Filco Majestouch Ninja Tenkeyless Cherry MX Blue Mechanical Keyboard Unboxing Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2013-05-07
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welcome to my unboxing of the the magist touch ninja 10 keyless keyboard from
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filco so filco is well no mystery
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to keyboard afficianados and this one is
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absolutely beautiful I actually didn't check the outside of the box before we
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open this and I didn't realize that this was
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I I actually you know what slick and I were discussing this before we uh before
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we started doing the keyboard unboxings for all of the UN all of the keyboards
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that have arrived and I was saying that I didn't think I was going to be a fan
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of the side labeled keys but I am I
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really like it so it looks just beautiful and elegant and plain from the
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top down and then from a slight angle you can see all the keys just like that
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I really like this okay so filco right no no stranger
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to connoisseurs of quality keyboards um
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extremely wellb built some of the best out there so there is no flex to the
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deck nothing whatsoever the weight that they have even a 10 keyless model like
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that which means there's no number pad you could probably still stun you know a
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home Invader with it no problem with that they also have a ton of different
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customization options so you can custom so many different things you can
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customize the color of your deck you can
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customize the types of keys that you have on it so you can either have
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writing on the top writing on the sides you can have a full you can oh right you
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can customize the layout so you can have a full size or a 10 keyless which Some
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people prefer because they want to have their keyboard laid out like this don't
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worry we have one it's here uh they want to have their keyboard like this then
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their Mouse and their mouse pad and then the number pad over here as opposed to
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having it on this side this is actually in sort of purist terms slightly more
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efficient because if you want to get to your keyboard you go here and if you
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want to get to your number pad you go here as opposed to going over the number
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pad to get all the way to the keyboard so there you go um layout wise perfect long shift
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long enter and long backspace it has no
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number lock light so only scroll lock and caps lock but that stands to reason
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because it doesn't have number keys on it
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and let's have a look at what switches this one's using so filco actually sent
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us a variety of their keyboards to check out and the right so what makes this
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keyboard a quality keyboard the biggest thing is a the overall construction of
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it and hold
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on there we go and B the quality of the
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switches that they're using so they're using Cherry MX switches for all of
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their keyboards and that combined with
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the rigid of the deck behind it is what gives you the more comfortable less
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fatiguing and faster typing experience than what you'd get from a membrane
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keyboard and basically unless a keyboard says it's mechanical then it is a
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membrane keyboard all right so here let's cover everything so this is a body
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color black key Arrangement 87 key switches are
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blue which means that they are quite clicky and very tactile feeling and we
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were actually looking at the Box weren't we um the keyboard features n key
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rollover which means even if you type with your face it will actually register
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all of your key strokes which is Handy um if you type with your face it uses a
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USB or PS2 interface it comes with an adapter the printing position is front
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face so that's what I'm talking about in terms of the difference and how the keys
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are printed so this actually avoids a problem that a lot of people have with
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keyboards and that is fading over time of the lettering these will never ever
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fade so you can clearly read them and they won't fade and that that seems like
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a pretty good thing to me uh right in terms of the non-s slipp so they've got
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four pads down here as well as these are fairly unique so they've got a rubber
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pad that actually rolls all the way around the outside of this so that even
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if you have it elevated it is not going anywhere whatsoever in terms of included
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accessories they give you let's put that back on uh they give you two additional
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Windows Keys these ones with the side printing as opposed to the ones with the
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uh embossed Windows logo on the top they give you the key remover tool and the
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adapter that I talked about before it
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also has a velcro wrap for the cable itself which is approximately one Linus
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armspan in length which means it's about 5 1/2 ft or so so in
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summary quality key switches so far out
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of all the keyboards I've used in my life this is the best most solid overall
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feeling one other than I did have an IBM model M and uh nothing can compare but I
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actually gave it away so I probably shouldn't have done that it slicks looking at me like stricken right now I
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really had one it was like an early 9s one and it was PS2 and it was just
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awesome in every possible way anyway uh so other than that one this is as solid
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as I've felt and this is with the three filos that I've checked out so far and
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uh I really don't know where I was going with that cuz now I'm really sad about my model M but if you want a good typing
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experience Cherry Blue switches are an excellent choice personally I find them
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just fine for gaming as well although not Everyone likes for
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gaming here get get close so you can hear
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it you hear that actuation point not Everyone likes that sort of um very
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narrow actuation point there whereas some of the other switches such as the
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Reds and the uh blacks will have a more smooth uh key press experience I love
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the noise though and I love the feeling and the the the audio feedback of
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knowing that I've pressed it correctly so I yeah find it just fine for typing
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just fine for gaming I type fastest on Blues as well so does uh slick so you
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have to kind of try things yourself because these are so customizable get
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whatever switches you want whatever key caps you want whatever layout you want
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and you end up with the best typing experience yeah you pay for it but personally I think it's worth it don't
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