German Topre Realforce 105UB 45g Light Gold on Black Keyboard

My new keyboard arrived without any problems and there was no damage caused by tranpsort or anything else. At this point I would like to thank The Keyboard Company for the quick realization of my order. The keyboard go to me within 24 hours. Thanks a lot for this!

Paid an amount of money to get that baby imported to germany. As far as I know currently the only available Topre keyboard with default german layout. Superb quality and a real heavy weight, this one will surely last decades until it has to be replaced! Highly recommended!. By the way thanks to keyboard company for the uncomplicated transaction.

Very happy with the keyboard, my first go with Topre and enjoy it very much. Coming from a line of Cherry switches on previous boards, Blue, Black, Brown, Red, The feeling of the Topres is amazing so far. The build quality and PBT keycaps is also a very nice.

All I can do is to confirm the exceptional quality of this keyboard, as mentioned on many places here and elsewhere. I was really looking for the perfect keyboard, and I'm glad that I found this one. My hint is if you're using this (german) keyboard with a Mac, use the freeware Karabiner-Elements to fully customize the keyboard that it fits perfectly, the native macOS integration is not that flexible. The only slight improvement proposal I have is that it should be capable also of establishing a bluetooth connection.

I have never owned any kind of professional keyboard, just an apple keyboard supplied with my iMac. Maybe my experience is not enough to properly evaluate different kind of switches or other more advanced keyboard concepts like the butterfly switch mechanism Apple uses on its own MacBook products.

I have read a lot about switch designs in keyboards and I have heard about the Cherry MX switch line (who wouldn't have anyways), and I tried some different switches from cherry's switch line (blue red and brown, the green one I was not able to test because there was none available in the store I was looking for keyboards in; probably there are others too I'm currently not aware of).

Then I have heard about the capacitive switch mechanism (or rather a more complex sensing algorithm enabled by a powerful microcontroller inside of the keyboard) that can dynamically adapt to the owner (carefully ignoring unintended keypresses when you just slightly touch the key). I'm quite surprised how well this thing works as it's very accurately senses the way I would type and it adapts to it., but probably its just a placebo effect because topre doesn't advertise this.

But it's not just the switch paradigm which is different (not being a real switch but an electronic circuit), it's the a totally different feeling as well. It's not the type of clicky feel the cherry blue has, and it's not the linear feeling the cherry red has, it's rather a very distinct type of response composed of a slight initial resistance but then not a click, it's more a smooth wave ending in a damped sound called for (in my opinion legendary) Topre thock which makes typing very comfortable because it's not fatiguing the fingers, but it's not too linear either. Some people would say that this kind of keyboard is inferior because it has rubber domes and springs under each key, but just because it's a rubber dome it hasn't to be a bad keyboard. The good combination of rubber dome and spring really enables this keyboard to give this kind of non-linear but as well non-clicky response. And additionally, it's relatively quiet compared to other keyboards I know about, including the Apple Keyboard i have been using for some years. It's as I have said above, the unique and indescribable Topre thock that I'd really miss if I had some other keyboard to work with.

I'm quite positively impressed with this keyboard as it made me type at least 50% faster, measured by tests on 10fastfingers.com

Of course, the quality of this keyboard is totally amazing. It's not made in china (hey, they do great products as well), but it's designed AND manufactured in Topre's own manufacturing facilities in Japan. It's quite heavy and it has a metal sheet in it, but that's exactly what makes this keyboard so long-lasting like others say. I feel like it could literally punch a hole in the wall without breaking it.

I really love the keyboard because it's the first ever to make me feel like I'm playing some technically complex piece on a piano.

Quick summary (TLDR):
+ Extremely unique switch feeling (nowhere to be found)
+ Topre thock (so satisfying you can't type on other keyboards anymore)
+ Switches are quiet compared to the Cherry MX line
+ Combination of linear and slightly clicky, but very rounded feeling
- less fatigue for your little fingers
+ Super amazing capacitive switch technology
+ Super high build quality, feels very sturdy (Made in Japan)
+ High Quality PBT switches for maximum durability (doesn't wear out)
LOVE IT :3

Bought this keyboard in late 2018. It's now early 2022 and it suddenly hit me that this thing has been in perfect working order for over 3 years now without requiring repairs of any kind, i.e. longer than any other mechanical keyboard I've ever owned.

The killer feature here is that while providing a great feel it's super-silent. In the past I've often had trouble with the noise from mechanical keyboards disturbing coworkers when sharing an office or family trying to sleep when hacking away late at night. Not so with this keyboard.

So I ordered two more out of fear that mine might one day break and I could find myself without one. They recently arrived and I am just as happy with the new ones as I was with the old one.

Keyboard is superb as you woudl expect but unfortunatelly aftermarket keycap choices are non existent for the german layout. Initially I would have preferred beige or white but the gold on black is growing on me. Keyboard Company shipped lightning fast and it was a superb experience doing business with them

I am writing this comment on behalf, since this specific keyboard is for my daughter. It just arrived today and I have to say it feels great even typing a few words :-). It is slightly different to the one my husband ordered a few years back. (Back then he read up on Cherry MX, the clicks and so on and found Topre during that search.) He ordered the white US-version of this one and maybe it's just the colour that gives the surface a different touch.
The reaction of the keyboard is great, the clicking makes you feel happy :-) and the weight of the keyboard shows the quality (in my opinion)