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Offline sixty

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« Reply #400 on: Wed, 24 November 2010, 04:28:03 »
6 or 7 months into using mine, about 8 hours daily:



Not impressed, Filco.
I don't have any of the other phenomena such as the coating coming off in circles but I'm losing the actual print! See "E", "D", "C".. V is also losing its tail slowly. Few more weeks and D and E are most likely entirely blank.

Give me two more years and I'll start selling otaku keycaps again! Not quite nanu-tier yet, but I'm getting there.
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Offline nanu

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« Reply #401 on: Wed, 24 November 2010, 04:38:18 »
Interesting that the first to go for you are also E and D. It might be hard to tell if you're striking it everywhere on a key without a coating to tell. On older keyboards [strike]with softer plastic[/strike] key wear would appear wrinkled, indicating that I've hammered them in the same spots via nails. Maybe circles could actually indicate a decreasing sense of precision (that is, by getting older, my fingers are shaking now).

OH maybe my thinking "softer plastic" is due to having to force rubber domes to collapse..
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Offline ~Blood~

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« Reply #402 on: Wed, 24 November 2010, 06:17:45 »
Personally with my filco the F, U, C and K keyprints are vanishing first. I ****ing don't know why, **** that bad quality.
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« Reply #403 on: Wed, 24 November 2010, 06:48:04 »
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Where's Welly?


He only posts [trolls] in the Off Topic section now. Hasn't posted anything about keyboards in weeks, at least.
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Offline Special K

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« Reply #404 on: Wed, 24 November 2010, 07:53:58 »
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6 or 7 months into using mine, about 8 hours daily:

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Not impressed, Filco.
I don't have any of the other phenomena such as the coating coming off in circles but I'm losing the actual print! See "E", "D", "C".. V is also losing its tail slowly. Few more weeks and D and E are most likely entirely blank.

Give me two more years and I'll start selling otaku keycaps again! Not quite nanu-tier yet, but I'm getting there.


I've had mine since 09/09 and now I'm noticing the same thing in my OP affect other keys - S, D, C, Lshift, <, >, L, and probably a few others.  I guess it's just normal wear and tear for this board.  None of the letters are wearing off, however.
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LOL - we're on post #163 of this mega-thread and you've gone from"keyboard n00b" to "keyboard sn0b".  We've done our job.

Offline steeef

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« Reply #405 on: Wed, 24 November 2010, 08:39:42 »
Looks like it's time to get in on a group buy for doubleshot replacements...
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Offline panda-R

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« Reply #406 on: Wed, 24 November 2010, 10:39:14 »
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Thick Cherry DoubleShots FTW!

Although my formally NIB keys are shiny now.  At least my metal ESC key remains the same.  Damn Plastic!
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you're such a show off!
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Offline ~Blood~

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« Reply #407 on: Wed, 24 November 2010, 10:55:34 »
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Well, this is a Key Wear rant thread.......

Only one solution.

DON'T PANIC!
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can u tell me what keyprinting method the ducky keyboards use?
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Offline elbowglue

