Filco Convertible 2 Tenkeyless MX Brown Tactile UK ISO Keyboard

This is my fourth or fifth keyboard from the Keyboard company and they always give excellent value and service. The board came quickly and was well packed.

I've used Filco's with browns off and on as a daily driver for quite a while, but the cable has meant I've gone to options with less wires. Seeing the convertible board I wanted to try it and it is a good quality version with reliable connectivity. The brown switches in a Filco are always nicely weighted thanks to the decent case and construction and offer a smooth typing experience. I do prefer the Topre feel and use that or gold pink switches for heavy typing sessions but for connecting to my work laptop for WFH this is perfect.

I've replaced the keycaps as I don't like the feel of the Filco ones and the font annoys me a bit, but they are very useable and would be fine for most users..this was an optional extra not a compulsory one.

It is now acting as a driver on my work laptop and my desk is so much neater for not having yet another wire to tidy!

First class company to buy from, thoroughly recommended.

The Filco Convertible 2 Tenkeyless MX Brown is simply fantastic. Surprised with the quality of this product. Very versatille device. Totally recomendable keyboard.

I work in publishingjournalism and type for a living. In the past year, I've been using another solidly-built keyboard with red MX switches, and whilst I've enjoyed the smooth actuation, lately I've been craving a bit of tactility. Disliking the click of MX Blues, I chose MX Brown.

I've always wanted to get a Filco based on its classic looks and great reputation for quality, and I have to say, the keyboard is even better in person - the keys are responsive, there isn't an annoying resonant noise inside the chassis when typing, and the stabilizers are brilliant. Coming from linears, it was a bit jarring to use a tactile switch at first, but after several days, I've just about nailed down the actuation force needed to overcome the bump and 'float' across the keys. I'm already seeing my speed and accuracy improve thanks to that feedback, and whilst I still enjoy my MX reds keyboard, the Filco gets the job done that much better.

Bluetooth connectivity is wonderful to have as I like a cordless workspace; pairing is quick, the connection is reliable, and waking the keyboard from sleep takes a second or two at most, much quicker than I had anticipated. Filco has made a bit of a mess of the manual, which is quite convoluted, so have some patience with it!

My only gripe are the stock keycaps and their laser-printed legends, which I will be replacing with white on black double-shot caps. I guess the stock ones would last a good while too, so this is maybe preference rather than something anyone should worry too much about.

Other than that, the weight, the classic black look and the option to go wireless makes this a stunning typing tool that should last a long, long time. Thank you Keyboard Company for the speedy delivery and fun swag inside the box!

Arrived quickly just after the Christmas break, got in contact because of the shipping delay due to the office being closed for Christmas. I got a speedy and great response.

Keyboard is high quality and never faulty unlike my last bluetooth keyboard from a different brand, the battery lasts for a long time too. Read other older reviews for a sense of the typing experience and quality, I would agree with them.

Cannot recommend the keyboard and the service highly enough.

I've been using the Filco keyboard for 6 months now and its been excellent, before that I was using the horrible laptop keyboards. The product has been excellent with no problems, and has also been tested by a 4 yr old and a kitten so its very robust. The keyboard company were excellent both with their advice and the speed and efficiency of delivery. They shipped to France for me, and it arrived quickly and was well packaged. Would definitely recomend.

Ordering from Keyboard Co was very easy and the delivery was faster than I expected. The keyboard turned up in perfect condition and there was a couple of Keyboard Co branded items in there too. As I havent had any issues, I cant speak for their customer service but I hear a lot of good things in other reviews.

Before buying this keyboard I was using a Logitech Romer-G keyboard that I got a while back and was using it for my day job as a programmer. I liked the mechanical keyboard compared to the standard rubber dome keyboard as decided that it was time to get a new one.

