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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: anowt on Tue, 04 November 2014, 19:52:51

Title: Where can I find an LP keyset?
Post by: anowt on Tue, 04 November 2014, 19:52:51
I've been looking for some MX-compatible LP (Low-Profile) Family keycaps.

Even going as far as creating an ad on /r/mechMarket. No success.

How can I, as a single individual, buy an LP-Family keyset? I don't know where to go.

Thanks
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Post by: esoomenona on Tue, 04 November 2014, 20:08:17
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Title: Re: Where can I find an LP keyset?
Post by: anowt on Tue, 04 November 2014, 20:40:23
Yeah, thanks for the reply.

I may just do DSA afterall.

Here's what I meant by LP-family: http://www.keycapsdirect.com/key-caps.php
Title: Re: Where can I find an LP keyset?
Post by: Melvang on Tue, 04 November 2014, 20:45:35
In the time that I have been here, I don't think I have seen one GB in that profile.  They are usually DCS, DSA, SA, or GMK which is a different manufacturer. 
Title: Re: Where can I find an LP keyset?
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Tue, 04 November 2014, 20:48:47
Quote from: anowt on Tue, 04 November 2014, 20:40:23
Yeah, thanks for the reply.

I may just do DSA afterall.

Here's what I meant by LP-family: http://www.keycapsdirect.com/key-caps.php

While I don't believe it uses that exact family of keycaps, I believe the Cherry MX-Board 3.0 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=42281.0) uses low-profile cylindrical caps (DSA are spherical).  May be worth looking further in to it.  I also know CPTBadAss has one and can perhaps offer some additional insight.  I do know that he is not a fan personally.
Title: Re: Where can I find an LP keyset?
Post by: divito on Tue, 04 November 2014, 23:17:36
Quote from: anowt on Tue, 04 November 2014, 20:40:23
Yeah, thanks for the reply.

I may just do DSA afterall.

Here's what I meant by LP-family: http://www.keycapsdirect.com/key-caps.php

I asked Melissa from SP in August about if it was possible to do LP in MX mount (given that Devlin is apparently releasing low-profile caps soon).

However, she had this response:

"There was some discussion of this several years ago, but there wasn't enough interest in it to warrant tooling up for it. We also were not sure that it would look all that good because of the short profile of the keys and the long travel distance on the MX switch - keys would ride pretty high."

So sadly, or not sadly for most people, LP-family is not possible from SP. Now, like I said, Devlin is supposedly going to have their L-series caps (http://devlin.co.uk/products/components/keycaps.html) for a full keyboard eventually. QWERkeys was going to help sell them, but now that they've kind of disappeared, I'm not sure how that's going to unfold.