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« Reply #408 on: Mon, 06 February 2012, 04:24:28 »
YUCOMPLAIN ABOUT FILCOKEYCAP?
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My keyboards: Filco Cherry Blue Tenkeyless(daily home), Compaq MX11800 (modded to blacks), Compaq "MX 84u",  Wellington\'s Dampened Endurapro, Pinkalicious Filco Blue Cherry, Chicony KB-5191, Chicony KB-5181, Desko MOS 5023 UP "elbowglue" spos (modded to blues), Siig Minitouch (monterey blue), SMK-88 (blue cherries), Ricercar SPOS
Smallest to biggest keyboards in inches (Length X Height) - Length is most important for a midline mouse position
KBC Poker: 11.6 x 3.9 - HHKB: 11.6 x 4.3 - Siig Minitouch (Geekhack Space Saver): 11.6 x 6 - Deck/Tg3 82: 12 x 6 - Noppoo Choc Mini 12.4 x 5.3 - Compaq "MX 84u": 13.1 x 7.5 - Filco Tenkeyless: 14 x 5.3 - Cherry "ricercar spos" G86-62410EUAGSA: 14 x 7.75 - Topre Realforce 86u: 14.4 x 6.65 - Desko "elbowglue spos" MOS 5023 UP: 14.5 x 8.4 - IBM Model M Spacesaver: 15.3 x 7 - G80-1800: 15.9 x 7.1 - Adesso MKB-125B: 16 x 7.3 - Compaq Mx11800, Cherry G80-11900: 16.25 x 7.5 - Filco Standard: 17.3 x 5.4 - Unicomp Endurapro: 17.9 x 7.1 - Adesso MKB-135B: 18.3 x 6.0 - Cherry G80-3000: 18.5 x 7.6 - IBM Model M, Unicomp Customizer: 19.3 x 8.27

Offline Culinia

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« Reply #409 on: Mon, 06 February 2012, 05:44:10 »
Wha!?

Is that yours? How long you had it?

I bet it's minging under the caps as well.

Brings a different perspective.

That is truly making me ill...

LOL @ F5, A, E, S, M, N
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Offline Bird

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« Reply #410 on: Mon, 06 February 2012, 06:35:27 »
yuck
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Offline daerid

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« Reply #411 on: Mon, 06 February 2012, 06:45:50 »
My nearly year old Tenkeyless MJ2 is almost totally shiny. However, I've come to realize that it brings a certain familiarity with the board. It's well broken in, and feels like an old friend :)
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Offline Special K

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« Reply #412 on: Mon, 06 February 2012, 08:13:59 »
I noticed that now, nearly 2.5 years after getting my Filco, even the white print is starting to wear off one of the keys.  I wish it wouldn't, but it doesn't affect the feel of the keyboard at all.
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LOL - we're on post #163 of this mega-thread and you've gone from"keyboard n00b" to "keyboard sn0b".  We've done our job.

Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #413 on: Mon, 06 February 2012, 08:19:59 »
If I ran into a wear problem, I would just replace the caps with an etched set from WASD.  You can even get them in the same italicized, Futura font to keep with the original styling.  I just wish they had a "white" that matched Filco's "white."
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« Reply #414 on: Mon, 06 February 2012, 08:33:38 »
I just wish those etched keycaps weren't impossible to read.
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Offline daerid

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« Reply #415 on: Mon, 06 February 2012, 08:34:45 »
I have a set of white engraved PBT right here on my desk, so when the MJ2 finally goes, I have something to put on it.
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« Reply #416 on: Mon, 06 February 2012, 09:21:15 »
Very classy. Insult the geekhack community, and then request they boost your ego. All in one post. Most impressive.
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #417 on: Mon, 06 February 2012, 10:07:08 »
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Very classy. Insult the geekhack community, and then request they boost your ego. All in one post. Most impressive.

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You should read the entire thread.  


It gets better.

Wow. Times have changed.


Baaaaa!
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Offline elbowglue

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« Reply #418 on: Mon, 06 February 2012, 13:33:20 »
It used to be mine, now it's used on a daily basis in a 24/7 basis in a health care setting...  Although now people don't want to use is because it's a little too otaku.

Maybe about 1-2 years of wear on it.  Lots of varied typers, who wash their hands and use hand gel a lot.

Filco keycaps will get pretty ugly over time, good think they can be replaced :)

F5 button cracked at the stem keeping part of the stem lodged in the keycap.


Maybe I'll sell this keyboard as like new condition with signs of minimal wear ;)


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Wha!?

Is that yours? How long you had it?

I bet it's minging under the caps as well.

Brings a different perspective.

That is truly making me ill...

