Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: Swedish/Finnish
Excellent keyboard, I bought it mainly for my girlfriend to use when working from home and though she’s not into mechanical keyboards or keyboards at all she’s very impressed with the sound and feel of the Majestouch.
It’s great to be able to buy a high quality mechanical keyboard with a swedish layout!
Rated 5 out of 5
John –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: United Kingdom
My all-time favourite keyboard is an original IBM which I borrowed for a couple of years and have since had to return. My second favourite was a Cherry branded board which belonged to a previous employer and had genuine individual cherry switches.
The Filco (with cherry blue switches) isn’t quite as tactile as the IBM but is a very good substitute (and a little quieter than the IBM). It is reassuringly weighty and feels like a solid quality product. I think I may go for the two-shot key-caps next…
Rated 5 out of 5
Dan –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
Very impressed with the quality and the professional looks of this keyboard. I’ve previously owned a Ducky One and I think this is a step up.
Bought with the O-Ring Swtich Dampeners along with the Key Puller to reduce noise, and I’m very pleased with the results.
Delivery, packaging and communication from The Keyboard Company were all excellent and I’ll certainly use again. Highly recommended.
Rated 5 out of 5
Paul Feakins –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
I’ve been working with the keyboard for a few days and it seems great so far, definitely an improvement over my previous Logitech K120 which wasn’t mechanical but was a good keyboard. The biggest difference apart from the more solid feel is that when you type 2 keys very fast and close together, they come out in the correct order thus reducing typos.
Rated 5 out of 5
James –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: United Kingdom
This purchase was to replace exactly the same keyboard I’d bought many years ago and eventually after years of very heavy daily use programming the microswitches had started to die.
Would recommend these keyboards to anyone, I find the click of the blue microswitches deliberate and satisfying. They are well built, have a good weight and last for years.
Rated 5 out of 5
Nigel –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: United Kingdom
I have been delighted with this keyboard – it is just what I wanted! The ‘keyboard experience’ has so declined over the last few decades. The feedback on this is really positive. It is solid and seems very well engineered. You do, of course, need to like ‘clicky’ keyborads and you may not be so popular if other people are working in the same room. A pleasure to use!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: USA
Very nice keyboard, arrived within a day or two from ordering (the UK still isn’t that far away from the Netherlands…). I like a keyboard that clicks and has a ‘touchy’ feel to it. Gonna have a lot of pleasure from this one.
Rated 5 out of 5
Morten –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: Swedish/Finnish
Very good keyboard, I bought two sets, one for work and one for home use.
It would be an understatement to say that i like them, it is also my second set, as I bought my first set almost 9 years ago.
The first set are still working perfectly fine, but the grime and dirt collected over 9 years use made me want a fresh set, I of course keep the old ones stored away for spare use.
Rated 5 out of 5
Stephen –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
An excellent keyboard for working.
Not cheap, but you get what you pay for.
Since having this keyboard, my working from home has been far better. The Cherry MX Brown mechanical keys are excellent, the build quality is superb and the lack of multicoloured backlighting (which is a distracting when working in my opinion) makes this the ideal keyboard for work.
Not only do I highly recommend this product, I also highly recommend The Keyboard Company, as they shipped this to me very quickly, kept me updated as to when the product would be delivered and were a pleasure to deal with.
Rated 5 out of 5
James –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Silent Red Layout: United Kingdom
Keyboard arrived very quickly (next day). I have two other keyboards, a Filco Majestouch with MX Brown switches, and a Topre Realforce – both are annoyingly loud when I’m note taking on video calls – which are now a much bigger part of my job! The silent red switches really do make a big difference, especially if you type gently (i.e. don’t bottom out every key stroke) it doesn’t annoy callers so much.
Rated 5 out of 5
Nairn –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: United Kingdom
I am a software engineer by profession and do a lot of typing as a consequence. I was looking to replace my existing membrane that I purchased with my PC, as it was starting to feel worn out due to the heavy use it had been subjected to since I started working from home in March.
This is a very good, robust keyboard and is much more enjoyable to type on than my previous model. I appreciate the tactile feedback along with the clicky, typewriter-like sound that is much like the keyboards I used in the 1990s. My fingers feel less fatigued when using this keyboard and the build quality suggests this is a solid investment.
