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Offline avtar

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Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 03:32:23 »
I've been reading about the Leopold FC660C and a lot of people seem to express concern about the quality of the printing on its keycaps. Has anyone tried the version with blank keycaps? http://www.leopold.co.kr/?doc=cart/item.php&it_id=1389148082 Are there any North American sites that sell that version? I wasn't able to find it on elitekeyboards.com or eBay.
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 04:57:36 »
Nice find that must be quite new, I checked not too long ago and they didn't have it with any other caps. I must admit I would be far more tempted to get an 660C with blanks.
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 04:59:38 »
I've never had issue with the legends. Maybe those with real sweaty hands will cause them to tarnish faster.
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 05:17:27 »
^it's not just about wear, the physical bump of the lettering is annoying as hell.  not sure how bad it is on the 660c, but it can really suck.

is there a recommended geekhack proxy to get this shipped to canada?
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 09:46:15 »
You could just get a cheap sand blaster and sandblast the keys
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 10:49:04 »
Well that's one option :P
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 10:56:50 »
。。big problem
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 11:57:59 »
But to answer your question. My WASD legends have faded about 50%...so yes i do have a problem with them :(
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 12:10:57 »
That sucks :( But thanks for confirming. I would rather have blank keys than questionably printed ones. I contacted EK to see if they have any plans on carrying that board so I'll update this thread when I hear from them.
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 17:15:33 »
Using both the 660c and the 700r regularly, I have to say that the 660c's letters are holding on more strongly, much more so. Don't know why, but as mentioned in one of the replies, the text does seem to 'bump up' a bit more than my 700r.
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 19:32:20 »
I'm still wondering whether there is a white version out, or coming out soon.
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 19:47:01 »
Or just blank white keycaps http://i.imgur.com/Wlpl4AF.jpg :thumb:
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #12 on: Sat, 18 January 2014, 20:21:19 »
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #13 on: Sat, 25 January 2014, 22:50:07 »
I ended up finding a used FC660C with printed caps at a decent price. For anyone else who's interested it looks like EK will have the model with blank keycaps in February.

Quote from: avtar on Sat, 18 January 2014, 12:10:57
That sucks :( But thanks for confirming. I would rather have blank keys than questionably printed ones. I contacted EK to see if they have any plans on carrying that board so I'll update this thread when I hear from them.
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #14 on: Sun, 26 January 2014, 15:55:29 »
Quote from: tbc on Sat, 18 January 2014, 05:17:27
^it's not just about wear, the physical bump of the lettering is annoying as hell.  not sure how bad it is on the 660c, but it can really suck.

is there a recommended geekhack proxy to get this shipped to canada?

I couldn't feel any legends on the keycaps when I had my fc660c, but the legends sure were ugly, and kind of an off-gold/dark beige, and just overall made the keyboard look kinda cheap. Not to mention they wear so easily.
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #15 on: Mon, 27 January 2014, 01:02:26 »
Quote from: jabar on Sat, 18 January 2014, 04:59:38
I've never had issue with the legends. Maybe those with real sweaty hands will cause them to tarnish faster.

Mine are already starting to lighten, however this isn't a big deal for me. I'm just getting closer to having an Otaku FC660C.
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #16 on: Mon, 27 January 2014, 01:06:36 »
Quote from: PolaBurrr on Sun, 26 January 2014, 15:55:29
Quote from: tbc on Sat, 18 January 2014, 05:17:27
^it's not just about wear, the physical bump of the lettering is annoying as hell.  not sure how bad it is on the 660c, but it can really suck.

is there a recommended geekhack proxy to get this shipped to canada?

I couldn't feel any legends on the keycaps when I had my fc660c, but the legends sure were ugly, and kind of an off-gold/dark beige, and just overall made the keyboard look kinda cheap. Not to mention they wear so easily.
I honestly think the legends on the Fc660c are pretty damn good looking. Personal opinion of course.
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Re: Does anyone own a Leopold FC660C with blank keycaps?
« Reply #17 on: Mon, 27 January 2014, 02:44:35 »
Quote from: Air tree on Mon, 27 January 2014, 01:06:36
Quote from: PolaBurrr on Sun, 26 January 2014, 15:55:29
Quote from: tbc on Sat, 18 January 2014, 05:17:27
^it's not just about wear, the physical bump of the lettering is annoying as hell.  not sure how bad it is on the 660c, but it can really suck.

is there a recommended geekhack proxy to get this shipped to canada?

I couldn't feel any legends on the keycaps when I had my fc660c, but the legends sure were ugly, and kind of an off-gold/dark beige, and just overall made the keyboard look kinda cheap. Not to mention they wear so easily.
I honestly think the legends on the Fc660c are pretty damn good looking. Personal opinion of course.

Same, I honestly don't know what you mean when you say they look cheap. They have a clean, unique font and are very nice looking to me.
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