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Offline snozberries

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The snozberries do taste like snozberries!
« on: Mon, 18 April 2016, 11:55:13 »
TLDR; Quickfire Rapid (Blues) & Leopold FC660M (Reds)

Hello everyone,

Hope you all had a great weekend! Found you guys through Google and I'm glad I did. I've had my rig built for about a year now and started with a cheap Thermaltake Commander Keyboard/Mouse combo which got the job done. I was always interested in a real mech keyboard and recently decided to pursue this. I've tested a bunch of MX switches, and don't really have a preference. Ended up grabbing a CM Quickfire last week for $40 and have been loving it so far - has MX Blues. Plans are to keep it and probably paint it and throw some new caps on.

Next up...I found an offer for a Leopold FC660M that I couldn't resist and decided to pull the trigger. It will be arriving today and I cannot wait to test it out. I love the layout because it's basically a 60%, but has the arrow keys and what not. I'm just getting into all this so bare with me.

Can't wait to stick around and keep my wallet thin ;) Cheers!
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Re: The snozberries do taste like snozberries!
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 18 April 2016, 12:46:05 »
too long to read, sorry m8
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Offline snozberries

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Re: The snozberries do taste like snozberries!
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 18 April 2016, 12:48:51 »
Quote from: need on Mon, 18 April 2016, 12:46:05
too long to read, sorry m8

Haha, added a TLDR for those that don't want to read a few sentences!
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Re: The snozberries do taste like snozberries!
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 18 April 2016, 12:51:22 »
Quote from: snozberries on Mon, 18 April 2016, 12:48:51
Quote from: need on Mon, 18 April 2016, 12:46:05
too long to read, sorry m8

Haha, added a TLDR for those that don't want to read a few sentences!

TLDR still too long.  :))

Welcome to the forums.  :thumb:
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Re: The snozberries do taste like snozberries!
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 18 April 2016, 15:50:24 »
Quote from: need on Mon, 18 April 2016, 12:46:05
too long to read, sorry m8

If you don't like to read long posts GH might not be the place for you :)) ^-^

Welcome, aw I guess you missed the FC660C.. that's ok you'll get it right eventually ;) (joking! inb4 hhkb)
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Re: The snozberries do taste like snozberries!
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 18 April 2016, 19:41:48 »
Quote from: csmertx on Mon, 18 April 2016, 15:50:24
Quote from: need on Mon, 18 April 2016, 12:46:05
too long to read, sorry m8

If you don't like to read long posts GH might not be the place for you :)) ^-^

Welcome, aw I guess you missed the FC660C.. that's ok you'll get it right eventually ;) (joking! inb4 hhkb)

Just got a deal on this that I couldn't pass up and it looked awesome. Didn't want to spend $200+.
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Re: The snozberries do taste like snozberries!
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 18 April 2016, 20:11:59 »
Quote from: snozberries on Mon, 18 April 2016, 19:41:48
Quote from: csmertx on Mon, 18 April 2016, 15:50:24
Quote from: need on Mon, 18 April 2016, 12:46:05
too long to read, sorry m8

If you don't like to read long posts GH might not be the place for you :)) ^-^

Welcome, aw I guess you missed the FC660C.. that's ok you'll get it right eventually ;) (joking! inb4 hhkb)

Just got a deal on this that I couldn't pass up and it looked awesome. Didn't want to spend $200+.

Fair enough. What switches did you go with for your Leopold?
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Re: The snozberries do taste like snozberries!
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 18 April 2016, 20:41:33 »
It came with MX Reds, bought the board for $90 which is a pretty decent deal.
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Re: The snozberries do taste like snozberries!
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 19 April 2016, 06:06:20 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

That's an excellent price for the QFR!  If you want to paint it you'll need to sand the rubberised coating off first.

By the way there's a whole sub-forum on QFR case painting.  That originated back when CM sold just the case tops, so everynoe was buying up 3 or 4 and experimenting with them.  There are some fantastic results out there!

The white FC660M - looks great!  If a white FC660C has been available when I was looking, I probably would have bought that instead of my HHKB :eek:
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Re: The snozberries do taste like snozberries!
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 19 April 2016, 13:09:53 »
Quote from: rowdy on Tue, 19 April 2016, 06:06:20
Welcome to Geekhack!

That's an excellent price for the QFR!  If you want to paint it you'll need to sand the rubberised coating off first.

By the way there's a whole sub-forum on QFR case painting.  That originated back when CM sold just the case tops, so everynoe was buying up 3 or 4 and experimenting with them.  There are some fantastic results out there!

The white FC660M - looks great!  If a white FC660C has been available when I was looking, I probably would have bought that instead of my HHKB :eek:

Awesome, thank you for the info. I didn't even waste time lurking on here, so I haven't browsed all the forums and what not. I am definitely interested in painting the CM for sure.

Yup, I hear ya. I've heard great things about the FC660C!
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Re: The snozberries do taste like snozberries!
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 20 April 2016, 05:52:15 »
Quote from: snozberries on Tue, 19 April 2016, 13:09:53
Quote from: rowdy on Tue, 19 April 2016, 06:06:20
Welcome to Geekhack!

That's an excellent price for the QFR!  If you want to paint it you'll need to sand the rubberised coating off first.

By the way there's a whole sub-forum on QFR case painting.  That originated back when CM sold just the case tops, so everynoe was buying up 3 or 4 and experimenting with them.  There are some fantastic results out there!

The white FC660M - looks great!  If a white FC660C has been available when I was looking, I probably would have bought that instead of my HHKB :eek:

Awesome, thank you for the info. I didn't even waste time lurking on here, so I haven't browsed all the forums and what not. I am definitely interested in painting the CM for sure.

Yup, I hear ya. I've heard great things about the FC660C!

My, second or third modern mechanical keyboard was a QFR with MX blacks.  It has performed faultlessly for me.  In fact I'm using it right now, although the original keycaps were swapped out a long time ago!
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NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

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