The service I received from the Keyboard Company has been excellent. I was kept informed about my delivery throughout the process and received the item very quickly. When I return to working in the office, I intend to buy the quieter but still tactile brown-switch Filco keyboard from them again.
Rated 5 out of 5
Alan M –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
The short version: This is a good, solid, no frills, professional mechanical keyboard. If you need one for work, this is a good one to get.
The longer version: As some of the other reviewers, I am a programmer. I spend a considerable portion of my day typing, so a decent keyboard is a piece of kit worth investing in.
For years I used a (now discontinued) Cooler Master Storm XT with Cherry MX Brown switches, until it finally wore out recently. I needed a replacement that would not only be a joy to type on, but would also be something that I could use in a professional setting, and potentially use with workclient laptops which would not allow installation of additional driver software. After quite a search I narrowed down the choice to the Filco Majestouch 2, and I am rather happy with it.
It doesn’t have any fancy bells or whistles; there’s no media keys, no pass through USB ports, and certainly no RGB back-lighting. What you get is a good solid keyboard, with a satisfying tactile feel to typing. It has a good overall professional appearance, so I’d be happy taking this back into the office when the time comes. Also, it doesn’t require any additional software or drivers, so it is good for using with work or client laptops.
With Cherry MX Brown switches, it’s not too loud, however I have further quietened mine with some dampening O-Rings to reduce the sound of bottoming out the keys. (Check the accessories section).
The one improvement I would have liked would be to have a removable cable, rather than an integrated one, as that would allow for using just the right length of cable for my desk setup. This is a minor thing though.
In summary: if you need a good keyboard to use for work (which doesn’t light up like a Christmas tree), get this one.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
Ordered two with brown switches, one for home and one for the office. Couldn’t be happier- feels solid and great to type on. Very no-frills keyboard with no extra keys or weird layouts or other things I don’t need. A very straightforward solid quality keyboard!
Rated 5 out of 5
Koksny –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Silent Red Layout: 104/105
Comparing this keyboard to high-end mass-produced products like Razer or Logitech, is like comparing Maybach to Lamborghini. You don’t buy it for racing, tuning, or deafening sound system, you buy it because you want to have a nice rest, while you are silently, safely and reliably being driven from your mansion to an airport, by a Stig.
There is no pointless fluff, no tasteless RGB nonsense, not a single feature that isn’t core to being typing device. It has only one function – capturing button presses, in standard layout, and it excels at it, while being The choice for non-custom keyboard with regard to sound comfort.
The switches are silky smooth, caps are perfectly stabilized, and it’s as silent as physically possible. After using the MX-Red Silent version, switching to Romer G based keyboards feels like hammering stone tablet with a rock, and even compared with other silent switches – the keyboard is just assembled with extreme precision, minimizing the noise to almost membrane levels, without compromising on mechanical feeling at all.
From ordering to receiving it, the keyboard has made it’s way to me from KeyboardCo in almost 24 hours. Pretty sure the folks from KeyboardCo are bending time-space, since i wouldn’t be expecting next-day delivery ordering from same country, yet alone from UK to Eastern Europe.
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
much better than the plastic gigabyte keyboard i had before. however, i ordered brown keys, and wonder if blue ones might have been better. the keyboard is really solid. the dust cover could be better than the cheap plastic one provided for only a little more. i do make fewer mistakes.
Rated 5 out of 5
Karl –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
This keyboard is replacing a 7 year old QPad keyboard with cherry blue switches that I broke recently. I’ve had the Filco Majestouch-2 for 24 hours and I’m very happy with it. It’s sturdy and is a pleasure to use, and I think I quite like the feel of the brown switches; there’s less resistance than with blue switches so maybe my fingers will last longer with this keyboard too.
Keyboardco offer a great service, I will certainly use this company again. I shan’t forget, as I have a keyboardco coaster next to my pc and what I can only assume is a Keyboardco nail file in my drawer full of bits and bobs just below it 😃
Rated 5 out of 5
Philippe –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
I bought this keyboard in Mar2014, exclusively for work (I’m a programmer), 2 years after I got a blue switch model for home.
I only bought the brown switch so that I would not unduly disturb my colleagues in our open-plan office, and it’s worked very well for that.
