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Title: KBC Poker O-Ring Mod & PBT Keycaps
Post by: ViciousXUSMC on Fri, 06 April 2012, 17:25:58

Did a little video to show the after thoughts of doing a o-ring mod on my Poker and also having installed the blank PBT keycaps as compared to the stock ABS ones.

I really like the o-ring mod on the MX Reds.  I tend to like it on all switches I have tried (blue, brown) but red's I think are the best so far.  It really changes the way the keyboard feels and performs when you use large o-rings like this and its for the better in my opinion.

Did a sound sample of course so you can hear how it sounds and its all in the video on YouTube.

YouTube Link - http://youtu.be/PhXwDpRv2DM

[video=youtube;PhXwDpRv2DM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhXwDpRv2DM[/video]

Title: KBC Poker O-Ring Mod & PBT Keycaps
Post by: jblack801 on Fri, 06 April 2012, 17:48:47

Thanks for the video. Keyboard looks slick with the blanks. Just out of curiosity who/where did you order them from? Was it a full 104 set?

Title: KBC Poker O-Ring Mod & PBT Keycaps
Post by: Awful on Fri, 06 April 2012, 20:20:50

Great video Vicious. Those white keys look so nice. Funny they blow out on the camera in the beginning they're so bright solid white. Forgot to mention, you do a crazy thing with your right thumb on the space bar. It's not a straight downward motion it's like a wriggle haha! I bet your space bars shine like mad.

Title: KBC Poker O-Ring Mod & PBT Keycaps
Post by: ViciousXUSMC on Mon, 09 April 2012, 22:30:13

Quote from: Awful;569441

Great video Vicious. Those white keys look so nice. Funny they blow out on the camera in the beginning they're so bright solid white. Forgot to mention, you do a crazy thing with your right thumb on the space bar. It's not a straight downward motion it's like a wriggle haha! I bet your space bars shine like mad.

Aww man, now that you said that I cant help but notice it.  For me since the thumb curls inward its just more natural and ergonomic.  I tried to force myself to press straight outward and it messes me up big time.  I also cant use the left thumb.

I had a ton of lighting in there, just bought the day before this video 2 500w halogen's that I had bouncing off the ceiling for light and I had a clamp light on the wall for a fill light, those white keys really reflected a lot of the light.

P.S. Super Metroid Avatar = Awesome

Title: KBC Poker O-Ring Mod & PBT Keycaps
Post by: WRXChris on Mon, 09 April 2012, 23:18:04

haha nice touchpad! ;) I also lucked out and got one for $99.

back on topic, I'm left handed and can't use my right thumb.

Title: KBC Poker O-Ring Mod & PBT Keycaps
Post by: sordna on Tue, 17 April 2012, 09:58:40

Nice video. I added it inline using video tags, the article looks better now :-)

Title: KBC Poker O-Ring Mod & PBT Keycaps
Post by: sordna on Tue, 17 April 2012, 10:14:50

This wiki is under modifications, not reviews. Hmm, yeah I did find weird some of your wiki contributions like "yoohoo, ripster was here" or something like that :-)

EDIT: Yup, here it is. (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:17692)

And that IS someone's REVIEW wiki that you edited !!!  

Anyway, have you tried any high quality o-rings like wasdkeyboards.com 40A's ? I remember you tried dental bands a while back and didn't like them.

Title: KBC Poker O-Ring Mod & PBT Keycaps
Post by: Armegadon on Wed, 18 April 2012, 14:47:23

Quote from: jblack801;569319

Thanks for the video. Keyboard looks slick with the blanks. Just out of curiosity who/where did you order them from? Was it a full 104 set?

I'm wondering this also, did you buy a full 104 set? I don't see any sets with just enough keys, all of them are either 37 sets or full sets,