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Another Topre (RealForce 87U) user here too.
by _JamesA_ 8y ago
Another Topre (RealForce 87U) user here too.
- mvdwoord 8y agoRealForce represent! haha :D
- swah 8y agoIt has become harder to find those right? They are kinda my dream keyboard, but if I actually invest that much on a keyboard, I think a Kinesis ergonomic keyboard would be wiser...
- TylerE 8y agoNah, no harder. Both the Realforce and TypeHeaven boards are readily available from Amazon, and Topre has huge market share in the Japanese commercial market (Think things like POS terminals). They're just expensive. The Realforce 104 goes for ~$250, which is about what I paid for mine 3-4 years ago.
- deno 8y agoThat’s crazy for a keyboard. Brand new old stock Model Fs go for half that.
- TylerE 8y agoI guess it depends on your definition of crazy. Yes, it's expensive for a keyboard but for something you spend 8+ hours a day interacting with (and will last forever) it amortizes over time nicely. Or...to put it another way... I think $2.5 per switch is a perfectly reasonable price for an industrial-grade component that is rated at 50 million cycles of durability.
- deno 8y agoRight I meant in comparison to Model F/M (rated for 100M btw ;)). I’m all for buying quality, but this seems excessive.