To tell you the truth I was never that impressed with them either
I had seen them before and passed, owing primarily to the color scheme, which isn't great, if you ask me

But I feel obligated to reiterate that this is one in pristine condition
It's almost as if it was bought new and then put into storage
I don't think there is a single type slug that has any ink build up.

The typing action has a solid thud-click feeling. You know when youve pressed a key.
But the carriage return. BUTTER. SMOOTH. More or less silent with an almost imperceptibly faint clicking.
That was probably the most impressive feature to me.  Also given its size I was surprised it had a spring-loaded paper support. I had only seen that on more portable machines, and of course Olympias. At least in my experience.

The only downside and I read that this was a fairly common thing with triumphs and Adler is is that there is a tendency for the bottom lid to get stuck to the typewriter. That happened to this one as well and it took some tinkering to get the bottom lid off because the rubber grommets had apparently fused to the metal?  Something along those lines that I read on Reddit.  There were about six or seven owners who replied that they had the exact same issue when they bought their's.

But again as far as the typewriter goes, no complaints other than the platen being a little too hard.  I don't really consider that an issue of functionality though.  Mechanically,  I am extremely impressed.

That is funny lol
I've actually been meaning to acquire a consul
They're not the most common, but neither are they too expensive
Just waiting for an interesting one...

But yes I am quite satisfied. I originally intended to sell, but was so impressed with the typing experience And overall condition...it will be hard to part with.

schyllerwade wrote:

... it took some tinkering to get the bottom lid off because the rubber grommets had apparently fused to the metal? Something along those lines that I read on Reddit.

​Just as with the platen, as rubber ages it becomes harder, less pliable, and naturally will not give way as easily to the shape of the metal pin holding the typewriter in place. This is not something unique the TA brand; many brands that used similar mounting methods have the same issue. And it's not, as Reddit would have people believe, a case of the grommet "fusing" to the metal pin.

Okay, I'm on Imagur now, so I can share these. 

Here's my "new" 1903 Remington Standard 7. It's a mess. 



It's got an "f.o.b." key (freight on board?), which I think is kind of interesting. 



Here it is, in the basket. 


 

Wow, very pretty!  ^^^

Sooo, I was browsing this store that's a strange mix of "bookstore connected to antique shop", and found a whole bunch of old typewriters. Took pictures of them all, but they all had something wrong with them but one. And since it was cheap, I just had to have it... a '49 Smith Corona Silent! Here it is, pictured next to my QDL and KMM that I forgot to post pictures of as well. There goes the last of my ink ribbons 


I have to say, I really like how it types. I've been spending most of my time on the KMM, but this one may take first place as my favorite