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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: Puddsy on Thu, 15 August 2013, 07:18:03
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http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=special&filter=tampo
Looks like they're nothing too special, but I actually really like these.
They're pad-printed ABS, but I love the colors they come in. I'll probably buy a set or 2.
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Know if its thin or thick ABS? Or who made them?
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These actually look quite nice, but EK's shipping rates are ridiculous.
God it sucks to live in Europe.
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The legends are "tampo" legends. Whatever that means. I don't know if that helps you.
Also, the colors look to be the same colors EK has been using, so I'd assume they're from whoever EK normally buys from (GMK?).
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Not sure, the purple looks off...Maybe Tampo is another OEM for keycaps? I know their other MX stuff is GMK but these caps colors don't look the same as the GMK ones. Specifically the Blue and Purple looks off.
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tampo(n) is the printing process...named after the company....http://www.tampoprint.de/en/index_en.html (http://www.tampoprint.de/en/index_en.html)
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So maybe they're GMK caps and then they're sent to Tampo for printing?
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Need to see bottom shots!
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doubt that....they are too cheap even for that. ;D
also the caps looking fairly rounded (OEM) instead of the sharp edges of the GMK caps.
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Maybe they got in on their on a buy from tai hao
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Tai Hao are double shots though.
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Tai Hao are double shots though.
Doh....nevermind....
Actually I am more interested in this
Reusable transparent packaging makes storing unused keycap sets a breeze.
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http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47046.0
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My problem with EK is that they say universal, but then it doesn't fit the FC700R or the FC660M when it comes to the right shift key and the spacebar.
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Wow, $33.55 shipping to Canada for a single keyset.
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My problem with EK is that they say universal, but then it doesn't fit the FC700R or the FC660M when it comes to the right shift key and the spacebar.
I guess you'd fall into the "Likely incompatibilities exist only for the space bar which only allows for 80mm and 100mm wide mounts. Spacebar is not compatible with Leopold FC500 series!" area.
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So maybe they're GMK caps and then they're sent to Tampo for printing?
I fail to see why this would even be a possibility without them mentioning it (and upcharging like EK always does).
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Wow, $33.55 shipping to Canada for a single keyset.
Consider yourself lucky! Shipping to Australia: $65.56 :eek:
I was thinking of getting some, but no way! Not for $85.56 USD :eek:
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Could be a mistake--I'd contact EK and inquire about it. Perhaps somewhat higher shipping because of the size and weight of the boxes these caps come with.
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Could be a mistake--I'd contact EK and inquire about it. Perhaps somewhat higher shipping because of the size and weight of the boxes these caps come with.
Makes me think that the reusable transparent packaging is a largeish plastic display case, and the size probably causes the extcessive cost.
Actually for that shipping cost I can pretty much get a keyboard shipped over here.
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anyone know what profile these might be? for 20 bucks I'd love to try something shorter than my stock keys but I'm guessing they're just standard OEM...
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anyone know what profile these might be? for 20 bucks I'd love to try something shorter than my stock keys but I'm guessing they're just standard OEM...
Probably OEM - they look it.
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Someone buy these already.
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I ordered some yesterday when I grabbed a wrist rest. ;)
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Too many nice looking keycaps -- too few keyboards! Otherwise, I like the look of the light blue set very much.
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Too many nice looking keycaps -- too few keyboards! Otherwise, I like the look of the light blue set very much.
I was really torn between that set or the lavender. Ended up going with the latter. When they get here, I'll take some comparison pics and try to provide some more detail on the caps as best I can.
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I ordered some yesterday when I grabbed a wrist rest. ;)
I'm interested to see what these come packaged in.
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No one has said anything about the profile of these caps. Brian sells only Leoplod MX keyboards. Are these Leopold, Cherry, or standard height?
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No one has said anything about the profile of these caps. Brian sells only Leoplod MX keyboards. Are these Leopold, Cherry, or standard height?
It states "Cherry MX keycap sets" on EK, but this is often used as a general term. On the other hand he states, "Authentic Cherry Blue Alt Set (Double-Shot)," and "Original Cherry Profile Double-Shot 1.25 keywidth Alt keycap" for other "modifier" keycaps on the same page.
http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,cherrymxkeys
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No one has said anything about the profile of these caps. Brian sells only Leoplod MX keyboards. Are these Leopold, Cherry, or standard height?
It states "Cherry MX keycap sets" on EK, but this is often used as a general term. On the other hand he states, "Authentic Cherry Blue Alt Set (Double-Shot)," and "Original Cherry Profile Double-Shot 1.25 keywidth Alt keycap" for other "modifier" keycaps on the same page.
http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,cherrymxkeys
If you look at the height of the keycaps, they look too tall to be Cherry profile, so probably OEM.
