FCP Keyboard Skin/Cover

[Jeremy Garchow]

I’d go for the kb covers one. I used one for a weekend once and it was pretty solid.

[Zane Barker]

I have the kb covers one and like it. I had previusly uses stickers but like the cover much more because you can take it off.

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[Shane Ross]

I have 2 KB COvers…one for the laptop, one for my MacPro.

Love them…swear by them.

Shane

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[Adam Coyle roach]

so the black KB covers?
i wonder why everyone so far has used KB ones…
what can you tell me about why it might be better than the others? if it is..
i only ask cuz it seems like youre pretty experienced, and maybe youve seen other skins.

thanks a bunch,
-adam

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[Zane Barker]

Honestly I got that one because it was the only one they had at the apple store.

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[Shane Ross]

I haven’t compared. I found the KB covers and like them.

Shane

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[Walter Biscardi]

I use the FCP Pro keyboard from Bella USA

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[Adam Coyle roach]

thanks very much.

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[Glenn Camhi]

Sorry to revive an old thread, but now I’m in the same market you were.

I like the idea of a skin rather than a new keyboard. I’m just curious how people who’ve been using them a while feel about the *feel* of them — specifically on the newer Apple thin aluminum keyboard, since all keyboards are different. Still enough space between keys? Still a satisfying feel?

Also, in comparing the two brands that seem to be mentioned most often, it looks to me like LogicKeyboard’s may be superior to KB Covers’ (at least in one respect), since the former looks like it has more color-coded graphical keys (note the numbers row).

Top is LogicKeyboard, bottom is KB Covers:

Would love to hear opinions from anyone who has used either or both of these.

Thank you.

[Glenn Camhi]

Since I got no replies, I went ahead and purchased the LogicKeyboard skin, and got my answer firsthand. I’ll share it for others:

I found it too hard to type with. The much-reduced space between keys, along with the skin’s very soft edges, make it difficult to distinguish between keys without looking. Moreover, the cutouts for the keys aren’t as high as the Apple keyboard’s keys (specifically, the thin Aluminum full keyboard), so it’s a bit hard to distinctly feel the keys at the edges too (spacebar, arrows, Control, Command, etc.).

This may not be much of an issue if you do nothing else while editing. But if you bounce back and forth between Final Cut and anything involving typing, you may find it a challenge. It’s not a quick process of popping it on and off as you switch among applications; it takes a little time to seat it properly around all the keys.

I’m returning it, and getting a dedicated LogicKeyboard keyboard instead. The only advantages to the skin, IMO, are the cheaper price and the dust-protection aspect. (Though a dust-free keyboard isn’t so useful to me if I can’t type on it.)