The Linear Disappointment of the BTC-5369

y11971alex · 11 Dec 2016, 01:01

Not only is the typing feel completely underwhelming, the keyboard somehow fails to sense certain keys reliably.

Chyros · 11 Dec 2016, 01:38

wat

I've found these to be very reliable so far Oo .

Have you cleaned the sensing assembly at all? What's the foam like?

mike52787 · 11 Dec 2016, 04:25

Ive had one of these, absolutely terrible. Glad I paid ~50 cents for it at a goodwill outlet. I tried typing on it for a bit and just threw it away. This was before I was really on forums, but I still knew it was shit, especially compared to the MX blacks and Monterey blues I had in keyboards back then. Im sure it was part of the reason I got heavy into mechanical keyboards, so I can thank it for that I guess.

y11971alex · 11 Dec 2016, 05:15

mike52787 wrote: Ive had one of these, absolutely terrible. Glad I paid ~50 cents for it at a goodwill outlet. I tried typing on it for a bit and just threw it away. This was before I was really on forums, but I still knew it was shit, especially compared to the MX blacks and Monterey blues I had in keyboards back then. Im sure it was part of the reason I got heavy into mechanical keyboards, so I can thank it for that I guess.

Well I paid around 34 times as much as you did :p

seebart · 11 Dec 2016, 12:20

y11971alex wrote: Not only is the typing feel completely underwhelming, the keyboard somehow fails to sense certain keys reliably.

As the case always is with FF the foam ist the weak link. And /or the PCB may be dirty. As for the feel, BTC spring over slider never feels "as good" as dome of slider, but that's just my preference. Open the case and have a look at the foam and the PCB.

wiki/BTC_53_series