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by voldacar 2055 days ago
I have this exact keyboard, an '83 XT! Built like a tank (seriously, you could bludgeon someone to death with it) and the smoothest, most pleasurable keyswitch out of the dozens I've tried. The F keyswitch makes all cherry clones feel like cheap Chinese crap, sadly this is why I had to part with my ergodox. The only downsides are the loud typing and the nonstandard layout, which you might prefer once you get used to it (ctrl key to the left of a).

If you're looking for a serious keyboard to last you the rest of your life, I highly recommend the F.

1 comments

Great to hear you like yours! The different Ctrl key location and no super/windows key have been the most noticeable for me so far.
Yes, the lack of a windows key can be a little annoying - I have F8 mapped to it in my soarer's converter config, which seems to be a pretty convenient location. And I have yet to encounter any software where F8 does something super critical that can't be remapped