Case in point: The Realforce RGB, Topre’s attempt at a modern RGB gaming keyboard, yours for the low, low price—and this is the point where you swig some water—of $299.

Topre keyboards have had something of a cult following for a long time now, so after not totally meshing with the various mechanical (Cherry, Kailh, Razer, Logitech, et al.) and non-mechanical ...

But I need to tell the dozens of Verge readers with Topre keyboards about these keycaps. Ursa is a new spherical doubleshot keycap profile for Topre that is available for group buy until May 15th.

Way before mechanical keyboard makers started packing layers of sound dampening foam into their boards, Japanese firms Topre and PFU were building expensive, whisper-quiet keyboards using a unique ...

Topre’s feel distinctly different from a normal mechanical keyboard. There’s more resistance, for one, and they seem to pop under your fingers on their way up. The sound is different too.

Most Topre switches are either 45 or 55g, but you can get replacement domes between 35g and 70g to fit the resistance you prefer. By default, the sliders for Topre have a special stem that only ...

Norbauer has two active lines of Topre keyboard cases. There's the Norbaforce, which fits Topre's Realforce 87U family of keyboards. Then there's the Heavy-6, which supports the smaller Leopold ...

There’s a wide variety of keyboards for Topre fans to choose from. My daily driver at the office—which I have not seen since March—is a Leopold FC660 keyboard with Topre switches.

With the Topre switch and concept out of the way, let us get to why we are here today, and that is because Topre has sent over the Type Heaven 104-key keyboard for us to test. Here the idea is simple.