Nope. Filco is made by Costar and Ducky is made by Ducky.

if i not mistaken, ducky is from taiwan right. actually a little blur who manufacturing it but at certain forum they say ducky is manufactured by Datacomp...

Filco is designed in Japan but manufactured in Taiwan.
Ducky is believe to be designed and manufactured in Taiwan.
Most mechanical keyboard are manufactured in Taiwan or China.
Cherry keyboards on the other hand is manufactured in several places; Germany, Czech Republic and China.

I have mechanical numpads which are OEM from Datacomp and they have much better QC than Ducky. I highly doubt Ducky is OEM from Datacomp but I may be wrong.


This post has been edited by Squarebox: Aug 30 2011, 10:16 PM

I'm in Singapore now, getting my second Ducky tomorrow.. Any Filco to have a look? Or any other good keyboard?

Be sure to drop by Funan DigitaLife Mall. There's a shop that have rarer/older Filcos.



C H Computer Pte Ltd

109 North Bridge Road
#05-04 Funan Digitamall
Singapore 179097

Phone: +65 6837 0886 Fax: +65 6837 0884
Mon - Sat: 11:00 am - 7:30 pm

wow sure so good to visit this shop

any backlit mkb other than ducky shine ?

razer dont want la. its famous for " send back to hospital " wan

There's also Mionix Zibal and Cooler Master Storm Trigger.

mionix new gaming stuff?, never herd bout this brand b4...

Erm... Filco got... the US ASCII layout is that type of "enter" key....

May i ask what is meant by "shiny"? I try look at the pics by Ripster in GH but i cant see the difference....

Take a look at your keyboard now especially ''A'' and ''space'' under bright light and i sure you will notice the dif(unless you are using keyboard protector or >1month old keyboard).

Here's a picture of my 1 year old filco with some mildy shiny keys


"Shiny" can be easily described as smooth/oily spots on the key. Most common examples are used rubberdome keyboards.
Cheap rubberdome shine very easily.

Old? Then do they have the FILCO MINI 100(probably Japan layout cz the enter and shorter space)?

FKB100M

This post has been edited by Human10: Aug 31 2011, 12:35 AM

Nope, the local distributor never brought that it...

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Added on August 31, 2011, 12:43 amRazer launched a new Razer Blackwidow Ultimate called Stealth Edition.
Brown switch with matte finish!!! No more fingerprint nightmare!!!



This post has been edited by Squarebox: Aug 31 2011, 12:43 AM

Oh... then the "shine" can be cleaned? Since it is like oily spots....
The Filco Majestouch 2 and Ninja that i found in Viewnet and C-Zone Malaysia mostly the layout is the US ASCII, couldnt find the US ANSI layout.... Got used to the long enter and long backspace.... feel very hard to hit the backspace when it is small like the normal keys...

IMHO, the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth Edition should be the FIRST edition of the Razer BlackWidow, because when gaming, sure got alot sweat and fingerprints even though in air-conditioned environment and glossy finish shouldnt even be implemented in it....
Wondering why Razer like shiny and glossy finish so much

I think the shining occur due to discolored of the coating itself, most occur on AWSD and space bar. sorry if im wrong.

for me ill prefer the shiny version, cuz the matte version will slowly wear off...

It cant be cleaned. I was describing what the shiny spot look similar to.
Shiny keys are only natural as it's normal wear and tear due to usage.
Unless you are willing to invest in custom-made metal keycaps. Titanium spacebar starts from USD$100.

wow, what a price for titanium space bar. is the shining only occur on color keycaps? how bout white keycaps, still can be shine?

No, the "shine" surface is actually a kind of gloss finish.

The surface was actually "rough" surface which doesn't shine when it was new. But when you're using it over time, and repeatly pressing the key over and over again, your finger was actually polishing the key over time when you pressing it.

So, after a long period of repetitive using on the key, the key surface will start to become "shine" due to being a smooth/gloss surface.

There are several solutions to this matter, you can try to search for Ripster on geekhack.

Or Links can be below here. Credits to Ripster on Geekhack.
Part : 1 http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:6469
Part : 2 http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:9491

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Added on August 31, 2011, 5:39 amyou mean that "imsto" from geekhack/KBC china right? i dropped my jaws when i saw titanium spacebar price tag.

This post has been edited by Cyclonechuah: Aug 31 2011, 05:39 AM