Feenix Autore all new mechanical

[divito]

Not TKL, not interested. Honestly, when these companies make gaming keyboards what makes them think any game uses numpad input? It's just a waste of valuable mouse space and forearm room for more serious gamers.

Saying you're not a serious gamer because you have a keyboard with like four extra inches is kind of ridiculous.

[Findecanor]

 I really dislike "silver" plastic. It is so tacky. The keys remind me of the silver-painted keys on mid-2000's MacBooks... ewww.

The edges of the keyboard are a bit too high for my taste, also. I'm afraid that I would hit the front edge when I press the space bar.

[Melvang]

Regardless of what you guys say from the pics on the website this is a damn sexy looking board and would be complemented very nicely with their mousepad which looks very nice if I say so myself.

Melvang

[laffindude]

Interesting. Case looks like molded plastic.

[boost]

Looks like a filco..also looks very clean

[uJalled]

im not sure. From the looks of it it looks aluminum coated somehow. Ive never seen anything like this so im kinda struggling to make sense of it. I just know it looks cool

I agree the design is quite tastefully done.

*gasp

[uJalled]

I was looking into Feenix's flagship mouse, and it looked awesome at the time, but a little out of my price range in regard to computer mice. But that keyboard..... 

[FoxWolf1]

I don't get it. So far, the main feature of this keyboard seems to be that it is gray. I'm not sure that I'd derive any particular benefit from having a gray keyboard.

[bahamot]

Looks good. but the key caps don't look like high quality one

[llovro]

Nice and clean looking keyboard. Very very classy.
Whiley can you email feenix back and ask what Aria is and what happened to Vitesse?

[Bullveyr]

Yeah, looks like it'll be really pricey. I do love the font, but it's not worth the (probably quite high) price if it's just going to be a rebranded OEM of questionable quality.

Feenix is all hype (not to say their products aren't good, just not as revolutionary as their advertising and marketing materials suggest).

QFT.

It'll be a $200 Costar with MX Reds.

Hmm that would be interesting if it is an OEM. The email they sent out made it pretty clear they designed it, and also the case doesnt look like anything on the market but who knows...

They also claimed some untrue things with the Nascita.

[Keytrun]

Any other news on this and when its coming out?

[Pacifist]

Not TKL, not interested.

TKL is overrated.

i was all up on that hype for the longest time..

Now i've seen the light.

why do people like tkl so much? 75% is far superior. You save more room but have pretty much the same keys.

[Photoelectric]

Because some of us don't like how 75% keyboards look.  Aesthetically, I dislike them.  They are not much smaller than TKL in practice, and I'd rather get a 60% or a Leopold FC660M form factor.

[Keytrun]

What % would TKL be considered?

[rowdy]

What % would TKL be considered?

80%

[terran5992]

Is there a difference between 75% and 80%?

[Reomero]

Is there a difference between 75% and 80%?

I consider boards like the Noppoo Choc Mini and Key Cool 84 to be 75%.

[divito]

Is there a difference between 75% and 80%?

Yes.

[Keytrun]

I imagine that the 75% keyboards don't use standard sized keys, right? I bet it'd be tough to get replacement keycaps for it.

[Linkbane]

Not TKL, not interested. Honestly, when these companies make gaming keyboards what makes them think any game uses numpad input? It's just a waste of valuable mouse space and forearm room for more serious gamers.

People are used to full-size. It's selfish to think that they'd cater to the needs of the few over those of the many.

[SpAmRaY]

Wait, you mean TKL and 75% isn't the same thing? I gotta read more.

[rowdy]

Technically TKL has 87 keys and (most) full size have 104, and (87 / 104) * 100 = 83.653846153846153846153846153846 which is usually rounded to 85% (although it would be slightly more accurate to say 84%, but most people prefer multiples of 5).

[SpAmRaY]

Technically TKL has 87 keys and (most) full size have 104, and (87 / 104) * 100 = 83.653846153846153846153846153846 which is usually rounded to 85% (although it would be slightly more accurate to say 84%, but most people prefer multiples of 5).

Then what the heck is 75%?

[Reomero]

Then what the heck is 75%?

A TKL without the "wasted space".

Though a 75% is technically a 'tenkeyless', they're not described as a TKL... just as a 75%. If that makes any sense.

[Moosecraft]

Technically TKL has 87 keys and (most) full size have 104, and (87 / 104) * 100 = 83.653846153846153846153846153846 which is usually rounded to 85% (although it would be slightly more accurate to say 84%, but most people prefer multiples of 5).

Then what the heck is 75%?

I always thought it was like the Race or MX-Mini

[fuzzybaffy]

Yea... I'm willing to bet it's the same OEM (Costar) as Filco. It looks exactly like one, except for the edges. That's it.

[rowdy]

Technically TKL has 87 keys and (most) full size have 104, and (87 / 104) * 100 = 83.653846153846153846153846153846 which is usually rounded to 85% (although it would be slightly more accurate to say 84%, but most people prefer multiples of 5).

Then what the heck is 75%?

