This is the Topre Realforce87USW SE070S Keyboard. The Realforce series features the same key action as the Happy Hacking Professional2 series and is the only equal to the Happy Hacking Keyboard.
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Here at Smart Imports, we have been using the HHKB Pro2 for a number of years, but recently got this model of Realforce for one of our desktops. We are VERY happy with it. We still have my HHKB Pro2 for one of the laptops when I’m working away from home though. I’ll quote from my HHKB Pro2 listing, as the same applies to this keyboard: “Before I found the HHKB Pro2 I was buring through keyboards about every six months to a year. Normal keyboards would get sticky and unresponsive after less than six months and nicer $60 mechanical keyboards would start slowing down after less than a year. That’s why I would say buying a $300 keyboard is actually a savings if you need to type a lot like I do. You won’t buy another keyboard for YEARS. “
Posted by Unknown on 19th Mar 2021
Feels great to type on for extended periods of time and great build quality! Came in fast in the mail too
Posted by Unknown on 2nd Apr 2018
Two aspects to the Realforce 87u silent. It’s a Topre. And it’s silent. First Topre.. This is the variable weight Realforce.. mostly 45 g, but feels smoother than the HHKB 45 g. I really like both keyboards. Choosing only one is a tough choice. That’s in contrast to the Leopold Fc660c, also 45 g, but which felt hard on my fingers, not so much the initial resistance but the bottoming out.
In terms of silencing, this keyboard is indeed quiet.
If you’re on the keyboard for several hours a day then the cost is indeed worth it.
Oh, and by the way, shopping at SmartImports was the right choice. I’d never heard of them before but googling for a HHKB JP type S (for the arrow keys) their name came up. I bought that too, separate from this order. Both orders arrived within a week.