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Offline Eclairz

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Anyone tried a bloody light switch?
« on: Wed, 21 December 2016, 10:24:25 »
Just read this article and wondered if anyone else has tried it before?

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Bloody/B840/
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Offline davkol

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Re: Anyone tried a bloody light switch?
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 21 December 2016, 10:32:08 »
I have used the linear variant. Very smooth, force similar to MX Red, lots of wobble. Stabilized keycaps were incompatible with MX.

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Re: Anyone tried a bloody light switch?
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 21 December 2016, 10:44:12 »
I never knew that these existed.

Would love to see a review, particularly on the tactile versions.
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Re: Anyone tried a bloody light switch?
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 21 December 2016, 10:56:42 »
I've purchased a few A4Tech products before and they were all crap.  I-Rocks stuff felt slightly higher quality in comparison.

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Re: Anyone tried a bloody light switch?
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 21 December 2016, 14:47:58 »
I have one of these, I'll be doing a written review for TH on it in the future. One thing I can already tell you is that their marketing is absolute BS though.
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Offline Tangtawan

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Re: Anyone tried a bloody light switch?
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 21 December 2016, 15:44:49 »
Chinese came up with interesting switch these days. But i dont really trust their products anymore.. had a bad experience with a4tech mouse.
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Re: Anyone tried a bloody light switch?
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 05 June 2017, 22:13:29 »
I have one of these, I'll be doing a written review for TH on it in the future. One thing I can already tell you is that their marketing is absolute BS though.

chyros reviews are very thorough.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Anyone tried a bloody light switch?
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 05 June 2017, 22:31:21 »
For those that aren't aware, bloody has no better a reputation in its' home market than razor does here. Enough said.

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Re: Anyone tried a bloody light switch?
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 06 June 2017, 01:22:52 »
The switches are quite smooth, but also extremely light. Just don't believe anything that's on the box or the website.
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Re: Anyone tried a bloody light switch?
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 06 June 2017, 05:42:40 »
Bloody keyboard.

Bloody marketing.

Bloody says it all, really.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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