Topre PBT Spacebars

imbattable · 22 May 2015, 22:20

Ascaii wrote: ↑
imbattable wrote: ↑This ripster guy seems to be pretty desperate for attention. Who is that? I have heard the name before but he apparently is only active reddit but used to be active here and on GH.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ripster+site%3Adeskthority.net

Excuse me for trying to engage in conversation, I will go back to lurking.

DanielT · 28 May 2015, 20:03

Placed my order for one of each, I just couldn' miss this one.

Muirium · 28 May 2015, 20:09

When does this close? (No link in the OP makes it hard for noobs and commuters!)

matt3o · 28 May 2015, 20:21

7 days left

(and 5 days for SA Retro

)

Muirium · 28 May 2015, 20:25

Thanks. I know I can afford this one. SA Retro, well, I'm not sure if I even know how to not ORDER EVERYTHING!!!111!!! which poses something of a problem.

<Looks up from the floor to see the sympathetic faces of the others at this meeting of Keycaps Anonymous.>

scottc · 28 May 2015, 20:26

Payday is tomorrow and then I'll be getting both!

Spikebolt · 01 Jun 2015, 12:34

Payday best day

Spikebolt · 05 Jun 2015, 10:01

So what was the total number of spacebars purchased?

matt3o · 05 Jun 2015, 10:31

about 3000 spacebars let's see how many orders end up unpaid

chzel · 05 Jun 2015, 10:34

Does that happen with Massdrop? Unpaid orders I mean...

002 · 05 Jun 2015, 10:37

Well I was automagically charged, so I can't imagine there will be too many people bailing out unless they dispute the PayPal payment or something?

matt3o · 05 Jun 2015, 10:45

they usually end up with a 10% unpaid orders

002 · 05 Jun 2015, 10:48

Pet peeve of mine...people who board the hype train but fail to shell out for a ticket for the real thing.

matt3o · 05 Jun 2015, 11:04

the cost is relatively low this time, I hope the unpaid orders will be less than that

Muirium · 05 Jun 2015, 11:55

002 wrote: ↑Pet peeve of mine...people who board the hype train but fail to shell out for a ticket for the real thing.

That would be me and so many caps GBs! But this time I climbed on for sure. MX can wait. I've more than enough of that.

XMIT · 24 Sep 2015, 21:08

I just got a tracking number from Massdrop, I should have these next week. Good luck to anyone else waiting on a tracking number.

klikkyklik · 24 Sep 2015, 21:14

As did I. Tracking number not yet registered with USPS, but hopefully that'll show up soon.

Hypersphere · 26 Sep 2015, 01:11

Got my tracking number yesterday!

ramnes · 26 Sep 2015, 02:11

Secaucus, NJ, US Processing Completed at Origin

002 · 26 Sep 2015, 05:54

The pics are starting to flow in on reddit. They look great!

TheOneOutlander:

orangetag001:

WaffleTail:

matt3o · 26 Sep 2015, 09:07

I love when a plan comes together

Cafeine · 26 Sep 2015, 18:29

Awww I can't wait. I really destroyed (well OKAY I DENTED IT) one on my FC660C and I need to change it asap. :P

ramnes · 26 Sep 2015, 18:41

The color matching really looks perfect, good job Matt3o!

Muirium · 26 Sep 2015, 19:20

Shoes on desk or reversed spacebars: which is the greater crime?

seebart · 26 Sep 2015, 19:25

Muirium wrote: ↑Shoes on desk or reversed spacebars: which is the greater crime?

Shoes on the desk is worse...

zslane · 26 Sep 2015, 19:26

Oh, I dunno...I think neglecting the cream/grey needs of Hi-Pro users ranks higher than shoes or spacebar orientation.

Muirium · 26 Sep 2015, 19:34

Am I right in thinking HiPro spacebars are a different shape compared to regular Realforce / HHKB / FC660C / Type Heaven spacebars?

And am I even right including the Type Heaven in that list?

zslane · 26 Sep 2015, 19:46

Not having any of those other keyboards to compare with, I couldn't tell you. But I can tell you that the HiPro spacebar has a very definite orientation just like the ones I see above. And it sits between flat R3 modifiers, so we know it isn't that tall.

Muirium · 26 Sep 2015, 19:48

Yup. That's why I ask. It's not obviously different, so I really don't know. And my question is equally non obviously redundant!

We'll need to hear from somebody with both boards. Or a HiPro user who's popped on one of Matteo's spacebars.

zslane · 26 Sep 2015, 22:29

Well, here are the profile dimensions of the HiPro spacebar:

: HiPro spacebar profile dimensions; hipro_spacebar_dim.png (41.51 KiB) Viewed 3236 times

If anyone can similarly measure the profile dimensions of a conventional RealForce spacebar (or already has those dimensions handy), please post them and we can compare.