It’s still a bit click-y, so not entirely silent, and feels like it requires slightly more force to actuate the keys, so my (personal) preference is still 100% with the blue switch model, but it’s still a keyboard beyond reproach, solid, dependable, and very robust.
Rated 5 out of 5
Philippe –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: United Kingdom
I bought this keyboard in Apr2012 – sorry for the delay!
It’s just brilliant, and indestructible. I’m still using now, every day (and also using a brown switch version for work – FKBN105MUKB2), and it’s still as good as new (besides needing cleaning).
The feeling is great, and I will not use any other keyboard (well, besides my brown switch one) unless I have absolutely no choice.
Rated 5 out of 5
AMB –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
After 5 years of constant use, the keytops were too worn for accurately typing passwords. I fell back to using another make of keyboards that used the same switches (I’d won a keyboard). Just wasn’t the same.
Now replaced all the keytops. Keyboard as good as new and like having an old friend back.
Perfect keyboards.
Rated 5 out of 5
JK –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
I’ve had the Filco Majestouch-2, MX Brown Tactile Keyboard for a week now and it is an absolute pleasure to use; it feels solid (it is heavy) and well built, and is very satisfying to type on. Having a decent keyboard makes such a huge difference to the typing experience especially when compared to the laptop keyboard of my work-issued Dell, which was beginning to make my thumbs ache after 4 months of working from home during lockdown. Wish that I had made the purchase sooner 🙂 Thank you The Keyboard Company!
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Rated 5 out of 5
Peo –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: Swedish/Finnish
Excellent keyboard, I bought it mainly for my girlfriend to use when working from home and though she’s not into mechanical keyboards or keyboards at all she’s very impressed with the sound and feel of the Majestouch.
It’s great to be able to buy a high quality mechanical keyboard with a swedish layout!
Rated 5 out of 5
John –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: United Kingdom
My all-time favourite keyboard is an original IBM which I borrowed for a couple of years and have since had to return. My second favourite was a Cherry branded board which belonged to a previous employer and had genuine individual cherry switches.
The Filco (with cherry blue switches) isn’t quite as tactile as the IBM but is a very good substitute (and a little quieter than the IBM). It is reassuringly weighty and feels like a solid quality product. I think I may go for the two-shot key-caps next…
Rated 5 out of 5
Dan –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
Very impressed with the quality and the professional looks of this keyboard. I’ve previously owned a Ducky One and I think this is a step up.
Bought with the O-Ring Swtich Dampeners along with the Key Puller to reduce noise, and I’m very pleased with the results.
Delivery, packaging and communication from The Keyboard Company were all excellent and I’ll certainly use again. Highly recommended.
Rated 5 out of 5
Paul Feakins –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
I’ve been working with the keyboard for a few days and it seems great so far, definitely an improvement over my previous Logitech K120 which wasn’t mechanical but was a good keyboard. The biggest difference apart from the more solid feel is that when you type 2 keys very fast and close together, they come out in the correct order thus reducing typos.
Rated 5 out of 5
James –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: United Kingdom
This purchase was to replace exactly the same keyboard I’d bought many years ago and eventually after years of very heavy daily use programming the microswitches had started to die.
Would recommend these keyboards to anyone, I find the click of the blue microswitches deliberate and satisfying. They are well built, have a good weight and last for years.
Rated 5 out of 5
Nigel –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: United Kingdom
I have been delighted with this keyboard – it is just what I wanted! The ‘keyboard experience’ has so declined over the last few decades. The feedback on this is really positive. It is solid and seems very well engineered. You do, of course, need to like ‘clicky’ keyborads and you may not be so popular if other people are working in the same room. A pleasure to use!
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: USA
Very nice keyboard, arrived within a day or two from ordering (the UK still isn’t that far away from the Netherlands…). I like a keyboard that clicks and has a ‘touchy’ feel to it. Gonna have a lot of pleasure from this one.
Rated 5 out of 5
Morten –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: Swedish/Finnish
Very good keyboard, I bought two sets, one for work and one for home use.
It would be an understatement to say that i like them, it is also my second set, as I bought my first set almost 9 years ago.
The first set are still working perfectly fine, but the grime and dirt collected over 9 years use made me want a fresh set, I of course keep the old ones stored away for spare use.
Rated 5 out of 5
Stephen –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
An excellent keyboard for working.
Not cheap, but you get what you pay for.
