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I got an email from Elite Keyboards over the weekend. Here is the important part:
This makes sense given how constrained their supply of Filcos have been for the last few months. I guess I was lucky to get mine when I did, before the huge rush to snap them up began.
I owned a Filco and while I liked it, I did prefer other boards like the Steelseries 6Gv2, and I had heard better things about Cherry manufactured keyboards. In any case, I'm curious to see who they get to supply their Cherry MX boards in the future. Cherry themselves perhaps?
FILCO products have been in short supply recently, and this has been due
to our supplier not being able to meet market demand. We're very sorry
for this inconvenience; particularly at this time of the year!
Unfortunately, despite our recent efforts, our supply of FILCO products
will not be improving, so we have taken this turn of events as an
opportunity to search for alternative products which can meet our
customers' demands.
So without beating around the bush too much, in Jan/Feb 2011 EK will
offer a new keyboard line-up with Cherry MX switches!
These boards will replace all FILCO products (and then some. We've
selected them with much discretion, and believe they will meet or exceed
the quality and functionality of FILCO products and provide a better
value in a very competitive market!
This makes sense given how constrained their supply of Filcos have been for the last few months. I guess I was lucky to get mine when I did, before the huge rush to snap them up began.
I owned a Filco and while I liked it, I did prefer other boards like the Steelseries 6Gv2, and I had heard better things about Cherry manufactured keyboards. In any case, I'm curious to see who they get to supply their Cherry MX boards in the future. Cherry themselves perhaps?
