formerly: Chicony KB-(5182|5191|5192)

[davkol]

sold

Spoiler:

Chicony KB-5182
plate-mounted clicky Futaba switches
CZ QWERTZ 102-key layout

Chicony KB-5191 (several)
PCB-mounted green miniature Mitsumi switches
US/CZ QWERTY 101-key layout

Chicony KB-5191
PCB-mounted yellow miniature Mitsumi switches
US QWERTY 101-key layout

Chicony KB-5191 (several)
PCB-mounted vintage Cherry MX Blue switches (slightly different from modern; "softer" sound&feel)
US QWERTY (+ cyrillic) 101-key layout
some NIB (new in box, including a plastic keyboard roof and a printed technical user guide)

Chicony KB-5191 (several)
clicky MX clone switches (Aristotle)
US/CZ QWERTY/Z 101-key layout

Chicony KB-5192
clicky MX clone switches (Taiwan black shaft)
Czech QWERTZ 102-key layout

Chicony KB-5192
PCB-mounted clicky Futaba switches
102-key layout, with a mix of cleaned mostly Czech QWERTZ/QWERTY keycaps

The PCB-mount models have PCB-mount Costar stabilizers.

[gogusrl]

I'll take a Chicony KB-5191 (PCB-mounted Cherry MX Blue switches) for sure.

edit : got more info on the type of caps on the other models ?

[davkol]

Which one?

[Nuum]

Could you post a picture of the switches of the KB-5191 with the Mitsumi switches? I'm interested in that.
How do the switches feel? Are they very tactile or rather mushy?
Is shipping to Germany 15€?

[pasph]

PM sent

[gogusrl]

Another question, does the mx blue one have a short or long left shift ? From your pics, you got 2 with long shift and one with short (and a Macro key I suppose).

[davkol]

Could you post a picture of the switches of the KB-5191 with the Mitsumi switches? I'm interested in that.

How do the switches feel? Are they very tactile or rather mushy?

It's completely different from anything I've used so far. The tactility is neither sharp (like buckling spring and many other clicky switches), nor just a bump in otherwise linear travel (like most Cherry or Alps switches) IMHO. More like a collapsing dome—to me, it feels like travel=bump—but still different. Fast typing on it reminds me of very snappy domes (such as my old BTC and Preh Commander); pressing individual keys is nothing like that though, I think. Very interesting for sure.

Is shipping to Germany 15€?

Yup.

PM sent

PM received

I'll take a Chicony KB-5191 (PCB-mounted Cherry MX Blue switches) for sure.

edit : got more info on the type of caps on the other models ?

All caps are MX-compatible ABS "vintage OEM" profile w/ IMHO quite decent pad printing. The function-key row keycaps are super tall on everything but the 5182.

The NIB 5191s look like this.

Another question, does the mx blue one have a short or long left shift ? From your pics, you got 2 with long shift and one with short (and a Macro key I suppose).

I've actually messed up and posted a picture with a broken 5191CT instead of 5192 w/ futabas. Everything else should be right.

[Nuum]

Alright, I think you have a taker for the Mitsumi-Chicony. I'll send you a PM.

[Nuum]

The keyboard came today, it's in great condition, thanks!

[davkol]

Updated pictures and added a 5191 w/ green miniature Mitsumi switches. I held it for jacobolus at first, but haven't heard back from him for a weeks or two now.

[Muirium]

How do those green Mitsumis feel? And how do they compare to the yellows?

[davkol]

I think they're the same. Perhaps slightly different stiffness. I described the overall feel earlier in this thread.

[DVH]

Pm sent

[hj-s]

How much will cost shipping of Chicony KB-5191 with cyrillic and blues to Russia? I want to get one.

[Samir]

I love 101 layouts. Too bad you're on the other side of the world.

[itzmeluigi]

Pm sent

[davkol]

bump

[fireworm]

Pm sent.

[davkol]

bump

[ollir]

Sent a pm!

[filthy]

Pm'ed

[KeyAboard]

pm sent.