ALPS, ughh
I've had enough ALPS for now

Got a AT101W with Black ALPS that is full of dust. Makes the keys gritty, high friction, not really nice for typing. Need more work taking out each ALPS switch and grease them. Taking the switches apart is more troublesome than desoldering the whole keyboard

My mom found a Green ALPS NTC keyboard in her office storage, nobody wants it so she took it back. It was non-tactile, non clicky, but the activation point is very early, making it double tapping very easy without me attempting to double tap on it.

A lot of work cleaning them up and applying retrobright but they are not the best keyboards to type on.

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: May 26 2011, 04:17 PM

I saw this last night.

http://www.corporate.qpad.se/modules/news/...php?storyid=239

The Keyboard is like a direct contrast of that...... "mangirl".....

I am unable to bren that Ad.

Is Malaysia having QPAD MK80? Roughly how much?

Don't think so, the distributor for qpad in Malaysia has stopped the distribution for like N years already.

How about Singapore?

Asked mr google for you, nope no result, all result are usually from vrzone which forumer telling the forumer that qpad announced this mech keyboard blabla thing.

dont think it;ll fit. the side looks pretty much like the PLU G3000 - teh wrist rest doesnt fit.

now i am undecided should i get a mech keyboard for my office. I really like to type on my ducky brown but at work the keyboard i use have dedicated keys for cut/copy/paste/word/excel/ send/reply/fwd mail etc which are very convenient to use, but the down side is that now that i am used to ducky brown i hate typing on that keyboard...

there are such weird mechincal keyboarsd out there too....ip4lover's is weird enuf.

those are actually for market usage(you can see the credit card swipe there)

these keyboards are not suppose to be own by individuals and can only own by company/enterprise.

if you manage to contact cherry and ask them about it, they will inform you that you are not suppose to own such product. but as always shop always "Eh-hem sell them" thru some blabla connection, it's still widely available.

Can anyone suggest me a keyboard which the alphabet never get come off after some time ?
Currently using logitech multimedia k/b having this problem...

In that case, it's not about the keyboards but the keycaps. The SS6Gv2/7G is known to have keycaps that yellow relatively fast compared to the other keyboards, and the Razer BW's keycaps has a rubberized coating surface, meaning that after some time of usage, the rubber coating will "peel off". I would suggest you to get Filco, PLU or Ducky (I assume they are the ones that are easier to get than the others) and request for laser-etched keycaps. Or even better, order doubleshots.

get e mechanical keyboard with engraved/blank/ black-on-black/side printed key caps

If you are not looking for mechanical keyboard, you can try Razer Lycosa mirror edition.

which kb has double shots off the shelf?
is POW a material??

can u plug out the buttons of a mechanical keyboard using bare fingers? i am so scared that i will damage the switch.



ps: used ruler to plug out the razer bw buttons. i noticed under the buttons there are some wear off/ cracks eventhough i seldom press them since they are macro buttons.

This post has been edited by axn992: May 27 2011, 01:46 PM

Can't see the crack ler. Your picture is a bit out of focus.

anything with Laser etch, engraved, dye sub, double shot, will never get come off for a long period of time(unless your finger is sand paper, then i'm speechless)

For Alphabet lifespan.
Dye Sub (this have will have to depend on how deep the dye is, if it's not deep, expect those to last for a very short time. Depends On Manufacturer)
Laser etch (will become yellowish after certain period of time, but alphabet will take a very very long time to come off)
Engraved (last forever)
Double Shot (Last forever)

Filco keycap is also Pad Printed(ABS Material) with Coating on all of the keycap, they will definitely last longer than Razer but they will still "peel off" after certain period of time.

Ducky is also Pad Printed(ABS Material),

PLU i think they are laser etch which last very long, btw POM Material is very expensive, best bang for buck!?

Engraved, Blank, Doubleshot, Side Printed keycap FTW!!

Black on Black is actually silk screen pad printed method =X

POM is a material, not sure about POW

This post has been edited by Cyclonechuah: May 27 2011, 03:09 PM