Ah, well, technically a 75% would have approximately 3/4 the keycaps of a 104 key keyboard.  That would be 78 keys.  So if you removed 26 keys from a 104 keyboard, you would end up with a 75% board.

Perhaps you could just remove the A-Z keys - that would be a quick and easy way of making a 75% board.

[Oobly]

Technically TKL has 87 keys and (most) full size have 104, and (87 / 104) * 100 = 83.653846153846153846153846153846 which is usually rounded to 85% (although it would be slightly more accurate to say 84%, but most people prefer multiples of 5).

Then what the heck is 75%?

Ah, well, technically a 75% would have approximately 3/4 the keycaps of a 104 key keyboard.  That would be 78 keys.  So if you removed 26 keys from a 104 keyboard, you would end up with a 75% board.

Perhaps you could just remove the A-Z keys - that would be a quick and easy way of making a 75% board.

+1 Informative.

This posts puts into perspective just how many extra keys a full size has (over and above the Alpha keys). Makes me want to rebel and get a 40%.

[Photoelectric]

I found it confusing in the beginning that TKL boards are so named, because the 'tenkey' pad is another name for the numpad, so technically anything without a numpad is a TKL, including 60% boards--but somehow the name stuck to a very specific TKL layout (the 84-87-key kind).  Must be more of a historical/circumstantional naming convention rather than a purely logical one.  Just have to accept it.

[zootylicious]

Is so sexy. I don't get why you don't like it because it's not TKL. I personally only own TKL or smaller, and I might buy this simply because of how sexy it is.

This is a business keyboard, not a gaming one.

Quote from the website
Autore
a Feenix mechanical gaming keyboard

[osi]

The gold plated switches adds +10 gaming performance.

[gastevens]

Has anyone gotten their hands on this yet? Any word on a release date?

[C5Allroad]

The gold plated switches adds +10 gaming performance.

I never really like products that say best for gaming. Oh hurrr durrrr. Other mechanical keyboards can't play games. It's marketing but it's so stupid.

[missalaire]

http://www.feenixcollection.com/autore.html

Looks like we have a price.

"Backorder - $163"

[kmiller8]

http://www.feenixcollection.com/autore.html

Looks like we have a price.

"Backorder - $163"

That's not too bad of a price, I still kind of want to pick one up just to see those sweet caps IRL.

[pr1me]

Sweet looking keyboard, though TKL would have been better
Anyone can remind me the title of the song ? it's pretty famous, yet, can't recall what it is 

[Elrick]

http://www.feenixcollection.com/autore.html

Looks like we have a price.

"Backorder - $163"

This is typical of Feenix, first they claim it's on "Backorder" which was never released to the public in the first place, hence why the backorder?

Because this will be the FIRST ever release Feenix treats early adopters as morons and guinea pigs, hence they will first let everyone know what's wrong with their keyboards which Feenix will try to repair before the "Second Round" of Autore's get released.

Don't forget anything wrong with your product you have to RMA it straight back to them under your own money and then further pay to have it shipped right back to you.  They are nothing like Corsair when it comes to decent RMA treatment.

[kmiller8]

Sweet looking keyboard, though TKL would have been better
Anyone can remind me the title of the song ? it's pretty famous, yet, can't recall what it is 

Don't you just hate when you can't remember songs

[pr1me]

Don't you just hate when you can't remember songs

Thank you sir! 

[missalaire]

http://www.feenixcollection.com/autore.html

In stock.

[Lu_e]

http://www.feenixcollection.com/autore.html

In stock.

Click add to cart...

[Canious]

Looks like another ordinary cherry keyboard to me :S

[Guillairmo]

Tempted to buy this.. although my sights were set on the WASD V2.

[pchatterjee]

Any idea on whterh the case is really metal ?  I assume it is not -- just coated plastic at that price.

What would everyone's guess be at the replacability of the switches?  I personally would want MX Greens or Clears.

[terran5992]

I would bet that it is plate mounted , So its going to hard to change the switches

[missalaire]

http://www.feenixcollection.com/autore.html

In stock.

Click add to cart...

It's working now... sometimes bugs happen with websites.

[Guillairmo]

I went ahead and emailed their customer service to clear up what materials this keyboard is made of. Here's the email:

Hey there,

I'm inquiring about your new keyboard which is shown on the Feenix website. Aside from it looking like a fantastic keyboard, I would like to know what materials are used in its construction. From the pictures provided it seems like the keyboard has a metal-like finish to it. Does the case just have a special metallic finish or is it actually made out of metal?

Thanks

Chad James <chadjames@feenixcollection.com>
10:40 AM (4 hours ago)
to me

Hello,

The keyboard has an aluminum coating finish to the keycaps which gives it a metallic finish however the keyboard itself is not made out of aluminum.

Thanks,
Chad

[whileycoyote]

I just received my autore. I'm working on a review of it. Gonna make a quick video review to go along with that. Without mentioning too much I will say this, this is the best build quality of any keyboard I've used. And it weighs enough to crush a full grown bear.

[pchatterjee]

I also found out it was basically plastic casing also.  What other keyboard build qualities are you comparing it too?  Aluminum paint does not sound impressive.