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MT3 caps are now sold.

SA Espresso still available.

OK, I have to somehow grab browns. i pulled the trigger on a IBM 5140 Module , and holy sh*t , its amazing. Bought a Frog Mini to go along with it and also a custom plate for it from Karolus. His Builds are pure art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhs5sLXpKQQ really excited how it turns out. Just ...

Scarpia wrote: ↑

29 Mar 2023, 11:46

I can relate maybe see if you can get one or two loose switches first, just so you don’t invest $300 in an old board you end up not loving. There’s often some kicking around on eBay

Yeah, trying to find some...

OK, I have to somehow grab browns.
Just watched Chyro's review here and love the idea of rounded bump of browns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffrpY9AQcqs

mmmm....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWjBT0MZBE0&t=38s

price drop on Frog

Nothing amazing, just a Rakuten listing https://www.sendico.com/rakuten/item/realforce:10000034 211GBP - expensive af, but still cheaper than the one on ebay for 404GBP :lol: You said new topre now comes better tuned. Did you try R3? Haven’t tried it yet myself, but current gen Snow Hybrid HHKBs ar...

wobbled wrote: ↑

10 Mar 2023, 20:51

Muirium wrote: ↑

10 Mar 2023, 20:00

Got any similarly sweet links for R3?

Nothing amazing, just a Rakuten listing
https://www.sendico.com/rakuten/item/realforce:10000034

211GBP - expensive af, but still cheaper than the one on ebay for 404GBP

You said new topre now comes better tuned. Did you try R3?

I see why you're listing for the price you are - when you buy these things retail and then add deskeys' very expensive sliders, it's not exactly outrageous that you're wanting 299. However, R2s can be had for 140GBP brand new from an ebayer I've had good experiences with: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm...

Someone here is selling black R2 45g for around £230.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=119581.0;topicseen

This is common price for lightly used/open box R2. I'm selling mine for £180, sold 55g for £200, so I think £299 for new 55g modded with mx sliders is very good price.

Muirium wrote: ↑

09 Mar 2023, 16:38

The amount of money you spent on a thing isn’t necessarily relevant to the amount of money anyone else will pay for it.

What board did you sell already? Was it the cheapest one?

I sold R2 55g, not the cheapest one, £200

Your prices might have something to do with it. ;) In all honesty, I’m not sure an R1 or R2 is better, but as they’re not making R1 any more I’ll just keep mine so I don’t regret it. What prices would you suggest? For example that modded R2 55g - I bought this keyboard of amazon, its brand new £290...

I sold, two left.
I wonder why these are not getting much love nowadays.
R3 is awful, R1 design was the best, but lots of people like R2 as well. no?

For me it looks like Realforce R2 opened up, without top cover, RGB housings and sliders.
I wanted Realforce R1 or R2 style, just with mx sliders. That new thing looks crappy to me.

What are your thoughts guys?

When even the glamour shot shows a twisted stem on the right Shift key, you know you’re in for something good… What mount are these caps, then? Did Topre reach out to KBDfans for them? :lol: Could be :) Can't find info on mount, I think it will be mx, same one from RGB version, but not 100% confirm...

See, I told you that there was something cooking, why Topre did not do anything with Novatouch or RGB.

They made new one.. "for gaming"...
Realforce GX1

Added modded Realforce keyboard - I have mounted MX sliders in it. New Keyboard and sliders.

hellothere wrote: ↑

01 Mar 2023, 02:15

thefarside wrote: ↑

28 Feb 2023, 20:49

Shipping might be expensive if you’re outside the USA but this is a cheap AEK II:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/125792510239

... That is now no longer available. Mine. All mine.

Great... thanks...

Maybe I should try those clicky alps as well?

Hmmm... mill-max would be something, yeah.

Are there any modern 65% PCBs that take alps?
I would love to build one - I'm a TKL man, but 65% would be a compromise, as long as I could find caps for it...
I found Lunar AEK 65%...

I saw 60% custom pcbs like for Fjell...
TKL is here too.

I hate apple, so I hate Apple, too, but they won't see any of the money that you pay for a keyboard that is older than my grown children. Personally, I think that AEK and AEK2 are particularly ugly, especially when yellowed, but the switches and key caps are excellent. I just with that you could tr...

Try an Apple Extended II. The cleaner and less yellowed the better. They’re plentiful and you can source nice ones much easier than other boards. Don’t even bother getting an ADB converter. Just try the keyboard. That first impression will tell you a lot. The Alps world is vast indeed, but if you d...

Mu is right. Find a board with tactile Alps (brown, orange, salmon, white damped, cream damped, black — in roughly that order of preference IMO, but don’t worry too much about it) and look to spend between £30-£100. That budget will get you a full board of all but browns and oranges, but condition ...

I have a feeling that my next tactile switch I will use will be that Gazzew Boba U4T. I prefer big rounded bump on top and sounds like that one has it. Just waiting for stock to come in UK (I want 68g black version). And I wont lube them, as Gazzew suggested. I was intrigued by ZealPC Clickiez being...

Looking for brown Alps. Long shot, I know, but hey, I had to ask

guidemetothelight wrote: ↑

26 Feb 2023, 11:52

phinix wrote: ↑

24 Feb 2023, 20:22

I'm not selling mx sliders separately - I'm offering Realforce keyboard with those installed if someone wants.

sorry , my bad, misunderstood your post.

No worries

guidemetothelight wrote: ↑

24 Feb 2023, 15:51

What are you asking for the Set of MX Sliders ? Do you have enough to bring back a fully gutted novatouch ?

I'm not selling mx sliders separately - I'm offering Realforce keyboard with those installed if someone wants.

People don't like R2?

What about orange alps?
Are they tactile or clicky?
Good, compared to browns?

price drop on caps

This one is so nice, are these rare?