, 17 February 2013, 12:31:31 »

I'm using that same Lenovo at work as well. You can buy them for $10...

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #49 on:** Sun, 17 February 2013, 15:47:36 »

The only good thing about those lenovo keyboard is the enter is blue which looks stylish and very retro.

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Author Topic: Went back to a cheap rubber dome for a day (Read 15904 times)