http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=35160.0

read this, read about all the comments about it. apparently, it was made by a company which produces bad keyboards, well not bad, but bad quality control keyboards, if 1-2 people hate on it then its fine, but that much to hate on it means something is wrong already.

Lol?? So the maker for the CMStorm QFP is the same maker for Razer BWU ? No wonder I thought the problems that you will show me wont be much of a deal-breaker(was hoping) but phew~~its sure is

I don't even know where the numpad is right now.

Get browns. Brown is pretty nice all rounder. Balance between gaming and typing.
With linear switch, it's nice for gaming, but when you type a lot, you make mistakes more easily.

I see, so there will be some getting-use-to period when using the the kb then, thanks for the feedback bro

take your time, mkb is a slow and fun journey~ so many switches, so many brands, so little money

LoL, we enjoy seeing people fall slowly into the Mecha Keyboard hell don't we?

we slowly drag them, we dont just look
we are the slenderman of mkb

This post has been edited by noobandroid: Sep 2 2012, 11:29 PM

oh, right in the gut Well ya, sigh. I've pm-ed Cex asking his price for his Ducky Shine (lingloong ?), but do you think I should consider the CM Storm Trigger as well, it got a nice red lighting tho? (The price difference btween those arent much that it can be ignored)

+1 for this

I started with Browns, but came to like Red and Blue after testing different boards with different switches.

i am also in the midst of finding a tenkeyless blue switch for <RM300

Heavy duty become heavier duty already

Changing springs for CM keyboard,
do you need to solder the switches from the PCB board?
or is it PCB mounted like Cherry board?

Need to desolder. That's the easy part.
The hard part is always to open it up and lubing it. Took a whole day to lube the 87 switches.
Feels pretty nice. But still, modern blacks can't match WYSE blacks.

+2 for this
Started out with red and already loved it.
Read about Kaysa's comments on PBT, decided to try. got poisoned
Did some light mod like O-rings, loved it.

More to come! Thinking of trying backlit keyboards but fear that it might have more problem like flickering, LED burn, bla bla bla.. what do you guys think?

I've started with blue, just love the clicky sound of it, but sometimes it's annoying when I concentrate on the sound too much. I wonder how brown feels like? Hmm...

What's a WYSE Black? Switch?

That is also a main reason why FILCO is so famous here and there.

It offer and packed less features with it, thus there is less chance for anything to go wrong, LOL.

BTW, LED burn should be able to claim for warranty. Or if you are more adventurous, you can always do some LED swap/DIY jobs.

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Added on September 3, 2012, 12:12 amVintage Black, black switch which normally found on older boards(older than 1994 IIRC), especially WYSE.

Rumored Said to be much nicer to type on than modern Black switch.

This post has been edited by Human10: Sep 3 2012, 12:13 AM

What do you mean for the first 2 sentence? Less feature like backlit so less chance for problem to occur?

I'm adventurous but I don't have the knowledge.

Or may be interpret the other way make better sense.
The more features it packs, it is naturally that the higher chance for "at least one of the feature gone defects".

Actually, swapping LED doesn't need much knowledge, but more on skill instead.

I've done some soldering before, i just need some guide to tell me where to solder/de-solder.

Can a non-backlit keyboard be modded to become backlit?

Yes.
But you need to determine the matrix and also whether the you have enough current to power up all of the LEDs.