Topre RealForce 104UW Keyboard Review
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Final Analysis
The Topre Realforce 104UW is a polarizing keyboard that most people will likely either love or hate. The switches are refined in many ways, but they’re based on rubber domes regardless. The styling can be considered to be classy and reserved, or boring and plain. The lack of extra features will likely not be as major an issue to a typist as it will be to a gamer. The price is quite steep, regardless of the cost inherent to producing a capacitive keyboard, and especially considering the lack of backlighting, macro keys, media controls, and so on. However, those who prefer the unique keyfeel and typing sound may be willing to pay it. Considering the cost, it might be preferable to try the board out before buying, if possible.
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dark_lord69 Look an early 90's keyboard with a 2017 gamer hardware price!Reply
HA! If I knew I would have kept hundreds for those crappy keyboards!
Don't let the price fool you... It's just a keyboard. -
therealduckofdeath Why not got full-tilt retro and make one with the super high keys of a VIC or a PET? They could charge 4-500 bucks for that, I bet...Reply -
toddybody Coming from a CM Storm Quickfire Rapid TK...now on the Logitech G810 Orion Spectrum, I can't see the value of these 150.00+ keyboards.Reply -
Co BIY Keyboard reviews need a Price/performance graph. Something to help the average reader find the "sweet spot" where good performance meets reasonable price.Reply
I'm on a Microcenter Inland DK-3001B - It's an obvious step-up in keyfeel from OEM boards and has nice LED mono-blue through key backlighting. All that for $25. -
husker Nice article, but I thought listing "Highly divisive--love it or hate it" on the Final Analysis page as a con is not fair. This seems to be saying that "you might love this!" is a negative. Agreed, you might hate it, but listing it as a con is pre-supposing you will hate it. With any product you have to determine whether or not you like it, but listing the fact that you might not like it as a con seems a bit unfair.Reply -
techy1966 They are kidding right over $200 for a keyboard that looks like it was made back in 1993. This is a flat out copy of the fujitsu keyboards from back in the day even the same color design. I know this because I still have one of them laying around which I paid a lot less than $200 for it at the time and it is most likely built a lot better as well since the thing weighs a fair amount and has a metal bottom and mech keys since back then that was the thing. O got mine back I think in 1991 maybe a bit older I used to have several of them but over the years they got lost or borrowed. Good to see they want to bring the retro look back but at least do not try to charge prices that are way above what they should be for it.Reply -
Timothy_11 >$200 for a keyboard that's made essentially the same as the $5 Dell/HP rubber dome keyboards? I'll pass.Reply