bruceb
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Seems to be common on the K70 .. they may have had a bad production run or supplier. More info in this link: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=119701
Any suggestions for a guy that loves mech. keyboards but hates loud keyboards? I game/work a lot at night and even though I have an office in a separate room, it seems like it echos throughout the house with some of the mech. keyboards I have tried.
Any suggestions for a guy that loves mech. keyboards but hates loud keyboards? I game/work a lot at night and even though I have an office in a separate room, it seems like it echos throughout the house with some of the mech. keyboards I have tried.
Yeah I don't really see why you'd get mechanical keys just to put o-rings in them...if you want a quiet keyboard and don't particularly mind the feel of a membrane board, just stick with that. I'm still on my membrane board and just don't really see a reason to change at the moment
As much as I like having "much better operation performance by electrostatic capacitive system", I have a hard time recommending them to someone as a first board. Topre switches truly are a jack of all trades master of none, and the oneness doesn't start becoming apparent until you start typing 100 pages a day.Topre! O-rings are not an acceptable compromise to me. I don't enjoy the reduction in key travel.
The feeling of oneness with cup rubber, on the other hand...
I'd say yes. I went from a Razer Lycosa which I loved for it's flat profile of it's keys and light tough feeling, to a mechanical with Cherry MX Red switches and it's beautiful for both typing and gaming.
Unfortunately I was stupid enough to pick Corsairs LED backlit keyboard and now I have to RMA it because 2 of the LEDs are dead, but they want me to ship it internationally at my expense to RMA the damn thing so F-them.
STAY AWAY from corsair LED keyboards, or if you want a good technical support at any point stay away from all of their products, they'll rip you off.
In the thead started by the complainant you were replying to, he says it would cost him EU40 to ship the faulty kb overseas to the Netherlands for rma and I don't think thats refundable. It wouldn't surprise me that internet (vs b&m) stores purposely do that to discourage returns.That's an odd experience to have with corsair, I've never had any problem with them, in fact their support has exceeded my expectations! Can't you return to the vendor within a certain amount of time?
I know here (in the UK) if an electrical item breaks or develops a fault within a year of purchase by law the retailer can't refuse to grant you a replacement.
I'd be wary of Corsair; heard about a lot of problems with them. Let them iron out their issues over a few years as a KB manufacturer, then look at them again.
I have the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate, with blues, and I liked it, but it was loud as hell, and eventually hardware issues (repeating or non-registered keystrokes, etc).
Now I have the Logitech G710+ with browns, and I freaking love it. While still mechanical, it doesn't feel as 'clicky' if that makes sense. With my Blackwidow you could kind of feel where it bottomed out, but with the G710+ I just type and don't worry about how hard I hit key.