My geekhack keys have arrived

They cost USD$1.5 and above.
And the waiting time is 4month and longer...

Best part is that they are double-shots

It's a new keyboard in market

It has nkro

More poison!!!

Thermaltake Meka and Meka G1 are 2 very different keyboards.
Indeed Mionix Zibal is a blinged-up Meka G1, so they will tend to have the same pros and cons.

At least they are better that Ducky

Sorry about the picture size, I'll resize them in future.
I didn't say it is bad, I'm just say they are the same and will have the same pros and cons.

If you've done your research properly, you would have known that the Meka and Meka G1 are worlds apart because they are from different OEM. I'm not allow to announce who the OEM for G1, Zibal and WASDkeyboards but I can say the Meka is from IONE who is notorious for poor QC, thus, the Meka was stopped and G1 was introduced to replace it.

Ducky have QC problems which they refuse to fix or acknowledge.
Firstly is the badly misalign key cutouts as shown in the picture above. It's present all over the keyboard but some more obvious than others.
Secondly is the shell casing is poorly design with lots of creaks. I have tested almost all mechanical keyboards in the market and only Ducky have this. I'm very thorough with QC.


Thirdly, the only brands I have be requested to fix is Ducky(1 week old set) and Steelseries(3years old set). I have yet to encounter problem from other brands.

My mechancial keyboard experience:
- Access POS keyboard
- Cherry G80-3494
- Cherry G80-8113
- Cherry G80-1950
- Cherry G80-11900
- Ducky 1087
- Ducky 9008
- Filco Majestouch - 104
- Filco Linear-R - 104
- Filco Majestouch 2 - 87
- Goldtouch mechanical numpad
- Mionix Zibal
- Noppoo Choc Mini
- Razer Blackwidow Ultimate
- Siig minitouch
- Steelseries 6Gv2
- Topre 87U Silent
- Unbranded mechanical numpad



This post has been edited by Squarebox: Aug 17 2011, 09:08 PM

Topre are definitely worth the money if you type the "proper" way. It's a enjoyable keyboard to use. Unfortunately, I have a odd way of typing so Topre aren't good for me.

Topre 87U Silent are really really quiet. They are quieter than rubber-domes and any Cherry switches.

There are a few all 55g version which are too stiff and too close to what you get from the average rubber-dome keyboard.
There is also an all 30g version which only comes in Japanese layout.

This post has been edited by Squarebox: Aug 17 2011, 10:36 PM

I'm no business expert but at least I know that if you are selling something, you must at least know your product and the competition well. Imagine a customer ask a question about your product and you cant answer, won't it look very bad?

I'm not showing off but rather remarking on your ignorance to research.

Would you like you spend RM$300 just to find out you wasted your hard-earned $$ on a crap?
I posting here to that I can help others to make a wise decision and conserve their $$.
I believe RM$300 is alot to most people in Malaysia and spending wisely is very important don't you think?

This post has been edited by Squarebox: Aug 17 2011, 11:46 PM

Sure but it's in Singapore.

Filco is my favourite and Cherry are close behind.

That reminds me that I have a old and dirty IBM Spacesaver which I loaned to a friend
Need to spend alot of time refurbishing it...

This post has been edited by Squarebox: Aug 18 2011, 07:37 PM

It's still up...

I got a taste of Leopold FC500R, ALL THANKS TO SUPERMINT from VR-Forums









Pros:
- Solid build quality that can rival the almighty Filco
- Uses Cherry Stabilizer which makes it easy for keycaps changes
- Very good and grippy rubber feet
- Well-designed and implemented cable system

Neutral:
- Cherry Stabilizer changes the feel of the MX switch
- The LED cover is just a sticker (some will feel it's the classic styling but others will feel it's cheap)

Cons:
- Lasered keycaps which will stain and discolour like the Steelseries keyboards
- The height-raising feet strangely do not have rubber feet

Rating : (8/10)

Leopold clearly deserves to the High-End Mechanical Keyboard sticker.


This post has been edited by Squarebox: Aug 25 2011, 11:35 AM

I use a Nikon D5100. I'm glad you enjoy the pictures.

It belongs to another user on VR-Forums which he purchase from Australia. I will be purchasing one soon as it will hit Singapore retail in about a week time.

This post has been edited by Squarebox: Aug 25 2011, 01:53 PM

There's no keyboard that wont be shiny after 5 years of usage.
After owning so many mechanical keyboards, I would strongly recommend Filco, Leopold and Cherry.
These brands have been renown for their quality and they will serve you well for more than just 5 years.

This "Enter" ?


This post has been edited by Squarebox: Aug 30 2011, 08:43 PM

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

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

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

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

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.