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It always seemed odd to me that an American company tries to use an ostensibly German brand name to imply quality, instead of going for Made in US. Of course, t
by blattimwind 8y ago
It always seemed odd to me that an American company tries to use an ostensibly German brand name to imply quality, instead of going for Made in US. Of course, they don't make these in the US... they're made by some contractors in China and/or Taiwan.
- 21 8y agoI'm not sure that was the intention. There is another trend where you would name it "Le Keyboard"
- superflyguy 8y agoSorry to break this to you but outside the US "made in the US" is up there with "made in China" as an indicator of quality.
- dismantlethesun 8y agoI can't speak of outside of it, but inside the US, "Made in China" isn't an indication of quality either ways. The cheapest flimsiest forks are made in China, but then so are Apple computers. Also, counter intuitively, "Made in the USA" within the USA is seen as a generic product that is obviously trying to trade on Americanism to interest you in buying it. Quality products usually name the specific state they are made in (e.g. Apple labels themselves as 'designed in California').
- BenjaminBini 8y agoI think by ""made in the US" is up there with "made in China" as an indicator of quality", he meant really low quality.
- dismantlethesun 8y agoI suppose so, but the statement was just the sort of snarky one-liner that invites conversation by implying a lot of subtext.
- hoorayimhelping 8y agoI think the person you're replying to understands that, they were responding to the snark with facts: basically saying "hey, your stereotype is out of date: in the US, made in China doens't necessarily mean "crap" anymore, e.g. Apple."
- pasabagi 8y agoNot always true. Some tools 'made in the US' are really great, high-quality. Then again, Sainsmart made a soldering iron recently that was very good quality - so I guess China will soon become a purveyor of quality objects. It already is, in some sense - it's just a matter of separating them from the trash.
- superflyguy 8y agoYes, notice that I didn't say the US produces no quality products.
- dagw 8y agoWhere and in what context? I'm outside the US and don't see it that way at all.
- zakk 8y agoThat’s absolutely not true in my experience (mostly around Europe).
- blattimwind 8y agoI'm not American so I generally avoid Made-in-US (if it comes up, which is basically never) simply because things tend to be imperial and incompatible.
- ginko 8y agoI personally associate "made in the US" with technologically simple but robust. I guess that's because my two points of reference are my CST LaserTRAC trackball and my Oster beard trimmer.
- Accacin 8y agoSame with 'Made in the UK'. The scene in The IT Crowd where the fire extinguisher sets on fire, and Moss turns it around to reveal 'Made in the UK' always crack me up.
- cuillevel3 8y agoMaybe because of die German Cherry MX switches... oh the 5Q doesn't even use those. They should have called it 'Die Tastatur', sounds very rammsteiny.
- emsy 8y agoAnd grammaticaly correct.
- genericid 8y ago"Das Keyboard" is grammaticaly correct, but useless when you need the letters i-z.
- CrystalGamma 8y agoYes but it refers to an electronic musical keyboard, not a computer keyboard, which is indeed „Tastatur”.
- taejo 8y agoHence "i-z" (in Germany the notes of the chromatic scale go up to H; the German H = English B, Germany B = English B-flat).