Realforce 87U Tenkeyless 55g (Black)

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"Good feeling of oneness with cup rubber"

April 9, 2016

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I like computer keyboards and my family and friends think my obsession with them is a bit... crazy. They're not wrong. I frequently switch between IBM Model M and Model F keyboards made in the mid 1980s and a recently purchased keyboard with Cherry MX Clear switches.

I'd been interested in these Topre keyboards for a while now and finally decided to spend an insane amount of money for a computer keyboard.

I used it for a couple of days and then decided it wasn't worth the money, so I boxed it back up and put in an Amazon return request. My curiosity got the better of me so I canceled the return and used it again for a day. Again, I decided it wasn't worth the money, boxed it up and put in a 2nd return request.

I think you can probably see where this is going by now... I gave it one more try and am now fully experiencing the good feeling of oneness with cup rubber.

This keyboard is amazing and is an absolute joy to type on. Topre fans say that this is an "endgame" keyboard and I think they're correct.

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Solid, sturdy, substantial

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BuyerOfThings(Online)

March 19, 2018

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I've only had this for the weekend so far, but I've been converted. My DasKeyboard (MX Brown), once my baseline for "awesome keyboard" now feels like a drifty, clunky old car with 200,000 miles on it. The feeling of the keys on this keyboard is great. It's basically 87 individual extremely high quality professional grade camera shutter release buttons. The case is artificially weighted and it passes the "twist test" with flying colors. It just sits there and begs you to push its buttons. And the space bar! I'm done with whatever stabilizers "other" keyboards use. I haven't removed any keys yet or really prodded around a whole lot, but the thing is just great right out of the box. I'd buy one for every computer I used if I made Astronaut money, but I don't, which is a shame, because the barrier to entry for this level of quality just seems like an injustice. I pity students who are learning to type on $7 keyboards from the impulse section at the drugstore.

I don't' think I'll miss my 10-key pad for most of what I do, and the numpad function built in has a button for "00" which is kindof cool. Very capable keyboard. I've read some other users beef about the thing not working after some time. I'll be sure to come back here and complain if this $200+ keyboard operates in any way other than flawless after any amount of time.

Finally, it appears to have good rollover. I can just press as many buttons as I want and they all pop up on the screen at once. I know that USB doesn't support that kind of key rollover natively, so I'm thinking there's a microcontroller in here that translates your keystrokes to something before sending them on their way to your computer, which would explain the additional functions, and upgradeable firmware... and the potential cause for failure - time will tell!

Also finally, I like that the letters are dark on a black keyboard, but it would have earned a few more cool-points of the put the characters on the front edge of the keys instead, and left the caps blank. Oh well.

this keyboard is awesome to the core

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Hyun Yong Seung

January 14, 2018

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Quality Japanese Engineering, this keyboard is awesome to the core. My only qualm is that for a keyboard of this price tag it should come with doubleshot PBT caps or even POM, but oh well. The keys do move around a little but it's very controlled since it's Topre unlike other switches where you have to compensate for with really nice stabilizers. The key presses aren't as quiet as those of Cherry MX Brown Switches but they're as comfortable and require the same amount of force to press down on. The casing material is also plastic which I really wish was aluminum but then the noise wouldn't be as satisfying as it'd probably be louder. The keyboard has weight to it and has a nice tactile feel, both in build material and in key press, so with comfort and stable keys this keyboard is very, very pleasant to type on. Would definitely recommend for typists and those that spend a lot of time in front of a computer.

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well made and would be a great keyboard for a touch typist

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