Unicomp Classic 104 Buckling Spring Keyboard Review

Buckling Spring Unicomp Classic 104 Mechanical Keyboard Review, with audio typing test. The legendary keyboard is made new again. Unicomp Website: https://www.pckeyboard.com/ Unicomp Amazon Storefront: https://amzn.to/2LAlPaD Unicomp uses the same machines and tools to create buckling spring keyboards the same as the later versions of the IBM Model M. The noise to the keyboard really is another level of sound compared to any cherry mechanical keyboard switches. And the tactile feel is so responsive it feels like typing away at a typewriter, but this usb device is easy to use with any modern computer. It works on both Mac and PC, and they have different versions for the key layout. As always, shot on the Fujifilm X-T2 : https://amzn.to/2C6OmOb My Gear: Main Camera: https://amzn.to/2C6OmOb Main Zoom Lens: https://amzn.to/2QJlDHm Sharpest Wide Lens: https://amzn.to/2GsSb2L Favorite Not RODE Mic: https://amzn.to/2C4W0se Best Portable Vlog Mic: https://amzn.to/2u8kegF Perfectly Smooth Gimbal: https://amzn.to/2MXBCgr Camera Strap: https://amzn.to/2rvGtMd Field Monitor: https://amzn.to/2GtyDet Affordable Studio Light: https://amzn.to/2rzdAic Drone: https://amzn.to/2EgitUT Perfect Camera Bag: https://amzn.to/2UykJg1 Music: https://epidemicsound.com/ #Unicomp #BucklingSpring #MechanicalKeyboard This buckling spring keyboard is a modern reach into the past, sort of a “New Old Stock” type of keyboard. Since it is made by the same people on the same machines as the Model M were they aren’t actually clones of the original. They are the original, but just new. Now there were several iterations of the Model M, so these are like the newer versions of the Model Ms, the older ones had thicker cases and thicker plates of metal in them increasing durability rigittity. Unicomp boards have some bend in them if you are trying to flex them, but it isn’t an issue while typing. Since I have never used a Model M board before I don’t have anything to compare this to, but I really like the feel. The whole press of a switch is very mechanical and satisfying through each press. A little history lesson, the IBM model M set the standard for how keyboard layout has been for nearly ~~~years now. They didn’t create qwerty, they just put all the modifiers in a fashion that works for computers and most full sized boards still harken back to the Model M. IMB split their printer and keyboard making departments into Lexmark. In 1995 Lexmark spunoff into their own company and the next year in 1996 they were planning on shutting down their Model M production in favor of cheaper less durable rubber dome keyboards, but several of the employees couldn’t sit by and watch this travesty. They purchased the license, tooling, and design rights to buckling-spring technology. In April of 1996 Unicomp was founded as a business to continue production of Buckling-Spring Keyboards. The feel of a buckling-spring switch to me, is way more mechanical than a normal cherry or cherry clone. It is something I didn’t understand in other reviews of this board how much of it is feel. The force curves don’t explain it. You really have to feel it.