Since having this keyboard, my working from home has been far better. The Cherry MX Brown mechanical keys are excellent, the build quality is superb and the lack of multicoloured backlighting (which is a distracting when working in my opinion) makes this the ideal keyboard for work.
Not only do I highly recommend this product, I also highly recommend The Keyboard Company, as they shipped this to me very quickly, kept me updated as to when the product would be delivered and were a pleasure to deal with.
Rated 5 out of 5
James –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Silent Red Layout: United Kingdom
Keyboard arrived very quickly (next day). I have two other keyboards, a Filco Majestouch with MX Brown switches, and a Topre Realforce – both are annoyingly loud when I’m note taking on video calls – which are now a much bigger part of my job! The silent red switches really do make a big difference, especially if you type gently (i.e. don’t bottom out every key stroke) it doesn’t annoy callers so much.
Rated 5 out of 5
Nairn –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: United Kingdom
I am a software engineer by profession and do a lot of typing as a consequence. I was looking to replace my existing membrane that I purchased with my PC, as it was starting to feel worn out due to the heavy use it had been subjected to since I started working from home in March.
This is a very good, robust keyboard and is much more enjoyable to type on than my previous model. I appreciate the tactile feedback along with the clicky, typewriter-like sound that is much like the keyboards I used in the 1990s. My fingers feel less fatigued when using this keyboard and the build quality suggests this is a solid investment.
The service I received from the Keyboard Company has been excellent. I was kept informed about my delivery throughout the process and received the item very quickly. When I return to working in the office, I intend to buy the quieter but still tactile brown-switch Filco keyboard from them again.
Rated 5 out of 5
Alan M –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
The short version: This is a good, solid, no frills, professional mechanical keyboard. If you need one for work, this is a good one to get.
The longer version: As some of the other reviewers, I am a programmer. I spend a considerable portion of my day typing, so a decent keyboard is a piece of kit worth investing in.
For years I used a (now discontinued) Cooler Master Storm XT with Cherry MX Brown switches, until it finally wore out recently. I needed a replacement that would not only be a joy to type on, but would also be something that I could use in a professional setting, and potentially use with workclient laptops which would not allow installation of additional driver software. After quite a search I narrowed down the choice to the Filco Majestouch 2, and I am rather happy with it.
It doesn’t have any fancy bells or whistles; there’s no media keys, no pass through USB ports, and certainly no RGB back-lighting. What you get is a good solid keyboard, with a satisfying tactile feel to typing. It has a good overall professional appearance, so I’d be happy taking this back into the office when the time comes. Also, it doesn’t require any additional software or drivers, so it is good for using with work or client laptops.
With Cherry MX Brown switches, it’s not too loud, however I have further quietened mine with some dampening O-Rings to reduce the sound of bottoming out the keys. (Check the accessories section).
The one improvement I would have liked would be to have a removable cable, rather than an integrated one, as that would allow for using just the right length of cable for my desk setup. This is a minor thing though.
In summary: if you need a good keyboard to use for work (which doesn’t light up like a Christmas tree), get this one.
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
Ordered two with brown switches, one for home and one for the office. Couldn’t be happier- feels solid and great to type on. Very no-frills keyboard with no extra keys or weird layouts or other things I don’t need. A very straightforward solid quality keyboard!
Rated 5 out of 5
Koksny –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Silent Red Layout: 104/105
Comparing this keyboard to high-end mass-produced products like Razer or Logitech, is like comparing Maybach to Lamborghini. You don’t buy it for racing, tuning, or deafening sound system, you buy it because you want to have a nice rest, while you are silently, safely and reliably being driven from your mansion to an airport, by a Stig.
There is no pointless fluff, no tasteless RGB nonsense, not a single feature that isn’t core to being typing device. It has only one function – capturing button presses, in standard layout, and it excels at it, while being The choice for non-custom keyboard with regard to sound comfort.
The switches are silky smooth, caps are perfectly stabilized, and it’s as silent as physically possible. After using the MX-Red Silent version, switching to Romer G based keyboards feels like hammering stone tablet with a rock, and even compared with other silent switches – the keyboard is just assembled with extreme precision, minimizing the noise to almost membrane levels, without compromising on mechanical feeling at all.
