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Jan 31, 2018
I did not notice any glamour shots of a Norbatouch yet, so...
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(Apologies for the smartphone camera, it's super sensitive to IR - hence the reds)
Congratulation to Matt3o; you have pulled out another stunner. The new profile looks very sleek, the easy to find keys make it awesome for touch typing and let you orientate your hand when gaming quickly. It's definitely a contender in the sculpted spherical scene. Quality is pretty good, I've got a bit of misalignment in the number row + D, V & N (fixed in the photos, to save people posting about it.) For a first attempt at a new profile with a spherical plan, that's not bad. I'm sure 2nd run will be lot better.
More disappointing is Massdrops lackadaisical packaging; the parcel is going (almost literally) to the other side of the globe, and the two boxes are loosely thrown in a bigger box with a token air bladder that is not nearly adequate to stop the individual boxes opening and spilling their content. Since the large box does not seal properly I've lost the Triumph Enter and one of the blank keys; not the end of the world, but, having to use the red enter (and escape so it doesn't look dicky by itself) ruins the retro Triumph aesthetic for me. Sigh. Hopefully customer support has a spare enter.
Overall, I'm chuffed to get my hands on these finally, there are some teething problems but the design is solid. I think this might be the final tweak for my Norby; back to waiting for the Kishsaver to be completed...
Konjungamo
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Jan 31, 2018
consolationDo you happen to be able to compare those caps to HiPro caps? I've heard great things about HiPro combined with Topre and was wondering how /dev/tty compares :)
consolation
742
Feb 1, 2018
KonjungamoNot on hand, as I traded my set when I put the Norbatouch together but, going from memory; the hi pro are not fully symmetrical as far as the spherical component is concerned, they are slightly stretched in the vertical direction, together with a steeper rake, it makes the top surface area larger. Additionally, the texture is smoother and the deformation is smaller. Quality is more consistent with the HiPros, as you would expect from Topre. I'd say these are even more "HiPro" then Hipros, whether this is a good thing, depends on your taste. This profile reminds me more of 70s mainframe terminals, then hipro. This is going from memory, so wait till someone with them on hand takes photos and gives their opinion.
Konjungamo
40
Feb 1, 2018
consolationSweet, thanks for your impressions, I think I'll try to get my hand on the next run of this profile then :)
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