04-07-2006, 03:28 AM
My outlook comes from owning/operating a Marine Electronics Sales and Service business. I see WAY too many damaged/worn out keyboards in the course of a week.
I don't do vessels under 65 feet.
Nor Raymarine nor Garmin toys.
Have you been on a commercial ship and counted the keyboards, lately ?
A prosumer "open" keyboard that had coke spilled on it has a better chance of surviving if it was immediately unplugged and pi$$ed on, then flushed in the toilet, rather than allowed to fester plugged in for hours. Coffee acids aren't a good thing , either.
Having said that, it's fun to try to fix a keyboard, especially a proprietarily made one.
Rebuilt keyboard Failure rate is high. Reliability factor is extremely low. Fact.
I don't do vessels under 65 feet.
Nor Raymarine nor Garmin toys.
Have you been on a commercial ship and counted the keyboards, lately ?
A prosumer "open" keyboard that had coke spilled on it has a better chance of surviving if it was immediately unplugged and pi$$ed on, then flushed in the toilet, rather than allowed to fester plugged in for hours. Coffee acids aren't a good thing , either.
Having said that, it's fun to try to fix a keyboard, especially a proprietarily made one.
Rebuilt keyboard Failure rate is high. Reliability factor is extremely low. Fact.