Great/Interesting Finds

hammelgammler · 09 Apr 2015, 14:40

ramnes wrote: MX 5000
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=201 ... 037284ce7c

Wow i really need that so badly!
Claimed?

I would love to take that.

Could someone tell me how to buy something from taobao? Maybe via PM?

HzFaq · 09 Apr 2015, 14:45

The usual taobao difficulties apply; assuming it is actually in stock, you will need a buying agent to purchase for you.

photekq · 09 Apr 2015, 14:45

hammelgammler wrote: Wow i really need that so badly!
Claimed?

I would love to take that.

Did you not see the price?

ramnes · 09 Apr 2015, 14:46

Dell branded model M
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a23 ... t=5#detail

AT&T buckling springs
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a23 ... t=5#detail

hammelgammler · 09 Apr 2015, 14:47

photekq wrote:
hammelgammler wrote: Wow i really need that so badly!
Claimed?

I would love to take that.
Did you not see the price?

Ehm... Isn't it ¥4180? Or is it ¥418000?

Oh well, it seems to be ¥418000... My fault.

ramnes · 09 Apr 2015, 14:49

You could still have that MX5000 for 700€ shipping included, that's still less than here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cherry-MX5000-M ... 2edfcc0051

photekq · 09 Apr 2015, 14:50

Yeah, which is about $670.

I'd consider that an OK price for a NIB board, but for a used one?

Also, this is taobao. There's a very good chance you'll receive it and it'll be in crappy condition or not working at all. The pictures rarely reflect the condition of the product.

hammelgammler · 09 Apr 2015, 14:52

Well, apperently thats way too much for me... :/
But thanks for letting me know.

seebart · 09 Apr 2015, 14:56

hammelgammler wrote: Well, apperently thats way too much for me... :/
But thanks for letting me know.

Ridiculous. That's what those prices are. Does anyone actually know the orginal sales price of a MX5000?

HzFaq · 09 Apr 2015, 14:57

£127+vat

edit - Although most of the citation links are dead, the rest won't open on my work connection.

seebart · 09 Apr 2015, 15:04

HzFaq wrote: £127+vat

edit - Although most of the citation links are dead, the rest won't open on my work connection.

thanks HzFaq, that's a serious price inflation then. Is the build quality even higher than any other G80?

HzFaq · 09 Apr 2015, 15:07

They are really well made in fairness, much more solid than the G80s from the same era, with the exception of the floppy thin bit of plastic connecting the halves which feels a bit flimsy.

I paid £250ish for my NIB HAMPO, ANSI versions will probably go for 3 or 4 times that.

seebart · 09 Apr 2015, 15:10

well £250ish is still somewhat reasonable considering these prices now. I'll never pay that much for any keyboard. That's out of proportion.

hammelgammler · 09 Apr 2015, 15:12

Good that i use ISO.

ANSI prices are, like you said, out of proportion.

HzFaq · 09 Apr 2015, 15:12

It's by far my most expensive board, and at the time, I really really regretted buying it. That passed pretty quickly once I had it in hand and used it for a while though

.

When my daughter was born, I treated myself to a nice pair of headphones; when my son was born, I got the HAMPO

.

seebart · 09 Apr 2015, 15:17

HzFaq wrote: When my daughter was born, I treated myself to a nice pair of headphones; when my son was born, I got the HAMPO .

good one.

My most expensive keyboard was Madhias bolt modded SSK for 170. But it was worth it.

ramnes · 09 Apr 2015, 15:32

Y'all make me feel guilty about wanting to buy an Orion V2...

kbdfr · 09 Apr 2015, 17:17

andrewjoy wrote: tempting

the problem is the keyboard section is at the top not the bottom so not very useful

if there was a GB going for them i would go for one , but if i was going to buy them all myself i would want to pay no more than 20

http://deskthority.net/f-o-r-s-a-l-e-f5 ... t8040.html

kbdfr · 09 Apr 2015, 17:19

SL89 wrote: […] I am woefully uneducated about Tipros and don't have a model number or anything. I quite like the ones that have the staggered central unit tho and the larger side modules. […]

A shame nobody has fed the wiki with Tipro info.
Aren't there any Tipro specialists here?

XMIT · 09 Apr 2015, 19:53

M122 for 47.84 USD shipped within the US

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221734577520

XMIT · 09 Apr 2015, 22:17

Nixdorf POS keyboard:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Keyboard-Siemen ... 1477705211

What are these key switches? I'm guessing Futaba clicky, Cherry MX mount? Someone in Canada please pick this up and add it to the Wiki!

Nuum · 09 Apr 2015, 23:27

Nuum wrote:
kbdfr wrote:
ramnes wrote: Chicony 5192
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-alt-mit ... 35e7ecc10a
Apparently someone bought it just a few minutes after you had posted it here.
Surely a coincidence
It was me, thanks for the tip, ramnes!
I'm hoping for Futaba clicky switches, but every other switch would be neat, too!

The keyboard arrived today, it has Mitsumi miniature switches and they bind horribly.

ramnes · 09 Apr 2015, 23:34

Nuum wrote: The keyboard arrived today, it has Mitsumi miniature switches and they bind horribly.

Oh noes.

Nuum · 09 Apr 2015, 23:54

Oh well, at that price it's not a big loss.

scottc · 10 Apr 2015, 00:45

I've got one of those too, Nuum. I had really high hopes for them after Mu's ravings but I was just completely disappointed. It's almost impossible to type a full sentence on them with the horrible binding.

Muirium · 10 Apr 2015, 01:07

Same here. I have mentioned this, if you were paying attention!

They're a thoroughly perplexing switch. So buttery smooth in the hand, but so balky in a board. My one and only Mitsumi keyboard is a bendy, lightweight Chicony, with easily the flimsiest plate I've ever seen. What about you guys? I'm wondering if they need firmer mounts, or less!

(Looking now at Nuum's link, his board is more or less identical to mine. The difference I can see is the legends. Surprisingly light for a mech. But, yeah, not a great board by a long shot!)

pyrelink · 10 Apr 2015, 02:19

In case anyone was interested, I asked the seller of this board: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1623451000

About the type of switches it had, and he added some more pictures. It's Micro Switch Hall Effect, and has an inverted T arrow key layout. For $150 it's a bit expensive but figured someone might be interested.

Muirium · 10 Apr 2015, 03:00

An interesting oddball:

Square ass Enter, but nice little Shifts, well placed potential Fn key, but horribly placed arrow cluster. Neat colours mind.

If we could only convert these things, sure, I could see that being in the same league as a beamspring or SSK in price. But as far as I know, Honeywells are still a pain. Mine remains unusable.

Bollocks. I just realised I forgot to bring it over for HaaTa to examine!

XMIT · 10 Apr 2015, 03:36

Muirium wrote: Bollocks. I just realised I forgot to bring it over for HaaTa to examine!

Bollocks indeed.

Though, most Hall Effect keyboards are pretty similar. Do you have any others handy? Doesn't HaaTa have like forty of them or something? Seriously though, if you want I can mail one of mine over for investigation. I have one that should be very similar. It is a Honeywell BRG-007 series keyboard. Really need to get some photos of it up...

XMIT · 10 Apr 2015, 03:38

pyrelink wrote: In case anyone was interested, I asked the seller of this board: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1623451000

About the type of switches it had, and he added some more pictures. It's Micro Switch Hall Effect, and has an inverted T arrow key layout. For $150 it's a bit expensive but figured someone might be interested.

Alright, who bought it? Anyone here?