The Filco Majestouch is such a solid keyboard, it weighs a good a mount and has good rubber feet that mean that it never moves around unless you pick it up. The keyboard has no flex in it at all which means that you wont get any creaking or bouncing keyboard noises. Seems odd to talk about lack of noise on a mechanical keyboard but these are some of the bad sounds and what you want to hear is the keys as they make all the satisfying sounds.

The Cherry MX Browns seem to get a bit of a bad rep these days with people saying that Cherry have just been making the exact same key for decades and other companies have come up with better switches. All that might be true, but I really like the way that these keys feel and sound. What makes them even better is they way that the keyboard is constructed which seems to dampen mechanical echoes or pings inside. This means that each one of the keys make a satisfying sound.

I ordered the Tenkeyless (TKL) version and I can honestly say that I in my job, I havent missed the num pad. There are the odd occasions where I have gone to press the enter key on the numpad and missed that but such a minor thing for the benefit or more desk space and my mouse being closer to the middle.

The way that the media keys are ordered are counter intuitive with the up volume being on the left and the volume down being on the right but I dont use them a huge amount and took a couple of months to get used to it. There are some DIP switches on the bottom that allow you to move a few key locations around like the caps-ctrl and it comes with alternative keycaps to support that.

I was worried about the lack of PBT keycaps but the stock ABS ones feel great and if they do end up with some shine in a couple of years or any of the legends wear off, I can always buy a set of the Filco PBT keycaps on the Keyboard Co website.

Overall, I would say that this is without a doubt the best keyboard I have used by a long margin. I love using it and find it so comfortable and it is worth every penny. I cant recommend it enough and people at work get to hear all about it!

Fantastic keyboard, finally the control key is its correct position (in place of the useless caps lock), being an emacs user I always swapped via software the control and the caps lock keys, so this is ingrained in my muscle memory. Recently I began using emacs on android too, and there isn't easy to set this essential mapping. Being able to swap these two keys in hardware is a godsend, and with the keycaps too!

The build quality of the keyboard is superb, and the keyboard company has been very professional and helpful. Shipment was very quick.

The price tag is hefty, no doubt, but it's a quality product and I expect to be using it for years to come. I recommend it.

Filco, well where do I begin, if you know you know!

Filco is a brand that has tremendous loyalty and this keyboard is one of the reasons for it. I type for a living and this is exactly what I needed in a keyboard. This is no-frills workhorse, built like a tank and will outlast any piece of technology you own. Typing on the MX browns is a real joy and the bluetooth connectivity works seamlessly out of the box.

A big shoutout to the staff at the Keyboard Company. Thank you, your service has been fantastic.

My first high-end keyboard having used whatever came with the computer or was lying around. Decades ago I did buy a Cherry keyboard for double the price of a cheap one and it was an improvement, which always stuck in my mind. Then over the past 5 years I've noticed more expensive keyboards on the market and never understood why. Then I decided to take the plunge spending 10x what I'd ordinarily look to spend and got the Filco Convertible 2 Tenkeyless MX Brown Tactile UK ISO Keyboard. What a magnificent keyboard it is! I always prefered the definite action of IBM and Dell server keyboards and the action on this is perfect for me. The build quality is first class. The features of multi-device bluetooth, wired and easy toggling are designed very well and have been flawless. The only problem has been how to keep it clean as (a) I'm too lazy to put on the rigid plastic cover at night and (b) I eat and drink at the keyboard way too often. But that is not the keyboard's fault :) Very happy with the keyboard and customer service (this was exchanged with a Ninja). Would buy this same keyboard again from the same supplier.

Already a Filco owner, I wanted to go TKL to save a bit of desk space and I wasn't disappointed! The same predictable quality. Great feeling plastics and keycaps and the MX Brown's are as you'd expect - smooth, relatively quiet (coming from somebody who mostly uses clicky Blues!).

Super happy (as always) with the service from Keyboard Co!

I purchased a Filco Convertible 2 Tenkeyless with MX Brown switches. It's an excellent piece of kit, and I'm delighted with it. What really impressed me, though, is the service from the Keyboard company. I had a couple of teething problems with the keyboard (which were due to my ineptitude) and the customer service team were really helpful in sorting them out. I'll definitely shop with them again.