From ordering to receiving it, the keyboard has made it’s way to me from KeyboardCo in almost 24 hours. Pretty sure the folks from KeyboardCo are bending time-space, since i wouldn’t be expecting next-day delivery ordering from same country, yet alone from UK to Eastern Europe.
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
much better than the plastic gigabyte keyboard i had before. however, i ordered brown keys, and wonder if blue ones might have been better. the keyboard is really solid. the dust cover could be better than the cheap plastic one provided for only a little more. i do make fewer mistakes.
Rated 5 out of 5
Karl –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
This keyboard is replacing a 7 year old QPad keyboard with cherry blue switches that I broke recently. I’ve had the Filco Majestouch-2 for 24 hours and I’m very happy with it. It’s sturdy and is a pleasure to use, and I think I quite like the feel of the brown switches; there’s less resistance than with blue switches so maybe my fingers will last longer with this keyboard too.
Keyboardco offer a great service, I will certainly use this company again. I shan’t forget, as I have a keyboardco coaster next to my pc and what I can only assume is a Keyboardco nail file in my drawer full of bits and bobs just below it 😃
Rated 5 out of 5
Philippe –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
I bought this keyboard in Mar2014, exclusively for work (I’m a programmer), 2 years after I got a blue switch model for home.
I only bought the brown switch so that I would not unduly disturb my colleagues in our open-plan office, and it’s worked very well for that.
It’s still a bit click-y, so not entirely silent, and feels like it requires slightly more force to actuate the keys, so my (personal) preference is still 100% with the blue switch model, but it’s still a keyboard beyond reproach, solid, dependable, and very robust.
Rated 5 out of 5
Philippe –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: United Kingdom
I bought this keyboard in Apr2012 – sorry for the delay!
It’s just brilliant, and indestructible. I’m still using now, every day (and also using a brown switch version for work – FKBN105MUKB2), and it’s still as good as new (besides needing cleaning).
The feeling is great, and I will not use any other keyboard (well, besides my brown switch one) unless I have absolutely no choice.
Rated 5 out of 5
AMB –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
After 5 years of constant use, the keytops were too worn for accurately typing passwords. I fell back to using another make of keyboards that used the same switches (I’d won a keyboard). Just wasn’t the same.
Now replaced all the keytops. Keyboard as good as new and like having an old friend back.
Perfect keyboards.
Rated 5 out of 5
JK –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
I’ve had the Filco Majestouch-2, MX Brown Tactile Keyboard for a week now and it is an absolute pleasure to use; it feels solid (it is heavy) and well built, and is very satisfying to type on. Having a decent keyboard makes such a huge difference to the typing experience especially when compared to the laptop keyboard of my work-issued Dell, which was beginning to make my thumbs ache after 4 months of working from home during lockdown. Wish that I had made the purchase sooner 🙂 Thank you The Keyboard Company!
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Overview
The first 105 Key “Majestouch-2” keyboard from master keyboard makers – Filco. This Keyboard combines the high quality typing feel of Cherry MX switches, steel mounted in a rock solid body with full N-key Rollover function, all put together in a very slick package. N-Key Rollover allows multiple simultaneous key presses to be recognized by your computer. A big help for the superfast typist or serious gamer. These keyboards just make you want to type.
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Peo –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: Swedish/Finnish
Excellent keyboard, I bought it mainly for my girlfriend to use when working from home and though she’s not into mechanical keyboards or keyboards at all she’s very impressed with the sound and feel of the Majestouch.
It’s great to be able to buy a high quality mechanical keyboard with a swedish layout!
John –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: United Kingdom
My all-time favourite keyboard is an original IBM which I borrowed for a couple of years and have since had to return. My second favourite was a Cherry branded board which belonged to a previous employer and had genuine individual cherry switches.
The Filco (with cherry blue switches) isn’t quite as tactile as the IBM but is a very good substitute (and a little quieter than the IBM). It is reassuringly weighty and feels like a solid quality product. I think I may go for the two-shot key-caps next…
Dan –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
Very impressed with the quality and the professional looks of this keyboard. I’ve previously owned a Ducky One and I think this is a step up.
Bought with the O-Ring Swtich Dampeners along with the Key Puller to reduce noise, and I’m very pleased with the results.
Delivery, packaging and communication from The Keyboard Company were all excellent and I’ll certainly use again. Highly recommended.
