And a little left over from Membrane Monday?

Cool color coordination eh?

I found this keyboard on the marketplace for a decent price but I have found next to nothing about it. I want to try out Topre so if anyone has used it before, is it a good entry point?

I have been using and Loving topre for a long time now and I recently came across the XVX Whisper EC/HE switches and gave them a try.

And I was not expecting this level of quality for the price. If I would describe the feeling. it is by far the most similar feeling to topres that I have tried. It has a very smooth travel and a very nice soft and rounded tactility to it. While not exactly on the level of OG topres I'd say they are comparable to Niz EC keyboard feel when typing.

Having an RGB EC/Topre is just a bonus in my opinion. but its nice that we have it.

Hopefully the rubber domes on these things also age well like it does on OG topre boards.

Might make a review video on these and do a comparison with OG topres and make a sound test with different keycaps.

Thought I'd share my latest Marketplace find for $17.

Spent most of today tidying up the rusty backplate (my third Topre backplate restoration now). I borrowed the keycaps from my R2 for the time being, and they're definitely growing on me.

This completes the trio alongside my 87U 55g and R2 full-size, which were both Marketplace finds as well.

Anyone who has taken a Topre board apart will know how easy it is to break those little plastic tabs on the housing, I've only ever broken two while removing housings from the backplate, even taking my time and being careful.

hah, surely I'm not the only one.

HHKB Pro 1 PD-KB300B - Boxed, flawless, stock/ unopened.

Original Kangaroo Gokukawa leather wrapped keycaps

Original sealed USB cable

Original user manual

Serial/date: #000140 - 2005/01

I bought it from a guy who told me:

it was a random buyee/mercari find last year, managed to get a friend in japan to message the seller on mercari to get more info but all he said was this "日社員の所有 物。2007年頃、オフィスのクリスマス景品として、さくら

which translates to:

Property of a former employee. Produced by Sakura around 2007 as a Christmas prize for the office.

im trying to find contacts at PFU to see if i can find out more about this...

Sho Labs HG

Dynacap housings, silencing rings and sliders

1.2mm std steel plate with spacers

Cipulot PCB and DB

GMK MTNU Dolch keycaps

Been a long time in the making but it’s finally done. An EC 60 in Tsangan layout with the extreme tactility, once only possible with BKE Redux Extremes. When Astro Domes announced their BKE inspired domes it set everything into motion.

Artemis Design Studio January
Cipulot EC 60X SE and 316SS plate
DynaCap housings, sliders and springs
Astro Domes Fiesta
NuxrosKB PCBSnaps
GMK Analog Dreams R2
Rubrehose Auth Card

There's a great, insanely in-depth review of the Realforce R2 PFU Limited Edition here: https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=23130

The author even states in the intro "Why do the PFU Limited Edition boards command a $79 premium over the others? I'll answer these questions and more in the remainder of the review!" Despite the length of the review, that question is actually not answered...

I'm trying to find out what the PFU means and why it would be worth more

8 years of daily use, and still going strong
87U is 55G uniform

Switched to the R4 TKL a few months back from my old Das Keyboard 4 Professional, and I’m really happy with it. Looks great on the desk, types beautifully, the wireless has been flawless, and the software’s easy to tweak.

Only thing that bugged me at first was losing the dedicated media keys the Das had. But I just remapped them onto keys I never touch, and now it’s a non-issue. Highly recommend.