Great, new v2 thread

Anyways, i wanted to ask as towards the end of the V1, how do you guys with multiple keyboards manage the use? Do you sayang one keyboard more than another one?

If you get the otaku, then I'll have to sell off my 2 days old Ducky 1008 to afford that.
This mech keyboard business is poisonous.

@cyclone, the banner at the 1st post will be good until you start selling them leopolds.
After that the mods will probably construe it as you trying to promote your sales in non sales thread.

Just a heads-up

Do add me to list for duckies


Just realized since I got this keyboard that I am more prone to type things out that just do the ctrl+c ctrl+v combo, for some of my work

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Mar 21 2011, 01:27 AM

My wallet just cried after it read this.

If you want alternatives to BW, then try to go PCHOME and check out the duckies. The 1008 series has a pricing that competes with the BW including the shipping
http://global.pchome.com.tw/?mod=store&fun..._NO=DCAH22&tm=u

The one with the big enter key is RM260 including shipping
Ducky 1008 Big enter a.k.a 1008L Cherry MX blue
http://global.pchome.com.tw/?mod=item&func...22&ROWNO=5&tm=u

Or you could get the 9008, though this is prolly around the price of the BWU, but it comes with the standard keycaps and free Black on Black keycaps as well

If you don't read Chinese, Ripster at GeekHack has made a good guide on navigating around the PcHome website

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Mar 21 2011, 09:42 PM

Get a Maybankard Debit Card or something and link it to your paypal. Works seamlessly.
If you want to play it safe, then get the type of Debit Card where you need to load money into it before you can use it, such as the CIMB Debit Card which does not charge anything for reloads and what not.

Otherwise, RHB savings account can be linked to your Paypal account, but I am not sure how that works actually.

I don't like the layout for the Big Enter Keys. Did not realize I order the Big Enter Key layout until the keyboard arrived at KLIA.
Too bad you weren't looking for MX Brown switches. If you were, I would have gladly offer to sell you my few days old 1008 for a special price.

Both are excellent keyboards from what I can gather, though if I recall correctly, Moogle mentioned that the 9008 is better than the FILCO due to the stabilizers used for the keys in Geekhack. Can Moogle verify this?

Buying locally(as in Taiwan Local)?
If want to ship it here, need to go to the global site.

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Mar 21 2011, 11:15 PM

Lelong @ RM330 is that you?

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Mar 21 2011, 11:17 PM

雷射雕刻鍵帽 means laser etched. No double shots for Ducky's
They are pad printed.

The only difference I can see is the layout. One is ANSI, one is Chinese ISO (big Enter key)

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Mar 22 2011, 12:32 AM

My mistake, I am not very sure whether they are laser etched or pad printed.
Pad printed are like normal keyboards, the membrane types.

My big enter key keyboard, although it does not say laser etched, the labels on the box does say it is laser etched.


This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Mar 22 2011, 12:40 AM

Their prices look cheap.
I suspect Japan only shipping?

You can get the extra PBT keycaps with english/chinese/blanks from taobao/PCHOME
or PBT engraved keycaps from taobao, and imsto in Geekhack. Imsto has a store in taobao and ships internationally.

For typing and gaming combination, generally recommended to go for MX brown switches.
Steelseries are MX black switches, which likely is not good more long periods of typing, for most people anyways.

Edifier is going to bring in FILCO's soon, Cyclonechuah is bringing in Leopolds, focusing on MX red switches, which is like a lighter MX black switch.
From what I can get from Geekhack, typing on MX Reds is like typing on clouds of b00bies

If you are looking to buy Mech Keyboards, currently locally available are the Steelseries and the Razer BW
For Foreign ordered, you can try Taobao, or PCHOME
Link to keyboards with Duck sauce
Add shipping at $10 and you get your keyboard, use a exchange rate converter, or for quick conversion, divide the price by 10, then add Rm40~ that is agak agak the price that you are going to pay

No Filcos at global.pchome.
DK9008s are a fine alternative to FILCOs

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Mar 22 2011, 07:36 PM

Do tell us if typing on it feels like typing on clouds of b00bies?

Been reading much on more tactile brown switches, that is the Cherry clears.
Does anyone has any experience with it?

Yes I have tried cherry browns.
Looks like clears might be the switch I am looking for, though i really want to research everything nicely before making a purchase.

I read too that Clears are rather stiff, almost like Blacks? I have never tried blacks before.
My primary usage is for typing. Would typing long time on clears tire the fingers easily?

Filcos will SOON be in malaysia
If you want it now, try lelong, or armygroup Taiwan

Otherwise, Duckies get from global.pchome. Ships rather fast

I could probably use vPOST service, but in total, that would come up about 70USD, unless someone wants to join me to get this as well.
There is a Clear switch in PCHOME, but that one is rather the expensive.

As I can afford only 1 keyboard right now, I find it hard to choose between a Clear, either from ebay or PCHOME for the G80-3000, or wait for the leopold with a blue switch, with rumoured free blank keycaps. Choices and choices, this is hard, especially when you never tried any clears or blues before.

Maybe you are willing to let me try your clear and/or blues

So many keyboards, for different key use different keyboards?

K(steelseries) e(Filco Red) y(BWU) etc

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Mar 23 2011, 11:25 PM

You need to set your volume to a proper (pretty subjective) level before you can tell whether it is noisy or not.
Alternative is to head to PC Fair and test out the stuff

You do not want Reds for typing. Sure they are keyboards and you can type on them, but Reds is not the switch to go to if you mainly use it for typing

Casing build, extra media keys for the 9xxx, and if I'm not wrong, the stablizers for the 9xxx are better

This post has been edited by kaiserreich: Mar 24 2011, 10:39 AM