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I have a Ducky DK9087 Shine II with red switches. If there's any latency, I sure haven't noticed. I use it nearly exclusively for gaming. No rollover issues either.

I can't imagine the build quality getting much better than it is on the Ducky. Seems most people's gripe is the Cherry stabilizers (which I don't mind). I wouldn't really call that a "build quality" difference though. Also, some people don't like the detachable cable on the Duckys, since it's ...

It looks...thick & chunky. Not necessarily a bad thing. Now if they made it backlight with an option for ALPS (Matias Quiet Switch), I'd replace the Ducky TKL I just bought.

I just purchased a Ducky Shine II TKL from them this Wednesday and got it Saturday. No complaints. They have quite a large selection of Cherry boards. I previously purchased from Tiger Imports, and it looks like they're the same place, or merged recently. I didn't have problems with Tiger Imports ...

Yeah...unfortunately, replacing the keycaps isn't really an option on a backlit board, at least if you want to still use the backlighting feature. Especially with custom legends :(

One more thing I will add to this "mini-review". Whatever paint they used on the keycaps isn't as nice as the Ducky ...

The Matias Quiet sounds a lot like a cherry with o rings. I have been looking for a quiet one which doesn't feel like you are bottom out on a rubber surface and typing on a wet newspaper. Does it have a soft landing like dampened cherries or a hard stop?

For what it's worth, my MX Brown board has ...

I just received my Keycool 87 from QTan's store. I'm rather impressed that I ordered it on the 9th and received it on the 12th. From Guangzhou, China to Wisconsin in three days is pretty cool. I've created a Flickr gallery with some visual comparisons between the Ducky & the Keycool. Both are white ...

I have the all-black PC version of this keyboard. I prefer the look of the mac silver & black version (not crazy about the glossy black case), but I'll primarily be using this board at work on PCs. I haven't really had a chance to try it out (this work week will be my chance). I don't have an SGI ...

Thanks! I would've had no idea about the space bar. That's kind of annoying, but I can live with it being a regular black key. I've got some red keys (ESC and arrows) that will be staying as well. Maybe I'll post some pics when it's all said and done.

I ran across these KBC semi-translucent keycaps a few days ago and I'm rather smitten with the look of them. They remind me of the translucent keys on the Apple Pro Keyboard (circa '00-'03), which had crappy typing feel, but looked awesome IMHO. I recently purchased a Leopold FC500RC/AB with Cherry ...