deskthority

Currently using a PureTrak Talent.
Just switched from an Artisan Shiden, nice pad but Artisans wear out too fast for their cost, that was my 3rd one.

Findecanor wrote: I suppose that the "rubber coated keyboard surfaces" are rubber-coated WASD keys.

No, the body/frame(not sure of correct term) is rubber coated. All the keycaps are ABS.

This is a Costar keyboard like Filco, I don't think Costar is Leopold's OEM, though I could be wrong.

I think XArmor was working on a wireless version of the U9BL before they closed shop.

I also don't like the font they used on the keycaps, but who keeps the stock keycaps on anyway? :P I threw some side printed PBT keycaps on mine and called it good.

I don't know that they were going for faux metallic look, the color looks more gray in person imo. I personally like the rubber ...

The over branding is a bit annoying, but it's a good keyboard, same OEM as Filco. The version with red switched has a black body instead of gray, looks better imo and also has a red pcb.

It's a good keyboard, but yeah they went a little overboard with the branding. Over on GH there is a CM rep taking suggestions on it, I suggested removing all branding except the CM STORM writing above the arrow keys(i.e. removing the two flame looking logos and the Quick Fire on the space bar ...

BiNiaRiS wrote:Id be willing to bet browns were 1st simply cause they were bottoming out.

Seems like a crappy test when they only have 1 brown keyboard and multiples of blue and black.

Exactly what I was thinking.