Hey guys, I recently purchased a Filco Ninja 2 Cherry MX and this is my first mechanical keyboard. I must say that it feels very solid, and very loud. It will mostly be used in my home.

Days after the purchase, I was planning to purchase another type of switch - Topre switch keyboard. Currently I'm torn between Realforce 87u and HHKB Pro 2. Though right now I'm learning towards HHKB for its compact layout. I wouldn't mind the lack of arrow keys

Any owner that have the luxury to own both Topre and share your experience?

So far these are what I know from the reviews that I had found online, particularly from Geekhack.
Realforce
- More smooth landing than HHKB
- Metal plate. A bit of harsh feel when bottoming out

HHKB2
- More landing resistance.
- No metal plate, bottoming out does not feel harsh
- Different layout, akin to UNIX layout style.

Wouldn't really want to make an impulse purchase just to regret it later since they are not cheap compared to my Filco Ninja.

I see. But I'm somewhat leaning on HHKB Pro 2 if the typing experience is almost similar to Realforce.

This post has been edited by D.Sync: Nov 27 2013, 01:19 PM

XD one for work and another for home use. Perhaps gonna mod my Filco first with thick PBT keycap. Wonder whether 104 keys thick PBT which sells for ~ RM250 reasonable?

Any idea whether these keycap will fit on Filco Ninja? http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r....&id=36121760645

Any idea whether all the keycaps here will fit on my Filco?

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r....&id=15288639174

This post has been edited by D.Sync: Nov 27 2013, 03:39 PM

Is what you mean this one ?

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10....&id=10188303164

So hard to find Thick PBT + Non-printed. Man...

Yea I'm now contacting him for
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10....&id=15053473428

Guess it is a niche market after all.

Yea crossing my finger now. Unprinted looks so sexy!

Hey Arcisal. Taobao sure has a lot of keycap seller, you may refer to IMSTO.

Right now I'm going to place my order for Thick PBT with non-printed keycaps. So lucky that he is selling that. It's a bit pricey though haha.

Good game. I also just joined.

Too bad it's all just words instead of passage like TypeRacer did.

This post has been edited by D.Sync: Nov 28 2013, 12:00 AM

Agreed. I just placed my order and hopefully can get it within the next 3 days [=)

Item is delivered and estimated to arrive within 2-3 days. Thick PBT + non-printed.

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=15053473428

Expect to see some pictures after it arrived ahha.

Indeed. Initially wanted to change to white/grey but later decided not to.

Edit: Dark Grey

This post has been edited by D.Sync: Nov 28 2013, 03:57 PM

Order placed yesterday but only clear payment just now (have complication with VISA).

Btw I'm not in Malaysia XD

This post has been edited by D.Sync: Nov 28 2013, 05:26 PM

I, for one, is using Filco Ninja Compact and sexy.

Heh not the mainland though, a small island

Hope I can bulk order here and bring back to Malaysia someday Buying is convenient here.

No love for Filco or HHKB ?

Hey guys, given the fact that Topre switches are best of the best switch, I'd expect to pay a premium price for them. However, HHKB seemed to be slightly expensive. Look at the fact that I could purchase the Type-S for around 29,800 Yen (~RM 937). Search through EliteKeyboard returned a listing price of USD 400 and Taobao ranging around RM1100-1300. With the said price, I can only see the standard version on Taobao. So I was wondering is the additional RM300-400 goes into the shipping price?

What's the best price that you guys get when purchasing HHKB Type S?

With the proper typing style and layout you can easily achieve beyond 150 WPM~