Corsiar K95 questions; previously Filco Ninja UK

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So I have had to drop my Filco aspirations and I am now looking at the K95 but I have a few questions about it from anyone who has one or used one before. 

I have played around with the K60 in shops and some of the keys, like the function keys were mushy rubber domes while the rest were proper mechanical switches, is this still the case on the K95 or are they all full mechanical switches now?

Is the palm rest a full width one, unlike the K60's single hand one?

Is £120/€145-150/$200  a decent price for one or should I look around a bit more?

 

Any help you can offer would be much appreciated.

 

 

Old post maintained for completeness

So I am looking for a mechanical keyboard during the summer and my "dream" keyboard would be a Filco Ninja Majestouch 2 with full UK layout, including the numpad, and MX reds. 

I have been looking on and off for some time not and I cannot find a the holy grail of complete keyboards. I have backups in mind that I know I can source but this would be nice. 

So the closest I have come is everything but the red switches. I can get the keyboard in MX blue or MX brown configurations. Am I chasing a dream or does it exist? 

MX Brown: http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard/uk-filco-ninja-majestouch-2-nkr-tactile-action-keyboard.asp

MX Blue: http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard/uk-filco-ninja-majestouch-2-nkr-click-action-keyboard.asp

Or would I be better off getting a good MX red keyboard and Ninja keycaps?

 

Any help would be much appreciated. 

 

EDIT: Okay I am one step closer. I have found a red version now all I need is Ninja keycaps. Unfortunately Keyboard Co do not sell a set of ninja caps. Fix one problem and find another. 

MX Red Needs ninjaing: http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard/uk-filco-majestouch-2-nkr-soft-linear-action-keyboard.asp

 

EDIT #2: I got in touch with Keyboard Co and they confirmed that such a configuration has never existed. Great. Now to see if I can get ninja keycaps and just buy the full UK red switch filco above. 

I have also been searching high and low for such keycaps but again they seem to no be available. You can get them on a keyboard but not as a standalone set. 

Why is it that USA gets a full US layout ninja red switch Filco but no UK equivalent?

 

EDIT #3: I have just received a reply and Filco do not sell the Ninja keycaps separately. and even if I were to replace the keys with a set somehow they would be wrong as the Ninja chassis is not standard either with missing markers, LEDs and name plates moved. 

So there goes that idea too. Now to start my search all over again for a suitably obtuse keyboard that sates my sense of style. 

 

EDIT #4 Final update: So I went over everyone straight to Filco and asked if they have such a keybaord and while all they need to do is replace the keycaps and send it out, the only UK ISO leydoards they make go to The Keyboard Co and have not now nor have plans to make one like I am looking for.

So that seals that. No Filco for me. Now I need to find a keyboard that suits my sense of style and actually exists. Why do so many mechanical key doard have to be super flashy and have all sorts of shitty type faces on the keys.

I might just get the regular Filco Majestouch-2 MX Red and wait for key caps to appear.

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Well, Quickfire XT Stealth looks like what you are looking for (it's even the same thing in terms of hardware).

But why bother with side-printed keycaps and not get blank ones?

If you can't touch-type yet, you will be able to do it fluently after using a blank keyboard for a couple of weeks.

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This is true. I can sort of touch type. Half at the moment. I am also pretty clumsey on the keyboard as it is. So yes blank keys would improve my typing pretty quickly. 

As for the side printed keys, I just really like them. 

Now for a test I am going to re-type the above line without looking at the keys and no correcting.

as for the side printeh keys. I just really like tjem. 

I guess I can and would really learn fast when confronted with no alternative. But the blank keys just look too plain. I am very picky about the visual impact. 

Right now I have two options, get the full printed keyboard, or the fully blank one. I have a few weeks to decide, so we will see. 

 

EDIT: I never knew about the Quickfire Stealth. Might be a winner but I will still have to source one here. Although now that I am trying I would really like to get better at touch typing. So I might go blank. 

 

EDIT #2: Same problem, the Stealth in the configuration I am looking for is not available in Europe. They do not do the UK ISO layout with MX Red switches. So that too is out.