NEC APC-H412 review (NEC blue ovals)

[Chyros]

After many many requests to review blue ovals, here it finally it; an NEC APC-H412, with Cindy's favourite switches! Hope you enjoy!

[seebart]

Good work T., once again you show good taste in keyboards , one of the first boards I bought here at DT:

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[Chyros]

Haha thanks, yeah it's definitely a very nice piece of hardware .

[seebart]

I still do not understand why mine is soooo pingy? I see you have two there, what's the ping-factor? I know XMIT aslo has quite a bit of experience with this keyboard.

[Chyros]

I still do not understand why mine is soooo pingy? I see you have two there, what's the ping-factor?

It's high xD . Not Pingmaster high, but definitely noticeable.

[seebart]

I still do not understand why mine is soooo pingy? I see you have two there, what's the ping-factor?

It's high xD . Not Pingmaster high, but definitely noticeable.

Yes thanks for confirming that, basically the only negative point of an otherwise excellent keyboard. NEC ovals are underrated, a far better experience than quite a few other switches. I was thinking about some rubber or foam to dampen that ping, never got around to it like a lot of stuff.

[elecplus]

Well done! I think you are the only person I know that uses their index finger to hit the space bar
Maybe more people will appreciate this wonderful keyboard now.

[Chyros]

Well done! I think you are the only person I know that uses their index finger to hit the space bar
Maybe more people will appreciate this wonderful keyboard now.

Thanks! Yes, I know, I use the index finger very often, a lot of people have remarked that xD . I do use the thumb sometimes normally, but because of the way the camera blocks the typing path, I'm restricted to using the index finger in the videos .

[jacobolus]

The pre-click actuation is a terrible anti-feature. Renders these switches unusable for me.