I'm absolutely delighted with my Filco keyboard, and with the service provided by The Keyboard Company.

This is my first ever mechanical keyboard, and the feel and feedback from the brown switches makes typing an absolute pleasure. The support for bluetooth profiles works well, and allows me to easily switch between my laptop and desktop. I still have to have two mice, but that is much less hassle than using two keyboards!

I would have no hesitation in recommending The Keyboard Company and the Filco keyboards to anyone who is looking for a good quality mechanical keyboard.

Brilliant. Brown switches are great - quiet yet tactile. I have one with blue switches and find it bit loud and cheap sounding. Absence of number pad makes it somehow much easier to use with more space on the table - it also feels more solid and better proportioned. Again how brown switch one at work with numpad but prefer this one. Bluetooth works well though it does not support Mac sleep protocol To wake Mac up - beware Mbp16 is fussy - it takes good 2min after connection for it to recognise key strokes. Its not keyboard fault as on iPad Pro it wakes and types within seconds. I like the option of being able to just make it wired. Can set up 3 devices and switch quite easily. Keys are solid and very comfortable to type. The whole thing is heavy and well put together. It does not wobble nor creak. It could have been made of steel. Brilliant.

Abolutely delighted my second Filco keyboard, and I would recommend to anyone. And the Keyboard Co are a pleasure to deal with.

Excellent keyboard and extremely fast delivery.

The feature I like best about this keyboard, and had not considered, is its weight. It's heavy which may sound like a negative, but the stability it gives the keyboard on the desk it fantastic. I've now added good weight to the list of must have requirements for future keyboards.

The LED indicators are super bright ... no accidental caps lock on.

Weight of keys is perfect. The brown keys are quite loud, but I like the positive action.

Selecting between four devices or wired USB is very easy.

No hesitation recommending this product or keyboardco.com

I am using this keyboard for software development work from home and sharing work space with others in the house, so did not want something too loud.

Based on just over a week's usage, about 89 hours a day, I am very pleased with the purchase.

The positives are -

1. Soild build quality, heavy keyboard, no flex in the body.
2. Stable keys, no rattle whatsoever while typing. Even the larger keys like spacebarbackspaceenter are reasonably stable and don't rattle (much better than my experience with similarly priced Corsair)
3. Rubber pads to keep keyboard stable on work surface
4. Ten keyless size is compact and practical for my setup with limited space.
5. Bluetooth connectivity works really well with no visible impact on performance in a busy work area with several other bluetooth devices. If the keyboard is left idle for a while it switches off bluetooth to save battery. On the first keystroke after going idle, it wakes up and pairs again without any problem.
6. Good instructions in manual. I followed the the instructions for bluetooth pairing with Windows 10 without any hassle. It can pair with four different devices but I haven't tried with with Mac or phone yet.
7. Very pleasant typing experience. This is my first experience with a keyboard using Cherry brown tactile keys. I had previously been using an ancient Steelseries keyboard with Cherry black keys (linear, stiffer) so it took a while to get used to the feel of the tactile keys. But once there, it's a superb experience.


Negatives :
1. A tad noisier than I would like and matters at the moment now as I am sharing workspace with others. I will try fitting O-rings to see if that makes a difference

A note on Keyboard company performance --
they have been absolutely brillant in handling my order in the midst of disruptions caused by Corona virus lockdown in UK.
Staring from general information in the site, wide range of choices, to after sales follow up, everything had been flawless. I have recommended them to all my colleagues and will surely buy from here again.

A really solid bit of kit. The MX brown keys give all the feedback you need. Feel and sound precise.

I use mine with a Mac. It was a simple matter of reassigning the Alt and Windows keys to match the Mac keyboard layout. The page up. page down, home, end and delete keys all work so an improvement on the Macpro keyboard.