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We'll know as soon as EK ships 'em out to me. I live about 30 mins away from them so it should be pretty damn fast. Last time, it took a day.
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We'll know as soon as EK ships 'em out to me. I live about 30 mins away from them so it should be pretty damn fast. Last time, it took a day.
A shame you cannot pickup to completely save on shipping.
We will be expecting detailed photos ;)
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We'll know as soon as EK ships 'em out to me. I live about 30 mins away from them so it should be pretty damn fast. Last time, it took a day.
A shame you cannot pickup to completely save on shipping.
We will be expecting detailed photos ;)
The shipping is still 9 bucks. Gotta love that. :rolleyes: I wish I had something better than this potato to take pics with. Lol.
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We'll know as soon as EK ships 'em out to me. I live about 30 mins away from them so it should be pretty damn fast. Last time, it took a day.
A shame you cannot pickup to completely save on shipping.
We will be expecting detailed photos ;)
The shipping is still 9 bucks. Gotta love that. :rolleyes: I wish I had something better than this potato to take pics with. Lol.
If your potato has a macro setting (usually indicated by a flower icon) please use it!
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Just wanted to touch base, as I've been chatting on the other thread regarding these keycaps. I emailed them and got a response from Brian down at EK. I had mentioned that there were a number of GHers looking for these keysets, but blank, like myself.
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Hey guys, I actually just got an email back from Brian at elitekeyboards. He says that there are blanks in these colors on the way. The majority of the shipment was sent by boat, to include all of the colored blanks, with a limited number of the colored printed sets, and black blank sets, sent by air. He wanted to get them debuted as quickly as possible, since they're 8 months overdue. But given another 3 or 4 weeks, the same colors will be available in blanks.
Also, he mentioned the reusable keycap packaging, saying that they'd recently patented it. He was very excited because this is the packaging debut as well, and expects the packaging to be more popular than the keycaps that come in it.
He was very receptive and thankful for the feedback I sent them, and I have to say that this interaction with them has led me to decide that they'll be getting my business. Even if I was on the fence about the blanks (which I wasn't, assuming they were an option) this has definitely made my decision for me.
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Hmmm, wish there was an answer about profile and all that jazz. And kind of surprised my order isn't here yet. Hasn't even shipped. Last time it was stupid fast. :))
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Maybe go knock on their door?
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Now I don't know which thread to post in, so I'll post here.
EK has been great to me for the few things I ordered. Glad to see the trend is continuing :)
The only problem with these sets is the $65 shipping cost to Australia, probably because of the size of the keycap box.
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Now I don't know which thread to post in, so I'll post here.
EK has been great to me for the few things I ordered. Glad to see the trend is continuing :)
The only problem with these sets is the $65 shipping cost to Australia, probably because of the size of the keycap box.
post in both its more fun that way.
Hmmm, wish there was an answer about profile and all that jazz. And kind of surprised my order isn't here yet. Hasn't even shipped. Last time it was stupid fast. :))
Last order I had with them seems like it was 2-3 days to ship then 2-3 days to get it so almost a week total.
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EK has always been very good to me. They process and ship the orders the next day. Quality products and service from them.
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Someone should have gotten these already! We need photos :) Of cap undersides for thickness and general close ups! As well as for profile info.
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Someone should have gotten these already! We need photos :) Of cap undersides for thickness and general close ups! As well as for profile info.
soon....
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I'm curious to see this keycap box.
If that is what pushes shipping cost up to $65 I might try to find a way to get a set of these without the box.
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I'm curious to see this keycap box.
If that is what pushes shipping cost up to $65 I might try to find a way to get a set of these without the box.
Rumor is they will be selling the cases next month for a good price.
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I'm curious to see this keycap box.
If that is what pushes shipping cost up to $65 I might try to find a way to get a set of these without the box.
Rumor is they will be selling the cases next month for a good price.
That's not the point - if it is the case that pushes the shipping price up to $65, then I'll gladly do without the case and a more reasonable ($15?) shipping price for just the keycaps.
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I'm curious to see this keycap box.
If that is what pushes shipping cost up to $65 I might try to find a way to get a set of these without the box.
Rumor is they will be selling the cases next month for a good price.
That's not the point - if it is the case that pushes the shipping price up to $65, then I'll gladly do without the case and a more reasonable ($15?) shipping price for just the keycaps.
Which caps do you want? I just want to see this case.
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I'm curious to see this keycap box.
If that is what pushes shipping cost up to $65 I might try to find a way to get a set of these without the box.
