HKKB Type S Wireless

[beraken]

Anyone owned this keyboard?
http://www.amazon.co.jp/Hacking-Keyboard-Professional2-%E7%99%BD%EF%BC%88%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E%E9%85%8D%E5%88%97%EF%BC%89EneBRICK-KB400WS-EB01AH/dp/B00LUBYM9I/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1416380193&sr=8-6&keywords=hhkb+type-s
I am choosing bwtween this one and the wired type s version
And is the type s version really worth the price difference with professional?

[esoomenona]

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[beraken]

It's just a Type S with a separate adaptor, which you can see in the pictures. You would still need to run a wire between the keyboard and the adaptor, and the adaptor seems to be fairly large in size. IMO, there are better options than this.

How about Type S and Professional?

[TopreFan333]

I read through a bunch of reviews of this adapter thing on Amazon Japan. They were auto-translated, but you could get the jist -- a lot of people were complaining about it, saying it dropped the connection a lot, was badly designed, etc. It's a shame, because if this was *good* it would be a pretty cool mobile office setup in conjunction with an iPad or something.

[TopreFan333]

It's just a Type S with a separate adaptor, which you can see in the pictures. You would still need to run a wire between the keyboard and the adaptor, and the adaptor seems to be fairly large in size. IMO, there are better options than this.

How about Type S and Professional?

There is no "wireless" HHKB stock model. All you're seeing there is a normal HHKB (US layout, Japanese layout, Type S, whatever) with this wireless adapter bundled.

As far as Type S versus the regular Pro model, the difference is that the former is designed to muffle the sound of the keyboard. There are a lot of videos on YouTube that will show you the difference in sound.

[yomammary]

The wireless function is provided by the eneBrick, which doesn't have great reviews. I'd rather get Hasu's bluetooth controller (which I did) and it works great.

[TopreFan333]

The wireless function is provided by the eneBrick, which doesn't have great reviews. I'd rather get Hasu's bluetooth controller (which I did) and it works great.

How was installation? Did you have to solder?

[Air tree]

The wireless function is provided by the eneBrick, which doesn't have great reviews. I'd rather get Hasu's bluetooth controller (which I did) and it works great.

How was installation? Did you have to solder?

You do not need to solder at all. Just pop out the old one and install a battery.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=71517.0

[yomammary]

The wireless function is provided by the eneBrick, which doesn't have great reviews. I'd rather get Hasu's bluetooth controller (which I did) and it works great.

How was installation? Did you have to solder?

You do not need to solder at all. Just pop out the old one and install a battery.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=71517.0

Exactly. You also need to configure it but it relatively easy to do.

[byker]

+1 for Hasu's bluetooth controller. I use one as well in my Type S and you cannot even tell it is installed as everything is inside the case. Much better than the Bluetooth adapters!