Great service from The Keyboard Co.

I will be ordering a set of Mac keycaps as soon as they are back in stock, although I have had no issues using the keys as they are.

I have been using the Filco Convertible 2 TKL keyboard for a couple of weeks. It is the most solid build keyboard that I have ever used. With the CherryMX brown switch, it gives me a very good tactile feel, not too light, not too stiff, just about right for office work.

The keyboard had a small issue after a few days of use. Some keys were not responding. I was disappointed and thought that it's time to say goodbye to the keyboard. I contacted The Keyboard Company customer service and they were extremely helpful and caring about my situation. I was told to contact Andy their technical support to try and fix it. He responded promptly with a few pieces of advice to diagnose the problem. However, there was no luck still so they were happy for me to return the keyboard with postage included.

As I like this keyboard so much, I didnt want to give up on it just yet! Finally, I have got my keyboard back to work by turning it off and on a few times. I believed its some sort of signal jam in the keyboard that caused the problem. Since then, I have not encountered any of that ever again.

I would definitely recommend this Filco Convertible 2 TKL keyboard. You can never go wrong with a Filco keyboard. Yes, Filco keyboards are not as fancy as the other brands ones. However, if you care about build quality and durability, Filco for sure is a right choice for you.

Been using a keyboard with mx brown in the office for a long time but at home I've been stuck with a slim keyboard until finally I decided to buy this Filco Convertible 2 and it's such a major improvement. I like the size of it and the bluetooth connectivity plus of course the mx browns are great to type on. And it feels very solid.
Had no problems buying it, got to me quickly and everything was in order, so thank you KeyboardCo.

I've been using a wired Filco Majestouch 2 for a number of years now and absolutely love it. But was looking for a wireless mechanical keyboard and the convertible fitted the bill. An absolute pleasure to use, and the Brown MX switches provide the perfect level of tactile response, while still being quiet.

Great service from the Keyboard Company and would highly recommend.

Only few lines to share my full satisfaction with the product and to highlight how pleasant the purchase experience was. I look forward to my next keyboard!

I am very happy with the Filco Convertible 2 Tenkeyless keyboard. Spending most of my working day on the keyboard or mouse, I wanted to make sure I was using devices that were ergonomically well designed, and also (if possible) a joy to use.
Conventional keyboards with keypads are very wide. If you are right-handed, this means that the keyboard is off centre from your screen and chair, and also your mousing hand is unnaturally far to the right. Whilst I had gotten used to position for many years, I have realised for some time that it is far from ideal. Therefore, I decided to purchase a tenkeyless keyboard - and I thought, while at it, why not get a mechanical keyboard as well, to improve the experience of typing?
The size of this tenkeyless keyboard is a great improvement over the conventional, and allows me to have the mouse in a comfortable position. Also, I am very happy with the mechanical switches. This is my first mechanical keyboard, and the Cherry Brown switches feel great - the activity of typing is now very tactile and satisfying.

This is perfect for me. As someone who spends hours a day programming, I need a keyboard that doesn't take up a lot of space whilst still having the essential Function and Home End PgUp PgDn keys in the places I'm used to.

Setup is a little convoluted, but this means there's no proprietary software to deal with (looking at you, Corsair and Razer) which is a good thing. It means the keyboard will be useful for years to come. Needless to say it works perfectly on Linux.

I've used mechanical keyboards in the past and have loved the experience, but wires are a little dated in 2019 and make a desk feel cluttered. The beauty of this keyboard is that it can still be used in USB mode for, say, setting up a Desktop PC or a Raspberry Pi, and then switched to Bluetooth mode once you're up and going. You also need USB keyboard for interacting with the BIOS on a Desktop PC - another reason it's great to have a keyboard with plain old USB functionality.

Well done Filco, you've made the perfect non-gaming wireless mechanical keyboard. I am absolutely overjoyed by this, I really am. It is a massive improvement over my Logitech K380.

