Flexible/Rugged Keyboards: SealShield, TrippLite, Adesso, Grandtec, TrueTouch, etc.?

Gavinfoxx

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Hello, I am looking for a washable, flexible, 109-key, USB full sized keyboard with, preferably, normal placement of the arrow keys, an enter key that is of a decent size (and is the backwards L type), a full sized backspace key, the full top row of f# keys, etc. etc.

I don't know which brand of "Flexible and Washable" keyboards to get, or which model to get if I *do* decide. Has anyone done a comparison of any of the keyboards from Seal Shield, Tripp Lite, Adesso, Grandtec, True Touch, Modtek, Targus, etc.?

Also, how can I figure out if one of these is just a rebranded version of another? Which of these companies is still alive and supporting their product? Do any of these keyboards have anything physically different with the f and j keys, to find the home keys by touch? If so, which? Which brands have the lowest incidents of stuck keys for their latest models? I am in the States, and would like to pay under $40 for a keyboard (these seem to be relatively inexpensive, which does help!), and I don't know what to get. Any help would be appreciated!
 

potato28

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The Indestructible Keyboard? I think it has all of the features that you're looking for... but I'm not very sure. You might want to go out to the local PC stores and see what they're stocking, you might be surprised at what you can find.
 

Gavinfoxx

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Well, the Grandtec keyboard that you mentioned is one of the options that I am looking at!

Here are some of the model numbers I tracked down...

Seal Shield Seal Flex SSF106
Tripp Lite IN3009KP (this one is REALLY hard to find on their webpage, but it's there!)
Adesso AKB-230
Grandtec FLX-2000 (this is the one you were speaking of!)
Manhattan True Touch Roll Up Keyboard
Targus AKB13CA

Does anyone have any comparisons of any of these?
 

herm0016

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wow... you posted this all over the internets...

we had the targus models and they seemed to hold up well, they are used on time clocks through out an industrial facility that is extremely dusty. they have prettly heavy use and I never really heard of a problem with them.