Buckling springs are simply amazing. I'm using a Unicomp Model M that I bought a couple years ago and it makes typing and gaming an absolute joy. If I wasn't so strapped for cash at the moment, I'd order another one for my office at work ("fortunately" my office is a server closet, so nobody would want to murder me LOL). They've got me using a crappy wireless MS unit currently. The ONLY complaint I could possibly make about the Unicomp is that it's only 2KRO, so very occasionally in certain games I'll notice a key not responding, but that's pretty much only in games with complicated controls like GTA, and I use a controller for that anyways.
That's so neat that they're down the road from you Bunnspecial; I hope they know what a treasure they are.
Trust me, I realize how fortunate I am to have the factory close to me.
Their customer service is amazing.
I mentioned my University of Kentucky keyboard. I'm a lifelong UK fan(growing up in Central KY does that to a person) and in found the keyboard at a flea market for $5 in the run up to what everyone hoped would be a 40-0 season this year.
This particular keyboard has several "special" keycaps, one of which(the alt key) was missing. I emailed them, and got a response back that they had managed to find a blue Alt key for me, and to just order it and contact a certain person in the office to make sure I got the right one. I did just that, and called. I then went up the next day, walked into the factory, and spoke both with the person who handled my order(she changed the keycap for me) and with the person who had found it.
They were just absolutely great to deal with in person. I had my UK Model M at work the week leading up to the Final Four(I work at rival U of L), although got death threats from my co-workers when I started typing. Like most people my age who have virtually grown up with a computer as another appendage, I can type about 70-80 wpm(and possibly even a little faster on a Model M). A buckling spring makes quite a racket with any use, but at those speeds is deafening.
I am-very soon-going to order a Spacesaver M for when I have my own office
and can have my keyboard be as loud as I want. I want to do everything I can to help Unicomp, both by talking up their products and "putting my money where my mouth is" by buying them.