Having narrowed my choice of where to get a mechanical keyboard, despite not ever having tried one before, I was then very impressed with the range that the company offered.
It took a while to choose which one would suit my purpose best, as I wanted it as a main keyboard for my work PC during the day, but then would use it on my Mac in the evening. After some very helpful emails from Bruce (thank you) I decided that this Filco Convertible would fit the bill nicely.
Delivery came within 48-hours and the keyboard is everything that I thought it would be; solidly constructed with good quality materials and most importantly it feels very nice during use.
Although I've had it less than a week so far I have it an absolute pleasure to use and because you don't have to use as much pressure on these as a membrane keyboard I've noticed my typing speed has increased significantly. It now almost keeps up with the thoughts in my head!
Switching between the PC and Mac is very straightforward; I use a cable for the PC and Bluetooth for the Mac and the only point to note is that the keys are in a PC arrangement. I'm happy enough with that as it's the position of them that you need to know. Maybe at a later stage I'll swap the keys over if I start using the Mac as the primary device.
Overall, I'm very impressed with both the service from the company and the quality of the keyboard and would have no hesitation in recommending any future buyer to get one.

I have been using a Filco Majestouch 2 as my main keyboard for 6 years. It is a wonderful keyboard and just as good now as it was when I bought it 6 years ago.

As always happens with these things, I wanted an upgrade. But how do you upgrade something that is perfect? The main things I was looking for with a new keyboard was to be wireless and tenkeyless. Given how amazing the Majestouch 2 is, I hoped for a wireless, tenkeyless Majestouch 2.

After much nagging, Filco have finally produced it, in the form of the Convertible 2 TKL.

It feels exactly like the Majestouch 2 - heavy and solid with great build quality. It is a pleasure to type on, and Bluetooth pairing is very easy. I use it on my PC (wired), laptop (BT) and phone (BT) and it works perfectly. There is no noticeable input lag when using it via Bluetooth, which was my one worry about going the wireless route.

My only qualms about the board are:
1. For some bizarre reason, the function key to increase volume is on the left of the decrease volume key. This is the opposite of the established standard. Fortunately this doesn't really affect me as I don't plan on using those keys anyway.
2. The keycaps are the standard Filco keycaps. While they're not bad, they're not perfect. I will be swapping them out very soon for some nice PBT engraved caps.

Neither of these is a dealbreaker, and so if you are looking for a tenkeyless wireless keyboard, the Filco Convertible 2 is probably the best on the market.

If you are looking at getting a wired Majestouch 2, I would actually just recommend getting the Convertible 2 (full-size or tenkeyless, depending on your needs). It is basically the same keyboard, but with the added benefit of wireless as an option. Even if you don't want to use the wireless functionality, the fact that the cable is detachable on the Convertible 2 is a massive upgrade. The cable for the Majestouch 2 is fixed to the board which means that if you happen to need a longer or shorter USB cable you have no real choices.

Ordered a Filco Convertible TKL ISO and a set of blank keycaps. Ordering experience and service from Keyboardco was 10/10.

The keyboard looks and feels great. My touch-typing ability is improving already. Now also getting to learn the keyboard shortcuts of all my favorite applications. Hardware is 10/10.

I am primarily using the keyboard with bluetooth under Linux, where it works as well as any other keyboard. I expect the majorshiny distros just make it work out of the box. For anyone rolling with something esoteric (or a custom kernel), I suggest googling 'gentoo bluetooth keyboard' and 'arch linux bluetooh keyboard'. Not difficult at all.

In addition, I found that having two keyboards connected to my PC (for instance a built-in laptop keyboard and a bluetooth keyboard) works well, but that the input layer got really confused when I hit 'Caps Lock' on either keyboard. I worked around this in X11 by disabling Caps Lock in my keyboard map. Apply this with xmodmap:

remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keysym Caps_Lock = 0x0000


Switching the keyboard input to be directed at my android phone works perfectly.
Functionality is 10/10.