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If we ever get to the point “vintage” nice are going for four figures too, I’ll know we’ve reached true Idiocracy.


But don't ya know that roller mice just have a better FEEEEEEEEL?!? Plus you get the joy of scraping cat hair, skin flakes, and questionable semi-liquid substances off the ball ...

Kailh BOX Jades. They feel oddly similar to buckling springs, but crisper. The tactility is so sharp it's almost like something is breaking under your fingers when you type on them.
They're loud as frick, but if buckling springs don't dissuade you then give the Jades a go.

So in other words when people were shitting on Unicomp because they said they didn't have reports of this problem before, they were likely telling the truth, appropriately making the shitters out to be the assholes here. :D

You can't fix a problem you don't know about, and you're sure as hell not ...

My job has me copy/pasting so much shit on a daily basis I had to move to a TKL with a macro pad on the left side just so I don't have to CTRL anything. The only part that doesn't look good here is the location of CAPS, which I think I use more than SHIFT on most days. Well, that and the ergo-bro ...

headphone_jack wrote: 28 Oct 2021, 15:45

micmil wrote: 27 Oct 2021, 21:27

headphone_jack wrote: 27 Oct 2021, 16:16 did you even watch any of the videos?

Yes. Any more pointless questions?

What's your social security number? Credit card info? Cup size?

Several. Extant. XXL.

headphone_jack wrote: 27 Oct 2021, 16:16 did you even watch any of the videos?

Yes. Any more pointless questions?

TNT wrote: 27 Oct 2021, 01:10 The arguments just were over. Don't start this again. Unless you were trying to troll, in that case top kek 10/10

ya theenk?

Jesus Cockgargling Jones on a fucking rainbow-painted moped this is the dumbest fucking thread I've seen on this forum in like fifteen minutes or so.

"You didn't do the exact thing, therefore results are invalid!" Or maybe the thing just doesn't fucking work for every fucking set of fucking ...

It's important to understand that the spring tension on buckling spring switches does not mean what it does in linear spring design switches. The way the springs collapse gives a much lower apparent resistance than linear springs do. If you've ever used something heavily clicky like Box Jades you'll ...

Redragon K556. Metal housing, MX style switches, decent caps, full RGB, $60 to your door. Probably not going to be a popular answer, but it's the only correct one because it's mine.

Or the aforementioned BTC DWS boards. If it's clean and under $40, it's worth it. Gunked up or more expensive? Don't ...

You left-thumb people would have failed my high school’s typing class.


... Why?


Because the "correct" way is to use the right thumb. Because the "correct" way to do most things is to completely ignore differences in basic human functionality and instead suckle the opinion of whatever ...

any update?


The update is I was right and the person that started this thread took their toys and went home and everyone went back to not giving a shit because it never mattered and does not matter.

If it actually DID matter that much someone would have created an open source Soarer's clone by ...

You sell it and move on. Take the information you learned and find something that fills the gaps.

Rather than just leaving the parts to dry, put them in a box and set a hair dryer on low blowing into the box. It will take very little time to dry everything out and you don't have to play guessing games on whether or not a small deposit of water got trapped and is going to short out your board.

I can't say anything about the PS2/DIN difference but I can absolutely confirm different BTC DWS boards have different domes. The 5130 domes are way snappier than the PS/2 5100c I have, to the point where I pulled the domes from a thrashed 5130 and swapped them out.

The 5100c is now MUCH better ...

You'd think that someone could make a decent EC keyboard for $125. Every so often I look for one of the Niz/Plum/Royal Kludge/Abko Topre knockoffs on eBay, but their prices never seem to be cheap enough compared to the cost of an actual Topre to make them very attractive. Every so often someone ...

Just about any keyboard will do that. Parts move over time depending on your usage. Give it a wiggle and it should reseat the bits that are causing the issue.

I completely forgot about the Type Heaven. That's the "budget" Topre made in China. I found a video from Chyros and he calls it as good or better than the Realforce, provided you only like one weighting across the keyboard. They were $139 , but it looks like they've been discontinued.


The Type ...

I've seen some of the 5130s with a metal bottom plate, so not necessarily that bad for build quality. A lot of them are Packard Bell models. And yes, I love tactile. I've got this brown Alps keyboard next to me ...


I have owned multiple 5130's over the years. The metal plate is about four ...

I looked for a NovaTouch and just couldn't find one. However, it looks like I could get an entire set of MX adapters for under $60, provided I wanted MX keycaps.

I did think about the Niz, but it looks like they only come with 35g switches. That's a definite deal-breaker for me. Abko has what a ...

For what it's worth, I like my 6311 more than my black Alps board. They're definitely a light keystroke, good tactility, with a touch of crunch to make it interesting. By that I mean they can be scratchy but in one of those oddly satisfying ways, not the black Alps kind.

All I can think reading this is "I DRIVE A DODGE STRATUS!"

I'm right there with you. Finally got my HHKB Type-S Hasu'd and, although I had planned for it to be purely my office keyboard, it has become every-use board! Well, apart from an Apex Pro for gaming.


It's at the point where I think I might have to do some house cleaning. I don't keep anything I ...

an_achronism wrote: 03 Jul 2021, 02:05 Jade has this weird small latency on the way back up because the spring is too light for the bar, which isn't a problem with Pink or NY.

I don't type anywhere near fast enough to notice the latency of return springs.

The only thing that could realistically replace it would be if I managed to snag the full sized version for a good price or lucked into a relatively inexpensive Topre board.


Incidentally, this exact thing happened. I picked up a Type Heaven for about $100 shipped (still not sure how that ...

Weird as hell but the closest to IBM buckling springs I've found are Box Jades. There's a short ramp up, a distinct clack, and then some extraneous throw after. It's really that heavy click that makes them feel similar under my fingers. Then again I type like a pissed off monkey so grain of salt it ...

Even Topre and presumably its clones have a completely different sort of tactile bump, way more round than that of the BTC DWS (I haven't investigated the clones though so I could be wrong on that).


The only clone I have is an ABKO, which is 35g weighting across the board. It's much more linear ...

I mean.. you've basically already named all of them. :lol:

If a Realforce is too much, look for a used Type Heaven. Less than half the cost, still Topre. The variable weighting is essentially worthless for gaming, it's intended for general typing use.

Edit to add that the killer is going to be N ...

hellothere wrote: 21 Jun 2021, 22:53 I'd love to try a Topre. Just to find out what everyone's talking about.

The best way I can put it... imagine if rubber domes were made by someone that actually made them for quality. That's exactly what it is. If that idea is intriguing, look for a good deal on a Type Heaven and give it a go.

But I still have difficulty understanding what makes Topre so special. Looking at the force curves only leaves me more perplexed.

Perhaps it's some sort of acquired taste.


I can't imagine anyone using a Topre board for a month and being ambivalent about it. I think it's one of those instant ...