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Offline ChronoBodi

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What exactly is this Clear switch keyboard?
« on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 18:12:19 »
http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/6020971284.html

i'm willing to gamble and paid $150 with free 2-week shipping on it. I already got a Quickfire XT with Browns but i felt the Clears recently and they felt a lot better to me. Thing is, it's IMPOSSIBLE compared to Browns or Reds to try to get a Clear version of anything.... so apparently i'm waiting for a "Keycool" 108 board.  It looks a lot like a Ducky Shine II to me...
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Offline Photoelectric

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Re: What exactly is this Clear switch keyboard?
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 18:14:06 »
Keycool is a pretty good brand.  Has reasonable reputation here.  Might want to ask qtan here if he can proxy one for you and compare prices:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?board=81.0
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Offline ChronoBodi

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Re: What exactly is this Clear switch keyboard?
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 18:18:18 »
Ok, good, but too late for proxying anything, i already bought the Keycool Clear from Aliexpress.... then again i never knew the option of proxying anything. What does that do anyway?
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Offline Photoelectric

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Re: What exactly is this Clear switch keyboard?
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 12 February 2014, 18:51:43 »
It depends on a situation.  Just proxying means a person buys an item abroad and ships it to you.  Some people, like qtan, get some deals on keyboards as they run a specialized business in China, so their price + shipping to the U.S. might be reasonable vs. what you can buy here already.
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Offline Oobly

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Re: What exactly is this Clear switch keyboard?
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 13 February 2014, 02:19:58 »
Hmmm...

Plate mounted MX Clears with POM caps. Very nice!  :cool: The Keycool boards are pretty good.  :thumb:
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Offline ChronoBodi

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Re: What exactly is this Clear switch keyboard?
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 13 February 2014, 02:30:01 »
Quote from: Oobly on Thu, 13 February 2014, 02:19:58
Hmmm...

Plate mounted MX Clears with POM caps. Very nice!  :cool: The Keycool boards are pretty good.  :thumb:

so far i've felt zinc ESC button, regular ABS as usual, and my thick PBT arrow keys for gaming (I'm left handed so that's pretty much my WASD cluster :P)

What exactly do POM feel like and how do they compare to the usual plastics?
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geek_feng Zinc ESC

CM QuickFire XT Brown with:
WASD Red 47-keycap ABS

Offline taylordcraig

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Re: What exactly is this Clear switch keyboard?
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 13 February 2014, 02:33:44 »
Jelly of that board, looks totally cool. I really want to try clears, too. Just got my Code 87 with mx greens and 2mm 40AL o-rings. Feels kinda spiffy. I might ditch the orings.
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Offline Oobly

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Re: What exactly is this Clear switch keyboard?
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 13 February 2014, 02:34:51 »
POM is a bit more "slick", almost teflon-ish. I really like it, it's my favourite cap material. It's more dense than PBT so the caps are often even a little heavier than equivalent PBT caps. Deeper, more "thocky" sound on bottoming out and release.
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Offline ChronoBodi

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Re: What exactly is this Clear switch keyboard?
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 13 February 2014, 02:38:05 »
Quote from: taylordcraig on Thu, 13 February 2014, 02:33:44
Jelly of that board, looks totally cool. I really want to try clears, too. Just got my Code 87 with mx greens and 2mm 40AL o-rings. Feels kinda spiffy. I might ditch the orings.

Clear boards are a b**** to get anywhere, if you really want one, they only have 2 in stock from that AliExpress site, of which i took one. soooo..... one more Clear board for someone!

only caveat is the 2-week shipping time, because any faster shipping options is like instant +$100 more, and its not worth it when i can enjoy my Quickfire XT browns in the meantime.  I do need to sell my half-assed corsair k60 though.
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geek_feng thick PBT Arrow Keys
geek_feng Zinc ESC

CM QuickFire XT Brown with:
WASD Red 47-keycap ABS

Offline ChronoBodi

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Re: What exactly is this Clear switch keyboard?
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 13 February 2014, 02:39:41 »
Quote from: Oobly on Thu, 13 February 2014, 02:34:51
POM is a bit more "slick", almost teflon-ish. I really like it, it's my favourite cap material. It's more dense than PBT so the caps are often even a little heavier than equivalent PBT caps. Deeper, more "thocky" sound on bottoming out and release.

Nice, i want them heavy, i like the feel of heavy caps like my metal ESC keycap, so anything like that is just groovy.
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KeyCool 108-key Clear with:
geek_feng thick PBT Arrow Keys
geek_feng Zinc ESC

CM QuickFire XT Brown with:
WASD Red 47-keycap ABS
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