Paul Feakins –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
I’ve been working with the keyboard for a few days and it seems great so far, definitely an improvement over my previous Logitech K120 which wasn’t mechanical but was a good keyboard. The biggest difference apart from the more solid feel is that when you type 2 keys very fast and close together, they come out in the correct order thus reducing typos.
James –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: United Kingdom
This purchase was to replace exactly the same keyboard I’d bought many years ago and eventually after years of very heavy daily use programming the microswitches had started to die.
Would recommend these keyboards to anyone, I find the click of the blue microswitches deliberate and satisfying. They are well built, have a good weight and last for years.
Nigel –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: United Kingdom
I have been delighted with this keyboard – it is just what I wanted! The ‘keyboard experience’ has so declined over the last few decades. The feedback on this is really positive. It is solid and seems very well engineered. You do, of course, need to like ‘clicky’ keyborads and you may not be so popular if other people are working in the same room. A pleasure to use!
Anonymous –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: USA
Very nice keyboard, arrived within a day or two from ordering (the UK still isn’t that far away from the Netherlands…). I like a keyboard that clicks and has a ‘touchy’ feel to it. Gonna have a lot of pleasure from this one.
Morten –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: Swedish/Finnish
Very good keyboard, I bought two sets, one for work and one for home use.
It would be an understatement to say that i like them, it is also my second set, as I bought my first set almost 9 years ago.
The first set are still working perfectly fine, but the grime and dirt collected over 9 years use made me want a fresh set, I of course keep the old ones stored away for spare use.
Stephen –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
An excellent keyboard for working.
Not cheap, but you get what you pay for.
Since having this keyboard, my working from home has been far better. The Cherry MX Brown mechanical keys are excellent, the build quality is superb and the lack of multicoloured backlighting (which is a distracting when working in my opinion) makes this the ideal keyboard for work.
Not only do I highly recommend this product, I also highly recommend The Keyboard Company, as they shipped this to me very quickly, kept me updated as to when the product would be delivered and were a pleasure to deal with.
James –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Silent Red Layout: United Kingdom
Keyboard arrived very quickly (next day). I have two other keyboards, a Filco Majestouch with MX Brown switches, and a Topre Realforce – both are annoyingly loud when I’m note taking on video calls – which are now a much bigger part of my job! The silent red switches really do make a big difference, especially if you type gently (i.e. don’t bottom out every key stroke) it doesn’t annoy callers so much.
Nairn –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: United Kingdom
I am a software engineer by profession and do a lot of typing as a consequence. I was looking to replace my existing membrane that I purchased with my PC, as it was starting to feel worn out due to the heavy use it had been subjected to since I started working from home in March.
This is a very good, robust keyboard and is much more enjoyable to type on than my previous model. I appreciate the tactile feedback along with the clicky, typewriter-like sound that is much like the keyboards I used in the 1990s. My fingers feel less fatigued when using this keyboard and the build quality suggests this is a solid investment.
The service I received from the Keyboard Company has been excellent. I was kept informed about my delivery throughout the process and received the item very quickly. When I return to working in the office, I intend to buy the quieter but still tactile brown-switch Filco keyboard from them again.
Alan M –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
The short version: This is a good, solid, no frills, professional mechanical keyboard. If you need one for work, this is a good one to get.
The longer version: As some of the other reviewers, I am a programmer. I spend a considerable portion of my day typing, so a decent keyboard is a piece of kit worth investing in.
For years I used a (now discontinued) Cooler Master Storm XT with Cherry MX Brown switches, until it finally wore out recently. I needed a replacement that would not only be a joy to type on, but would also be something that I could use in a professional setting, and potentially use with workclient laptops which would not allow installation of additional driver software. After quite a search I narrowed down the choice to the Filco Majestouch 2, and I am rather happy with it.
It doesn’t have any fancy bells or whistles; there’s no media keys, no pass through USB ports, and certainly no RGB back-lighting. What you get is a good solid keyboard, with a satisfying tactile feel to typing. It has a good overall professional appearance, so I’d be happy taking this back into the office when the time comes. Also, it doesn’t require any additional software or drivers, so it is good for using with work or client laptops.
With Cherry MX Brown switches, it’s not too loud, however I have further quietened mine with some dampening O-Rings to reduce the sound of bottoming out the keys. (Check the accessories section).
