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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: jcoffin1981 on Tue, 01 June 2021, 23:18:43
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I am searching for a set of new keycaps as I find very few stock ones satisfactory. I am looking for preferably cherry profile, but will entertain DSA or XDA. I have found more than half a dozen sets that I am set to pull the trigger on, but none of them homing bumps on the F or J keys. This is a deal breaker for me. However, if that is the case then I don't buy anything. Has anyone had any success modifying their keycaps, maybe a technique involving a little glue? I'm not really trying to permanently drill or mod. Not sure why this is the trend now. Is this common with non-OEM sets?
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What sets are you looking at? The last few I've purchased had homing caps.
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I have this for adding bumps to blank caps. It's out of stock, so more an indicator of what to look for than a "buy this now" recommendation.
It stays in place well, but can be removed cleanly. Far less faff than the only other options I can think of (hot glue or Surgru.)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IIP4ZHI
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What sets are you looking at? The last few I've purchased had homing caps.
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https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Minimalist-Suitable-Mechanical-Keyboard/dp/B08L7YXQ43/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_crs_dp_rhf_k2p_1/137-6785900-8750103?pd_rd_w=RUOFG&pf_rd_p=19a9e137-bc31-4586-82ad-83470df686c4&pf_rd_r=GCGR0YPE4QZNYE2G0Q39&pd_rd_r=8da37b8f-dec7-4d83-985b-ef02ebde41ee&pd_rd_wg=FWnBV&pd_rd_i=B08L7YXQ43&th=1 (https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Minimalist-Suitable-Mechanical-Keyboard/dp/B08L7YXQ43/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_crs_dp_rhf_k2p_1/137-6785900-8750103?pd_rd_w=RUOFG&pf_rd_p=19a9e137-bc31-4586-82ad-83470df686c4&pf_rd_r=GCGR0YPE4QZNYE2G0Q39&pd_rd_r=8da37b8f-dec7-4d83-985b-ef02ebde41ee&pd_rd_wg=FWnBV&pd_rd_i=B08L7YXQ43&th=1)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081DDG7CJ?tag=best60sandc-20 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081DDG7CJ?tag=best60sandc-20)
https://kbdfans.com/products/pbt-xda-pbt-keycaps-1?pr_prod_strat=copurchase&pr_rec_pid=4366631338123&pr_ref_pid=4944127918219&pr_seq=uniform (https://kbdfans.com/products/pbt-xda-pbt-keycaps-1?pr_prod_strat=copurchase&pr_rec_pid=4366631338123&pr_ref_pid=4944127918219&pr_seq=uniform)
https://kbdfans.com/collections/dsa-profile/products/gb-pitta-studio-dsa-bluebird-keycaps-set (https://kbdfans.com/collections/dsa-profile/products/gb-pitta-studio-dsa-bluebird-keycaps-set)
https://novelkeys.xyz/collections/keycaps/products/pbt-pbow (https://novelkeys.xyz/collections/keycaps/products/pbt-pbow)
The very last one from Novelkeys has the bumps- I may get this one
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I have this for adding bumps to blank caps. It's out of stock, so more an indicator of what to look for than a "buy this now" recommendation.
It stays in place well, but can be removed cleanly. Far less faff than the only other options I can think of (hot glue or Surgru.)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IIP4ZHI
That is absolutely perfect!
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I'm gonna stick with the Cherry profile caps. Does anyone have any input/feedback as to which is a better choice- Novelkeys vs ePBT vs other? There are just so few keycap reviews out there. I like a thick keycap and rough texture. To me this is more important than aesthetics.
https://novelkeys.xyz/collections/keycaps/products/pbt-pbow (https://novelkeys.xyz/collections/keycaps/products/pbt-pbow)
https://divinikey.com/collections/keycap-sets/products/enjoypbt-gray-japanese-keycap-set-dye-sub-pbt (https://divinikey.com/collections/keycap-sets/products/enjoypbt-gray-japanese-keycap-set-dye-sub-pbt)
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I'm gonna stick with the Cherry profile caps. Does anyone have any input/feedback as to which is a better choice- Novelkeys vs ePBT vs other? There are just so few keycap reviews out there. I like a thick keycap and rough texture. To me this is more important than aesthetics.
https://novelkeys.xyz/collections/keycaps/products/pbt-pbow (https://novelkeys.xyz/collections/keycaps/products/pbt-pbow)
https://divinikey.com/collections/keycap-sets/products/enjoypbt-gray-japanese-keycap-set-dye-sub-pbt (https://divinikey.com/collections/keycap-sets/products/enjoypbt-gray-japanese-keycap-set-dye-sub-pbt)
Novelkeys are fairly decent PBT (their manufacturer in China is known for good value stuff)
Would recommend you get the ePBT stuff off Taobao but I think these are before they started making the revisions to their molds that balanced out the warp issues, and it is kbdfans so it's being sold at a large markup... but eh. I think I'd stick with the Novelkeys set if you don't mind the colors
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Novelkeys ended up selling out. I purchased ePBT Gray Japanese Cherry Profile for $99- with the homing bumps. :thumb: