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Offline mikehotel

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What are the highest quality PBT front printed keycaps?
« on: Thu, 22 February 2018, 11:35:43 »
Is it also true that if I get translucent PBT keycaps they aren't very high quality?
I'm looking for thick, PBT keycaps, preferably to be used on an RGB board.
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Offline Riverman

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Re: What are the highest quality PBT front printed keycaps?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 22 February 2018, 11:50:36 »
The highest quality front-printed keycaps I've seen are from Leopold.  They're very thick, and they're more or less Cherry profile.  They're not going to let any light through if you're using them on an RGB keyboard, though, but no front-printed keycaps will.
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Offline mikehotel

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Re: What are the highest quality PBT front printed keycaps?
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 22 February 2018, 14:11:37 »
Gotcha. What about the best PBT keycaps for an RGB board?
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Re: What are the highest quality PBT front printed keycaps?
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 22 February 2018, 14:32:16 »
Quote from: Riverman on Thu, 22 February 2018, 11:50:36
The highest quality front-printed keycaps I've seen are from Leopold.  They're very thick, and they're more or less Cherry profile.  They're not going to let any light through if you're using them on an RGB keyboard, though, but no front-printed keycaps will.

That's not true. PBT front-print keys can let plenty of light through if you so choose.

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Offline mikehotel

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Re: What are the highest quality PBT front printed keycaps?
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 22 February 2018, 14:49:17 »
Nice
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Offline mikehotel

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Re: What are the highest quality PBT front printed keycaps?
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 22 February 2018, 14:49:51 »
Quote from: Blaise170 on Thu, 22 February 2018, 14:32:16
Quote from: Riverman on Thu, 22 February 2018, 11:50:36
The highest quality front-printed keycaps I've seen are from Leopold.  They're very thick, and they're more or less Cherry profile.  They're not going to let any light through if you're using them on an RGB keyboard, though, but no front-printed keycaps will.

That's not true. PBT front-print keys can let plenty of light through if you so choose.


What caps are those?
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Re: What are the highest quality PBT front printed keycaps?
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 22 February 2018, 14:51:28 »
It's Varmilo front-print PBT caps.
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Offline mikehotel

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Re: What are the highest quality PBT front printed keycaps?
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 22 February 2018, 17:08:19 »
Quote from: Blaise170 on Thu, 22 February 2018, 14:51:28
It's Varmilo front-print PBT caps.
Are they better than the Vortex and leopold ones?
What profile are they? I heard they use their own profile
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Offline captsis

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Re: What are the highest quality PBT front printed keycaps?
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 24 February 2018, 21:30:52 »
Quote from: Blaise170 on Thu, 22 February 2018, 14:32:16
Quote from: Riverman on Thu, 22 February 2018, 11:50:36
The highest quality front-printed keycaps I've seen are from Leopold.  They're very thick, and they're more or less Cherry profile.  They're not going to let any light through if you're using them on an RGB keyboard, though, but no front-printed keycaps will.

That's not true. PBT front-print keys can let plenty of light through if you so choose.

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Are transparent caps (not frosted) a thing? I need day teal N64 look
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Offline Findecanor

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Re: What are the highest quality PBT front printed keycaps?
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 25 February 2018, 09:57:23 »
Quote from: matt2dlg on Sat, 24 February 2018, 21:30:52
Are transparent caps (not frosted) a thing? I need day teal N64 look
Signature Plastics has blank transparent keycaps in DCS profile. ANSI only: no vertical Enter. They call their tinted ones "translucent" though but I don't think those have any "frosting" except for the moulded texture on top. The stems are very visible through them though.
They are made from polycarbonate, which is another pretty hard plastic. I have never seen clear PBT so I would guess that that does not exist.

SP also has individual tinted caps with frosted tops.
You could also find clear and tinted caps on eBay but I think all of those are thin ABS.
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Offline Riverman

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Re: What are the highest quality PBT front printed keycaps?
« Reply #10 on: Mon, 26 February 2018, 14:52:00 »
Quote from: mikehotel on Thu, 22 February 2018, 17:08:19
Quote from: Blaise170 on Thu, 22 February 2018, 14:51:28
It's Varmilo front-print PBT caps.
Are they better than the Vortex and leopold ones?
What profile are they? I heard they use their own profile
Varmilo keycaps are nearly identical, if not identical, to Leopold keycaps, and much nicer than Vortex, if you ask me.  Varmilo and Leopold use the same "Step Sculpture 2" profile, which is essentially Cherry profile.
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