LOL @ F5, A, E, S, M, N
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My keyboards: Filco Cherry Blue Tenkeyless(daily home), Compaq MX11800 (modded to blacks), Compaq "MX 84u",  Wellington\'s Dampened Endurapro, Pinkalicious Filco Blue Cherry, Chicony KB-5191, Chicony KB-5181, Desko MOS 5023 UP "elbowglue" spos (modded to blues), Siig Minitouch (monterey blue), SMK-88 (blue cherries), Ricercar SPOS
Smallest to biggest keyboards in inches (Length X Height) - Length is most important for a midline mouse position
KBC Poker: 11.6 x 3.9 - HHKB: 11.6 x 4.3 - Siig Minitouch (Geekhack Space Saver): 11.6 x 6 - Deck/Tg3 82: 12 x 6 - Noppoo Choc Mini 12.4 x 5.3 - Compaq "MX 84u": 13.1 x 7.5 - Filco Tenkeyless: 14 x 5.3 - Cherry "ricercar spos" G86-62410EUAGSA: 14 x 7.75 - Topre Realforce 86u: 14.4 x 6.65 - Desko "elbowglue spos" MOS 5023 UP: 14.5 x 8.4 - IBM Model M Spacesaver: 15.3 x 7 - G80-1800: 15.9 x 7.1 - Adesso MKB-125B: 16 x 7.3 - Compaq Mx11800, Cherry G80-11900: 16.25 x 7.5 - Filco Standard: 17.3 x 5.4 - Unicomp Endurapro: 17.9 x 7.1 - Adesso MKB-135B: 18.3 x 6.0 - Cherry G80-3000: 18.5 x 7.6 - IBM Model M, Unicomp Customizer: 19.3 x 8.27

Offline spdx

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« Reply #419 on: Mon, 06 February 2012, 15:11:23 »
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.. it's used on a daily basis in a 24/7 basis in a health care setting...

Where is that health care thingy?
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Offline elbowglue

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« Reply #420 on: Mon, 06 February 2012, 15:37:47 »
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Where is that health care thingy?


It's not from a sperm donation clinic if that's what you're asking.. :P

Just a place that people type on it a lot, no unusual acid or body fluid splashes on it.  People wash their hands a lot here and use sanitizing gel a lot.
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My keyboards: Filco Cherry Blue Tenkeyless(daily home), Compaq MX11800 (modded to blacks), Compaq "MX 84u",  Wellington\'s Dampened Endurapro, Pinkalicious Filco Blue Cherry, Chicony KB-5191, Chicony KB-5181, Desko MOS 5023 UP "elbowglue" spos (modded to blues), Siig Minitouch (monterey blue), SMK-88 (blue cherries), Ricercar SPOS
Smallest to biggest keyboards in inches (Length X Height) - Length is most important for a midline mouse position
KBC Poker: 11.6 x 3.9 - HHKB: 11.6 x 4.3 - Siig Minitouch (Geekhack Space Saver): 11.6 x 6 - Deck/Tg3 82: 12 x 6 - Noppoo Choc Mini 12.4 x 5.3 - Compaq "MX 84u": 13.1 x 7.5 - Filco Tenkeyless: 14 x 5.3 - Cherry "ricercar spos" G86-62410EUAGSA: 14 x 7.75 - Topre Realforce 86u: 14.4 x 6.65 - Desko "elbowglue spos" MOS 5023 UP: 14.5 x 8.4 - IBM Model M Spacesaver: 15.3 x 7 - G80-1800: 15.9 x 7.1 - Adesso MKB-125B: 16 x 7.3 - Compaq Mx11800, Cherry G80-11900: 16.25 x 7.5 - Filco Standard: 17.3 x 5.4 - Unicomp Endurapro: 17.9 x 7.1 - Adesso MKB-135B: 18.3 x 6.0 - Cherry G80-3000: 18.5 x 7.6 - IBM Model M, Unicomp Customizer: 19.3 x 8.27

Offline Forin

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« Reply #421 on: Mon, 06 February 2012, 15:41:53 »
Typical.
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