Rumor is they will be selling the cases next month for a good price.
That's not the point - if it is the case that pushes the shipping price up to $65, then I'll gladly do without the case and a more reasonable ($15?) shipping price for just the keycaps.
Which caps do you want? I just want to see this case.
I was thinking of a full set of the green ones, but $65 shipping - nah. But then if it is hte keycap case that pushes shipping price up, maybe I can get a set without the case. But I want to see case first, and get an indication of what the keycaps are like, hence waiting for someone else who has ordered them to receive theirs and review them.
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I'm curious to see this keycap box.
If that is what pushes shipping cost up to $65 I might try to find a way to get a set of these without the box.
Rumor is they will be selling the cases next month for a good price.
That's not the point - if it is the case that pushes the shipping price up to $65, then I'll gladly do without the case and a more reasonable ($15?) shipping price for just the keycaps.
Which caps do you want? I just want to see this case.
I was thinking of a full set of the green ones, but $65 shipping - nah. But then if it is hte keycap case that pushes shipping price up, maybe I can get a set without the case. But I want to see case first, and get an indication of what the keycaps are like, hence waiting for someone else who has ordered them to receive theirs and review them.
I can probably hook you up, but I gotta check on shipping to Australia.....But surely I can do it cheaper than what they are charging. Especially if I get to keep the case!! I should have these by the end of the week.
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Anybody receive theirs yet? I want an answer about the profile, too. :P
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The legends are "tampo" legends. Whatever that means. I don't know if that helps you.
Not sure, the purple looks off...Maybe Tampo is another OEM for keycaps?
"Tampo printing" is just another name for "pad printing". It's the process used for nearly all mass-market keyboards other than perhaps Apple's (lasered).
tampo(n) is the printing process...named after the company....http://www.tampoprint.de/en/index_en.html (http://www.tampoprint.de/en/index_en.html)
I'm quite certain the company is named after the process. In many languages, "tampon" just means "pad".
So maybe they're GMK caps and then they're sent to Tampo for printing?
Given how common pad printing is, no need to send them to a specific German company.
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I'm confused why EK says "Tampo pad printed legends offer better durability than lasered or silkscreen printed legends". I thought lasered legends were longer-lasting vs. pad printing. As far as I knew, pad printing was pretty much bottom-of-the-barrel in terms of legend durability.
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I'm confused why EK says "Tampo pad printed legends offer better durability than lasered or silkscreen printed legends". I thought lasered legends were longer-lasting vs. pad printing. As far as I knew, pad printing was pretty much bottom-of-the-barrel in terms of legend durability.
Did you e-mail EK? Maybe they'll tell you.
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I'd love to see what they look like in the real world. I'd love to see how that blue looks up against a white case.
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Caps incoming today. They're currently on the Fedex truck for delivery. :thumb: After they get here, I'll take some pics, do some comparisons, and throw 'em on a board before posting a thread.
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Caps incoming today. They're currently on the Fedex truck for delivery. :thumb: After they get here, I'll take some pics, do some comparisons, and throw 'em on a board before posting a thread.
Thanks!
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Caps incoming today. They're currently on the Fedex truck for delivery. :thumb: After they get here, I'll take some pics, do some comparisons, and throw 'em on a board before posting a thread.
Great! I think a few people are looking forward to seeing what they are actually like.
What colour/s did you get?
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Caps incoming today. They're currently on the Fedex truck for delivery. :thumb: After they get here, I'll take some pics, do some comparisons, and throw 'em on a board before posting a thread.
Great! I think a few people are looking forward to seeing what they are actually like.
What colour/s did you get?
Got green and red, wish they had whites, which is what I really wanted.
I'll give out a review when I receive them..
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Caps incoming today. They're currently on the Fedex truck for delivery. :thumb: After they get here, I'll take some pics, do some comparisons, and throw 'em on a board before posting a thread.
Great! I think a few people are looking forward to seeing what they are actually like.
What colour/s did you get?
Got green and red, wish they had whites, which is what I really wanted.
I'll give out a review when I receive them..
Aaahhh green and red - going for the Christmas look, eh? ;)
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Caps incoming today. They're currently on the Fedex truck for delivery. :thumb: After they get here, I'll take some pics, do some comparisons, and throw 'em on a board before posting a thread.
Great! I think a few people are looking forward to seeing what they are actually like.
What colour/s did you get?
Got green and red, wish they had whites, which is what I really wanted.
I'll give out a review when I receive them..
Aaahhh green and red - going for the Christmas look, eh? ;)
Not that crazy yet! I'll do some white, black and red first...
Then I'll see where the green goes or just by itself...