Realforce · Full-size (100%) · 2017
The R2 was Topre's second Realforce generation, launched on October 6, 2017. It kept the switch design the first Realforce brought in 2001 but changed nearly everything around it, with a new case, full n-key rollover, faster response, the APC actuation-depth setting on some models, and silent switches as an option. One fix matters to fast typists. The old R1 needed a key held for at least 31 milliseconds to register, so very quick, sharp strokes could be missed, and the R2 changed the control method to stop that. US dealers sold it with 55g or variable weighting, plus limited silent editions, and with dye-sublimated PBT keys. The cable is fixed, with a channel underneath to route it out the left, right or middle.
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Versions
R2 boards were sold in several weights. US dealers listed 55g, variable and a silent 45g limited edition, and some R2 models had APC. The R2 RGB is the odd one out, with backlighting and Topre switches fitted with adapters that take Cherry MX keycaps. The older R1 boards lack full n-key rollover. The R3 replaced the R2 in 2021.
Topre switches are long-lived, so the fixed cable is the weak point if it's been kinked or chewed. Spills and sticky keys are the other common trouble, and you can't swap the cable out like you can on an R3.
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Buying guide
We'd buy the PFU Limited Edition R2SA-US4-BK, a black US-layout board with silent 45g keys, at $176 delivered from a US seller, under the $190–260 band. There are at least 21 listed, US sellers ask $170–256 delivered and Japan dealers mostly $198–275, and codes with JP in them are the Japanese layout, with a short space bar, extra keys and Japanese legends. The R2's cable is fixed, so look along it in the photos for kinks, cuts or tape, and ask for a typing test and a video of the space bar, Enter and Shifts going down without a rattle. Skip the zero-feedback listing at $170, whose photo shows a box marked TKL under a full-size title, and the $600 R2A-US5-BK at about 2.6 times the $228 median.
$174.65est. delivered
The lowest delivered R2 from a seller you can check, an R2-US5-BK in black with the English layout at $175 delivered. The photo shows the fixed cable, so look along it for damage before you buy.
REALFORCE TOPRE CORPORATION R2-US5-BK / AGBZ51 KEYBOARD BLACK ENGLISH LAYOUT
$175.64est. delivered
A limited silent edition for a dollar more than the cheapest plain R2, at $176 delivered from a US seller. Ask for a typing test, since a silent board should land with a soft thud on every key.
REALFORCE R2 PFU Limited Edition TOPRE Keyboard Full Size (BLK 45G R2SA-US4-BK)
$175.64est. delivered
The PFU Limited Edition R2SA-US4-BK, titled black 45g, one of the limited silent editions US dealers sold, at a plain R2's price. Ask for a photo of the bottom label to confirm the code.
REALFORCE R2 PFU Limited Edition TOPRE Keyboard Full Size (BLK 45G R2SA-US4-BK)
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Used$174.65est. delivered
$149.00 + $25.65 shipping
Buy It Now$149.00
Good buy
R2-US5-BK, black, English layout. US seller.
Seller: dandkthrifts
99.7% positive
Used$175.64est. delivered
$149.99 + $25.65 shipping
Buy It Now$149.99
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PFU Limited Edition R2SA-US4-BK, black, silent 45g. US seller.
Seller: dandkthrifts
99.7% positive
Used$215.49est. delivered
$186.50 + $28.99 shipping
Buy It Now$186.50
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Our take
R2-USV-BK, black, US layout, variable weight.
Seller: eiichi.hirata
100% positive
Used$228.89est. delivered
$198.89 + $30.00 shipping
Buy It Now$198.89
Our take
R2A-JPV-IV, ivory, variable weight with APC, Japanese layout. Boxed.
Seller: hirari_japan
100% positive
Used$256.40est. delivered
$250.00 + $6.40 shipping
Buy It Now$250.00
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R2-USV-IV, ivory, variable weight. US seller.
Seller: zawill_13
100% positive
Used$170.00delivered
$170.00 · free shipping
Buy It Now$170.00
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Titled full-size variable weight, but the photo shows a box marked TKL. Zero-feedback seller.
Seller: olw_8918
No feedback yet
Used$227.84delivered
$227.84 · free shipping
Buy It Now$227.84
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R2SA-JP3, black, Japanese layout. Seller at 95.5%.
Seller: sa218132
95.5% positive
Used$600.00delivered
$600.00 · free shipping
Buy It Now$600.00
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Priced high
R2A-US5-BK with the original box. About 2.6 times the median.
Seller: good-value-online-japan-store
99.4% positive
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