The one improvement I would have liked would be to have a removable cable, rather than an integrated one, as that would allow for using just the right length of cable for my desk setup. This is a minor thing though.
In summary: if you need a good keyboard to use for work (which doesn’t light up like a Christmas tree), get this one.
Anonymous –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
Ordered two with brown switches, one for home and one for the office. Couldn’t be happier- feels solid and great to type on. Very no-frills keyboard with no extra keys or weird layouts or other things I don’t need. A very straightforward solid quality keyboard!
Koksny –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Silent Red Layout: 104/105
Comparing this keyboard to high-end mass-produced products like Razer or Logitech, is like comparing Maybach to Lamborghini. You don’t buy it for racing, tuning, or deafening sound system, you buy it because you want to have a nice rest, while you are silently, safely and reliably being driven from your mansion to an airport, by a Stig.
There is no pointless fluff, no tasteless RGB nonsense, not a single feature that isn’t core to being typing device. It has only one function – capturing button presses, in standard layout, and it excels at it, while being The choice for non-custom keyboard with regard to sound comfort.
The switches are silky smooth, caps are perfectly stabilized, and it’s as silent as physically possible. After using the MX-Red Silent version, switching to Romer G based keyboards feels like hammering stone tablet with a rock, and even compared with other silent switches – the keyboard is just assembled with extreme precision, minimizing the noise to almost membrane levels, without compromising on mechanical feeling at all.
From ordering to receiving it, the keyboard has made it’s way to me from KeyboardCo in almost 24 hours. Pretty sure the folks from KeyboardCo are bending time-space, since i wouldn’t be expecting next-day delivery ordering from same country, yet alone from UK to Eastern Europe.
Excellent device, excellent customer experience. 10/10.
graham –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
much better than the plastic gigabyte keyboard i had before. however, i ordered brown keys, and wonder if blue ones might have been better. the keyboard is really solid. the dust cover could be better than the cheap plastic one provided for only a little more. i do make fewer mistakes.
Karl –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
This keyboard is replacing a 7 year old QPad keyboard with cherry blue switches that I broke recently. I’ve had the Filco Majestouch-2 for 24 hours and I’m very happy with it. It’s sturdy and is a pleasure to use, and I think I quite like the feel of the brown switches; there’s less resistance than with blue switches so maybe my fingers will last longer with this keyboard too.
Keyboardco offer a great service, I will certainly use this company again. I shan’t forget, as I have a keyboardco coaster next to my pc and what I can only assume is a Keyboardco nail file in my drawer full of bits and bobs just below it 😃
Philippe –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
I bought this keyboard in Mar2014, exclusively for work (I’m a programmer), 2 years after I got a blue switch model for home.
I only bought the brown switch so that I would not unduly disturb my colleagues in our open-plan office, and it’s worked very well for that.
It’s still a bit click-y, so not entirely silent, and feels like it requires slightly more force to actuate the keys, so my (personal) preference is still 100% with the blue switch model, but it’s still a keyboard beyond reproach, solid, dependable, and very robust.
Philippe –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Blue Layout: United Kingdom
I bought this keyboard in Apr2012 – sorry for the delay!
It’s just brilliant, and indestructible. I’m still using now, every day (and also using a brown switch version for work – FKBN105MUKB2), and it’s still as good as new (besides needing cleaning).
The feeling is great, and I will not use any other keyboard (well, besides my brown switch one) unless I have absolutely no choice.
AMB –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
After 5 years of constant use, the keytops were too worn for accurately typing passwords. I fell back to using another make of keyboards that used the same switches (I’d won a keyboard). Just wasn’t the same.
Now replaced all the keytops. Keyboard as good as new and like having an old friend back.
Perfect keyboards.
JK –
Switch Type: CHERRY MX Brown Layout: United Kingdom
I’ve had the Filco Majestouch-2, MX Brown Tactile Keyboard for a week now and it is an absolute pleasure to use; it feels solid (it is heavy) and well built, and is very satisfying to type on. Having a decent keyboard makes such a huge difference to the typing experience especially when compared to the laptop keyboard of my work-issued Dell, which was beginning to make my thumbs ache after 4 months of working from home during lockdown. Wish that I had made the purchase sooner 🙂 Thank you The Keyboard Company!