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Offline Veridis

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Asian OEM profile PBT keycaps with similar feel to Realforce keycaps?
« on: Mon, 03 November 2014, 00:34:26 »
Hello everyone, I'm really liking the pbt keycaps on the Realforce 87u. Are there any MX keycaps in CM/Filco/Ducky/etc OEM profile pbt keycaps that are similar to the topre ones?

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Re: Asian OEM profile PBT keycaps with similar feel to Realforce keycaps?
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 03 November 2014, 00:47:59 »
GMK PBT are fairly close.
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Re: Asian OEM profile PBT keycaps with similar feel to Realforce keycaps?
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 03 November 2014, 01:19:26 »
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 03 November 2014, 00:47:59
GMK PBT are fairly close.

GMK does pbt?
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Re: Asian OEM profile PBT keycaps with similar feel to Realforce keycaps?
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Re: Asian OEM profile PBT keycaps with similar feel to Realforce keycaps?
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 03 November 2014, 04:50:37 »
Quote from: TacticalStache on Mon, 03 November 2014, 01:19:26
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 03 November 2014, 00:47:59
GMK PBT are fairly close.

GMK does pbt?

Er, these PBT keycaps from Ivan's GB I am using now.  Dyesub.  Not GMK?
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Re: Asian OEM profile PBT keycaps with similar feel to Realforce keycaps?
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 03 November 2014, 07:53:13 »
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 03 November 2014, 04:50:37
Quote from: TacticalStache on Mon, 03 November 2014, 01:19:26
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 03 November 2014, 00:47:59
GMK PBT are fairly close.

GMK does pbt?

Er, these PBT keycaps from Ivan's GB I am using now.  Dyesub.  Not GMK?

The black ones are PLUM, the others are KBC I think.
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Re: Asian OEM profile PBT keycaps with similar feel to Realforce keycaps?
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 03 November 2014, 22:04:28 »
Anyone tried Vortex PBTs? How do they feel?
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Re: Asian OEM profile PBT keycaps with similar feel to Realforce keycaps?
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 04 November 2014, 15:14:29 »
BSP is probably the highest quality you can find but it is very expensive. I can recommend Leopold PBT caps as they're pretty cheap for the quality.
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Re: Asian OEM profile PBT keycaps with similar feel to Realforce keycaps?
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 04 November 2014, 18:31:43 »
Quote from: jameslr on Tue, 04 November 2014, 15:14:29
BSP is probably the highest quality you can find but it is very expensive. I can recommend Leopold PBT caps as they're pretty cheap for the quality.
I've bought a set of the cherry profile like Leopolds, but they clack a lot on stabilized keys due to low clearance on the Novatouch , so I am staying away from low profile keys as of now :(
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