From what i could gather from the web, the ODM manufacturer for these mechanical keyboards was Costar and had its factory in Taiwan, which matched the fact that most of the mechanical keyboard using Cherry MX keys had Taiwan as the COO (country of origin). These two keyboards were designed by the same person and they were also manufactured by the same Taiwanese keyboard ODM (original design manufacturer) whom manufactures the Filco keyboards, which also happens to manufactures many other branded mechanical keyboards (i.e. The comparison of the Filco Tenkeyless (left hand side) with that of the Leopold Tenkeyless (right hand side).īasically from what many bloggers and forum posters were saying, the Leopold (a Korean company) uses the exact same keyboard design and electronic underpinnings (some say it has better stabilizer bars under the large keys) as the Filco (Japanese company) keyboards. So after couple of days searching and reading into oodles and oodles of posts, blogs and reviews, i finally stumbled upon a similar Tenkeyless keyboard that had the same Brown MX key as the Filco version, but at a more reasonable $109 (with an extra $25 dollars delivery charge) price. However, while i did not want to buy a Tenkeyless keyboard for $200 AUD, i did want this keyboard at a lower price tag, so i looked into various alternatives and even second hand used models. However, for some strange reasons i felt compelled to reward myself with a good quality keyboard for all my hard work and for getting the new ThinkPad X1 from Lenovo ANZ (maybe i am just a shopaholic looking for a reason to shop).ĭifferent models of the FC200 Tenkeyless KB on offerĪs such, i started to look into the option of buying the Filco keyboard more and more often, but the $200 AUD price tag (including delivery) just put me off purchasing the Filco Majestouch 2 keyless keyboard. Also, since i had the SteelSeries 7G keyboard, i sort of persuaded myself that i would not have much utility for another mechanical keyboard, as i had thought that the Brown MX switches would not really differ all that much from the Black MX switches in the SteelSeries keyboard. I have wanted to get the Filco keyboard for couple of months already, but i sort of put it on the backburner after getting the Apple Wired Keyboard ($35 AUD during special), which offered an amazing typing experience for 20% of the cost of the Filco keyboard that i wanted. It is a shame that Unicomp can not find a good distributor to sell its keyboard in Australia, otherwise it would sure to have more fans in Oz. After using this keyboard for a couple of hours, it is obvious that the IBM Model M with its collapsing spring mechanism, is still the Stradivari of computer keyboards. Verdict: A good quality mechanical keyboard at a fairer price (compared to the Filco version). I reckon this thing should sell for no more than $80 AUD per unit. Not ergonomically designed (just like 90% of the mechanical keyboard on the market). Crappy cardboard packaging (the packaging make it look like a 10 dollars keyboard). Doesn’t have the same construction quality as the SteelSeries 6GV2 and 7G that i have used. Probably manufactured by the same manufacturer as the Filco keyboards. Designed by the same person whom designed the Filco Majestouch 2 Tenkeyless keyboard. BLUE LED indicator light on the CAPS LOCK and SCROLL LOCK Great key action with click (Cherry Brown MX) Price: $109 AUD (not including the $25 dollars delivery charge)
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