I recently bought a Cherry G80-8200LPBUS/09 for my work computer.
As far as I can tell it's identical to http://www.overclock.net/computer-pe...us-review.html other than the slightly different model number. My other keyboard uses MX Blue switches and I'm liking Browns a lot more so far.
However I was surprised by the way Browns feel -- I expected slightly lighter Blues, with a similar tactile feel, but without the Blues' click. What I got is basically linear the way I use it. I can definitely feel the tactile bump if I press the key lightly/slowly enough, but when I'm typing normally, there's no way I can detect it.
I do like it a lot, mind you, so no big issue there. It's comfy to type on, super quiet, exactly what I was looking for.
The point of this thread is to ask if this is how Browns typically feel and if I can expect a similar feel from any Brown I may get in the future, or if what I got is a typical Cherry POS keyboard that's been battered to hell and back by generations of angry waitresses, causing a loss of some of its tactility
Edit: funny thing -- I googled the model number of my keyboard and found http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=16328 -- linking to the auction I bought the keyboard from on eBay. The really scary thing is how fast it was picked up by that guy at Geekhack. I shudder to think that somebody else may have snatched the deal from under my nose, when I'd been talking to the seller on eBay for a week trying to buy a Cherry with Brown switches from him. The seller basically posted it, notified me that the auction was up, and I bought it almost right away.
As far as I can tell it's identical to http://www.overclock.net/computer-pe...us-review.html other than the slightly different model number. My other keyboard uses MX Blue switches and I'm liking Browns a lot more so far.
However I was surprised by the way Browns feel -- I expected slightly lighter Blues, with a similar tactile feel, but without the Blues' click. What I got is basically linear the way I use it. I can definitely feel the tactile bump if I press the key lightly/slowly enough, but when I'm typing normally, there's no way I can detect it.
I do like it a lot, mind you, so no big issue there. It's comfy to type on, super quiet, exactly what I was looking for.
The point of this thread is to ask if this is how Browns typically feel and if I can expect a similar feel from any Brown I may get in the future, or if what I got is a typical Cherry POS keyboard that's been battered to hell and back by generations of angry waitresses, causing a loss of some of its tactility

Edit: funny thing -- I googled the model number of my keyboard and found http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=16328 -- linking to the auction I bought the keyboard from on eBay. The really scary thing is how fast it was picked up by that guy at Geekhack. I shudder to think that somebody else may have snatched the deal from under my nose, when I'd been talking to the seller on eBay for a week trying to buy a Cherry with Brown switches from him. The seller basically posted it, notified me that the auction was up, and I bought it almost right away.