Ah I see now. Yeah, well, I must say that in my house, the rubberdome of the HHKB wears out in 2 years or so. But I anticipated that already given stories of some hhkb owners saying that some hhkb is more stiff than the other.
Your rubber dome has worn out in 2 years?? Or are you saying you think it will? Or are you saying it hasn't after 2 years?
Can you post pics? That would be interesting...you really don't hear or see anyone talk about that on here...
Let me be clear and specific to avoid confusion. I bought a black HHKB two years go and used it as my daily driver before moving onto my KUL ES 87 as daily driver and now my 87U 55g as daily driver.
The first thing I noticed upon pushing down keys was that it was way stiffer than I expected giving these "topre is buttersmooth" stories. Then I read here that people say that sometimes they leave some boxes longer in storage at the manufacturer or at the seller, so the rubberdome already hardens a bit.
So then I bought a second white hhkb and that IS indeed butter smooth.
My black HHKB is SO hard now that YES I would say it HAS worn out and I should replace the rubber dome. It feels as bad as a regular crappy logitech keyboard. Well... not THAT bad of course. But it feels dry, it feels hard.
My 1.5y old white hhkb is perfect, and so is my 3m old black 87u 55g.