Filco Majestouch 2 (Cherry MX Brown/Blue) 104 key Mechanical Keyboard - $99.99

Quote from chrischunli : I know this is OOS, but did you seriously just say a rosewill is better than a filco?

I have both. A rosewill for $50 is just as good as a filco with the exact same switches. Especially when the Filco wears so hard.

Quote from Johnp : I have both. A rosewill for $50 is just as good as a filco with the exact same switches. Especially when the Filco wears so hard.

Alright fair enough. The rosewills are definitely a steal at 50, though.

Quote from chrischunli : Alright fair enough. The rosewills are definitely a steal at 50, though.

The Rowewills have been more like $80 recently, and have been getting some terrible reviews at Newegg. Seems that Rosewill mechanical's have some serious issues both with the PS/2 / USB plugs breaking and overall reliability of the product.

Lots of users are saying that after being used in a single location for a few months, never moving, the boards just fail. This isn't very surprising to me. Rosewell makes a few products of medium quality and a whole lot of products that are very low quality.

'High quality' and Rosewill are not two things that go together, ever. At best, you'll get cheap and functional, if you're lucky.

Quote from Larron : The Rowewills have been more like $80 recently, and have been getting some terrible reviews at Newegg. Seems that Rosewill mechanical's have some serious issues both with the PS/2 / USB plugs breaking and overall reliability of the product. Lots of users are saying that after being used in a single location for a few months, never moving, the boards just fail. This isn't very surprising to me. Rosewell makes a few products of medium quality and a whole lot of products that are very low quality. 'High quality' and Rosewill are not two things that go together, ever. At best, you'll get cheap and functional, if you're lucky.

That's what I thought the general consensus was. Having typed on a Filco I didn't figure anything else but maybe a Leopold would compare in terms of quality. Never tried the Rosewill so didn't want to shoot the previous post down.

Quote from chrischunli : That's what I thought the general consensus was. Having typed on a Filco I didn't figure anything else but maybe a Leopold would compare in terms of quality. Never tried the Rosewill so didn't want to shoot the previous post down.

I gave the Rosewill a hard look, but decided against because of all the issues.

I researched a bunch of boards, Filco, Leopold, Das, CM, Corsair and decided on the Logitech G710. I wanted browns and a backlight, there really aren't a lot of options. Some users have reported backlight failures, but when I researched this, I found that it seems to be caused by inadequate motherboard USB power. I have a medium to high end Gigabyte MB and have had no issues at all. A lot of cheap machines fail to provide adequate power over USB.

The quality of Logitech's board is very high and they have excellent warranty and support. At it's current Amazon price of $99, it's certainly not cheap, but is reasonable. It has all the features I was looking for and I can type like lightning on it.

I have a few quibbles and the design is a bit funky, but I haven't seen anything better for the price.

Quote from Johnp : Beware: The coating on these keys wears off unevenly over time. I think the rosewill keyboard is better tbh.

Uhh have you tried the rosewill i had to rma a couple of rosewill's for my friend due to the loose usb cord. He ended up getting a das keyboard. You will get flamed heavily for bashing filco on geekhack or deskauthority.

Hopefully we don't digress much further, but regarding the rosewill keyboards, the old iteration had usb port problems, where the lightly soldered connection would simply fall apart in a relatively short period of time -- the newer ones allegedly have this fixed. I'm typing on one whose model number indicates it's of the newer iteration, and it's been used pretty roughly for about half a year now, fwiw.

Quote from mlcloud : Hopefully we don't digress much further, but regarding the rosewill keyboards, the old iteration had usb port problems, where the lightly soldered connection would simply fall apart in a relatively short period of time -- the newer ones allegedly have this fixed. I'm typing on one whose model number indicates it's of the newer iteration, and it's been used pretty roughly for about half a year now, fwiw.

Out of curiosity, how do you check if you have the newer version or not? Have had mine for 2.4mo and no issue for now, but based on reviews, looks like the failing kicks in around the 6mo mark.

Quote from Larron : I gave the Rosewill a hard look, but decided against because of all the issues. I researched a bunch of boards, Filco, Leopold, Das, CM, Corsair and decided on the Logitech G710. I wanted browns and a backlight, there really aren't a lot of options. Some users have reported backlight failures, but when I researched this, I found that it seems to be caused by inadequate motherboard USB power. I have a medium to high end Gigabyte MB and have had no issues at all. A lot of cheap machines fail to provide adequate power over USB. The quality of Logitech's board is very high and they have excellent warranty and support. At it's current Amazon price of $99, it's certainly not cheap, but is reasonable. It has all the features I was looking for and I can type like lightning on it. I have a few quibbles and the design is a bit funky, but I haven't seen anything better for the price.

Das switched their manufacturer and their new boards are garbage. I absolutely love the Das with blue switches I bought about a year ago. Easy ways to tell if it's a crap Das or a good one,

The new ones are made in China instead of Taiwan.

Chinese boards have media keys on top row, some versions of the Das are still made in Taiwan, they only have three keys to the left of the space bar, new ones have an extra FN key.

Das' refurbs and their used ebay store are all good Taiwan models (for now).

Quote from chrischunli : Quote from Johnp : Beware: The coating on these keys wears off unevenly over time. I think the rosewill keyboard is better tbh. I know this is OOS, but did you seriously just say a rosewill is better than a filco?

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Has anyone's order been shipped yet? I have an email from ncix notifying that my order is OOS with unknown ETA date.

Quote from dledtm : Uhh have you tried the rosewill i had to rma a couple of rosewill's for my friend due to the loose usb cord. He ended up getting a das keyboard. You will get flamed heavily for bashing filco on geekhack or deskauthority.

I have both the Rosewill and the filco. The Filco is in brown which I prefer and the Rosewill is in Red so I haven't used it quite as much.

As far as I can tell they are very similar. Maybe you should consider something other than the filco or rosewill if there are many problems with the Rosewill because buying a Filco and having to spend 30-50$+ on keys after a few months is pretty annoying. Don't get me wrong, I love the keyboard and the switches, the keyboard has been functionally perfect but I was just disappointed with how the keys wore. I would have thought for $150+ I would have gotten better. Also the blue LEDs are quite bright and pretty annoying when at the computer in the dark.