Where can I get another White "Otaku" Leopold?

quanticle · 12 Jul 2012, 23:28

Hey everyone, I'm a new refugee from GeekHack. I have a Leopold FC200RC/AWN. It's a white keyboard with blue Cherry MX switches and blank keycaps which I'd purchased from Elite Keyboards. Recently, I went back there to purchase another for home use. When I looked at their catalog, the entry for my keyboard was no longer there. When I e-mailed them, they said that this keyboard had been discontinued. So is there a new model with the same characteristics (blank white keycaps, Cherry MX Blue switches, tenkeyless) or should I settle for the black version of this keyboard?

webwit · 12 Jul 2012, 23:30

Leopold?

quanticle · 12 Jul 2012, 23:37

Do Leopold have an English version of their site and do they ship to the US?

webwit · 12 Jul 2012, 23:42

You need something like this:
http://www.buyfromkorea.kr/

IvanIvanovich · 12 Jul 2012, 23:52

Why not get a white Keycool? It's essentailly the same thing with improved FC700 pcb, cost less money, and much easier to find right now. They have print caps by default, but money saved over Leopold you can afford another blank set.

quanticle · 13 Jul 2012, 05:34

You need something like this:
http://www.buyfromkorea.kr/

I'd really like to find an American reseller, because sites like Buy From Korea and the like often add a fair amount of overhead to the price of the item.

Why not get a white Keycool? It's essentailly the same thing with improved FC700 pcb, cost less money, and much easier to find right now. They have print caps by default, but money saved over Leopold you can afford another blank set.

That is something that I would be interested in. Do you know where I can get one?

sth · 13 Jul 2012, 05:37

qtan sells them. http://www.vendio.com/stores/E-sports-G ... quipments/
Let him know you are a GHer and he might cut a few bucks off.

quanticle · 13 Jul 2012, 17:49

Before I get the KeyCool, is there anything I need to know about modifying them? I heard that they use costar stabilizers, so that spacebars and the like which use Cherry stabilizers aren't cross compatible. That's not a problem in my case, as I'll be leaving the spacebar alone. However, what about other large keys, like shift, backspace, enter, and the like? Will those be compatible with standard Cherry keycaps?

Currently my plan is to get a Keycool and swap out the keys with a blank set ordered from WASD? Are there any glaring flaws in my strategy?

IvanIvanovich · 13 Jul 2012, 17:54

The only difference between Cherry and costar stabilizer is that costar is extremely annoying when changing keycap with the silly fiddly inserts. Keycap is 100% same compatible. Keycool spacebar has the same off spacing that Leopold use in case you were wondering.
So you are completely fine to get any MX aftermarket set from wasd, kbc, or whatever.

therecorder · 13 Jul 2012, 18:26

Qtang has a few nice 37 PBT keycap sets that you may like.

http://www.vendio.com/stores/E-sports-G ... Id=3982960

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