A brief reflection and look at how far our community has come since joining. I’ve been in the mechanical keyboard hobby for a very long time. It started as a high school student’s search for a keyboard for writing novels back in the 2008-2009 school year. I thought I wanted to be an author and I felt I needed a keyboard that I could sit down to at my desk and just write. After researching, joining forums, and saving money, I made my first purchase in the hobby, a blank black Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2. I still own this keyboard and while it is heavily modded now, it remains one of my all-time favorites. My HHKB Pro2 with MitchCapped Accents Many people would have stopped there, but keyboards became a hobby. I enjoyed learning about them, and early on, I enjoyed hunting for them in thrift shops. I would dig through bins at Goodwill and Salvation Army while popping keycaps off with paperclips looking for mechanical switches. I searched for a birthday Model M...
May 7, 2024
Pros: Impressive fit, perfect anodizing finish and color. Feels solid and heavy, much better than the plastic case.
Cons: 1. The aluminum feet raise the back too high and make the front edge of the case scrape the desk's surface. 2. The supplied white adhesive 3M "feet" pads don't help with the aluminum feet (unless you put them right at the front edge of the case - see picture below. 3. I'll probably need to remove the aluminum feet an just use the 4 white adhesive pads. 4. The supplied adhesive pads should've been black (not white). 5. The original felt pad inside the Leopold case can't be used in the aluminum case (it makes it too thick).
In summary, it's a great case. Don't bother ordering the "feet" - they suck on this case. Pads should be black.