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Guru3D.com » News » Kensington releases "Pro Fit washable keyboard", can be washed with water and detergent

Kensington releases "Pro Fit washable keyboard", can be washed with water and detergent

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/27/2020 07:40 AM | source: kensington | 18 comment(s)
Kensington releases

With COVID still around some mainboard manufacturers probably Hough it would be a good idea to re-introduce washable keyboards. 

Kensington releases the "Pro Fit Washable Keyboard," which allows you to easily wash the entire surface . It is suitable for use in places where the keyboard is shared by an unspecified number of users, such as medical institutions, schools, and internet cafes.  Using a waterproof design that covers the precision equipment inside the keyboard with a thin film. It also has a drainage mechanism, making it a safe structure for spilling liquid. It is also resistant to washing by immersion in water, and can be washed in whole using a non-abrasive detergent, multipurpose detergent, soap, germicidal disinfectant, bleach, rubbing alcohol, etc.

The keyboard layout uses a Japanese layout, giving it a soft-touch feel. The connection interface is USB, and a PS/2 conversion adapter is included. The external dimensions are width 445mm, depth 170mm, height 25mm, weight 580g.

The more I think about it in these times, not a bad idea at all really.



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cryohellinc
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#5812578 Posted on: 07/27/2020 07:42 AM
aaannnd it's rubber dome.

Hilbert Hagedoorn
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#5812580 Posted on: 07/27/2020 07:50 AM
aaannnd it's rubber dome.

There's nothing wrong with rubber dome keyboards for normal usage. In fact, all these news items and articles you see here on Guru3D are typed on that.

cryohellinc
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#5812583 Posted on: 07/27/2020 07:55 AM
There's nothing wrong with rubber dome keyboards for normal usage. In fact, all these news items and articles you see here on Guru3D are typed on that.

Nothing is wrong with them, however, as a keyboard modder and enthusiast I just hate the feeling of typing on them.

Give Topre a go, If you like rubber dome, you will just love the Topre experience.

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#5812594 Posted on: 07/27/2020 09:23 AM
Nothing is wrong with them, however, as a keyboard modder and enthusiast I just hate the feeling of typing on them.

Give Topre a go, If you like rubber dome, you will just love the Topre experience.
For gaming, they are better than most of mechanical switches. And Topre is no different here. It is still 4mm travel key that switches ON before bottoming out. And while they claim variable actuation point controlled by software, it relies on extreme precision of each electrical element. Here mechanical keys have advantage.

My mechanical keyboard is not any better. Early trigger=late release. Total travel 3.5mm does not change much on it.
For gaming, I would take 2.5mm total travel with trigger between 1mm and 0.5mm from bottom.

Your Topre and my current keyboards are more for pianist type of people. I am more of classical "typewriter" person who expects to bottom out with force.

Currently I am aware of:
Omron B3KL
Gateron Low Profile Red (Blue has bad reset point)

slyphnier
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#5812622 Posted on: 07/27/2020 12:06 PM
For gaming, they are better than most of mechanical switches. And Topre is no different here. It is still 4mm travel key that switches ON before bottoming out. And while they claim variable actuation point controlled by software, it relies on extreme precision of each electrical element. Here mechanical keys have advantage.

My mechanical keyboard is not any better. Early trigger=late release. Total travel 3.5mm does not change much on it.
For gaming, I would take 2.5mm total travel with trigger between 1mm and 0.5mm from bottom.

Your Topre and my current keyboards are more for pianist type of people. I am more of classical "typewriter" person who expects to bottom out with force.

Currently I am aware of:
Omron B3KL
Gateron Low Profile Red (Blue has bad reset point)

topre realforce for gaming i think u should check their gaming line-up
like : https://www.realforce.co.jp/products/R2A-JP4G-BK/
default travel still 4mm (you can custom with key-spacer, for 2mm or 3mm) but APC (actuation point) can be set to 1.5mm (or 2.2mm / 3mm)

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