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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables
« Reply #50 on: Sun, 18 March 2018, 20:21:08 »
Heatshrink can easily be to-order rather than making everything the same.

Right, I was just shooting my opinion in general and not making that part of what I said necessarily about the cables overall. Thanks for the clarification regardless.
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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables
« Reply #51 on: Sun, 18 March 2018, 20:31:10 »


I 10/10 agree and I'm quite interested. As far as heatshrink goes, I think it should remain black as opposed to doing grey/beige as another user mentioned.

Heatshrink can easily be to-order rather than making everything the same.

Good to know  :thumb:

I wouldn't really want black heatshrink on my beige cable.
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« Reply #53 on: Tue, 20 March 2018, 03:18:52 »
Beige or white color will be  :thumb:

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables
« Reply #54 on: Tue, 20 March 2018, 20:36:47 »
Figured I'd offer a summary thus far of the results on the IC form:


Summary of the total responses


Black is winning hard with beige second


Thiccness is surprisingly close together with 6.5mm being the highest


Coils vs total length is also surprisingly close, I think it was at 50:50 at 84 responses


Coil sizing has a pretty definitive split


So it looks like the current majority winner is black, 6.5mm thick, with a focus on mostly coils of 25mm OD.

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables
« Reply #55 on: Tue, 20 March 2018, 21:04:48 »
So it looks like the current majority winner is black, 6.5mm thick, with a focus on mostly coils of 25mm OD.


dayum, really wanted beige, im still gonna pick up a black one tho

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« Reply #56 on: Tue, 20 March 2018, 21:09:58 »


So it looks like the current majority winner is black, 6.5mm thick, with a focus on mostly coils of 25mm OD.

I think people will be very happy with this cable thickness and coil size. It's close to the IBM coiled beige cable I posted earlier.

Is there a chance of running multiple colors, or do we need to limit it to one for MOQ purposes?

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« Reply #57 on: Tue, 20 March 2018, 22:03:57 »
I'm willing to try for multiple MOQs as long as people fully understand what that entails as they're at least 100 units. I may see about getting quotes from a couple other manus to see if they do any better or worse than my previous comparison.

Also, do note that just because these are the results now doesn't mean they're final. I'm leaving the form open while I'm at San Antonio to gather more responses and I'll take final results some time next week
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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables
« Reply #58 on: Wed, 21 March 2018, 08:17:14 »
I'm willing to try for multiple MOQs as long as people fully understand what that entails as they're at least 100 units. I may see about getting quotes from a couple other manus to see if they do any better or worse than my previous comparison.


Is the MOQ 100 per cable connector type or just 100 cables with various connectors?

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« Reply #59 on: Wed, 21 March 2018, 08:42:44 »
Just 100 per cable design, connectors don't matter since I'll be dealing with them myself. So for example, black 6.5mm with 25mm coils would be 100 moq, white 6.5mm with 25mm coils is 100 moq, and white 5mm with 25mm coils is 100moq.

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables
« Reply #60 on: Wed, 21 March 2018, 09:31:47 »
Would be very cool to have both a dark and lighter color available.
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« Reply #61 on: Wed, 21 March 2018, 12:15:10 »
This is glorious, and worth drilling a bigger hole in my EVE-Project chassis to accommodate the thicker cable. I'm in all the way.

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« Reply #62 on: Wed, 21 March 2018, 18:41:15 »
In for one or more- I love this.

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« Reply #63 on: Wed, 21 March 2018, 18:44:31 »
Really hoping beige ends up being an option.
Would love 2 of them.
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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables
« Reply #64 on: Wed, 21 March 2018, 21:40:56 »
I think it might be possible to offer 2 colors, but it's gonna be hard to do more than that if there's a 100 MOQ for each. Do we have numbers from other cable group buys to compare, and see what kind of participation can be expected?

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« Reply #65 on: Wed, 21 March 2018, 21:50:50 »
What if you open the gb for a single color, then run the next most popular color as a round two? If it's anounced up front, then people can decide for themselves whether to join and support round one, to help ensure a round two happens.

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« Reply #66 on: Wed, 21 March 2018, 22:03:07 »
I'm interested in 2-3 black coiled cables.
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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables
« Reply #67 on: Thu, 22 March 2018, 11:35:46 »
Hope beige can be an option in a next round.

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« Reply #69 on: Fri, 23 March 2018, 09:03:55 »

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« Reply #70 on: Fri, 23 March 2018, 10:54:31 »
Interest has been piqued.  ^-^

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« Reply #71 on: Tue, 27 March 2018, 19:34:26 »
Alright, I figure now would be a good time to go ahead and call in the votes so I can get to work on the quoting process.


Black still severely in the lead with beige a loose second.


6.5mm won thiccness with 5mm and 8mm tied for second


In coils vs length, coils won out preference, but just barely.


Lastly, smaller coils landed a definitive victory over larger coils.


So, what does all this translate into for the actual cables? Pretty obviously I'll be going with black as the main option, but I think I'll also try getting a quote for beige. For the other three traits, thiccness, coils:length, and coil size, they must be added together to get the full picture. The 6.5mm cable mixed with the 25mm OD coils means that it only takes ~58.12mm of cable to make a single coil which is a relatively small amount compared to my initial 40mm coils number. Because of this, we can get more coils per length of cable, which will be suitable for the slightly mixed results of the coils:length question. Base on an approximately 4572mm max cable length, I'm thinking of going with the following configuration:



D=25mm - the OD/outer diameter of the coils
D1=6.5mm - the OD of the cable itself
L1=60mm - the end that plugs into the keyboard
L2=500mm - the end that plugs into the pc/hub
L=448mm - the length of the coiled section

This config would give a total length of 1008mm or just over 1m, with almost half of that being delicious thick coils.

Let me know your thoughts on this config so I can see if it's mostly reflecting what people are looking for in these cables.

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables
« Reply #72 on: Tue, 27 March 2018, 20:38:59 »
Any chance of a female USB-C termination at L2?

My ideal would be a male/female coupler of some kind (even USB-C works) half way along the coil as I like my cables fixed into the board, but I can see how that's being greedy and not a popular position for a GB, so a female USB-C termination is a happy medium for my snowflake requirements.

Overall, a solid 8/10 Will Buy from me.

EDIT: also is L1 fixed at 60mm? I'd like a little bit more length on an un-terminated cable so I can hack a mini-USB into m'Teensy as a special pretty please.

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« Reply #73 on: Tue, 27 March 2018, 20:39:36 »
These specs look good.  :thumb:

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« Reply #74 on: Wed, 28 March 2018, 17:32:32 »
Any chance of a female USB-C termination at L2?

My ideal would be a male/female coupler of some kind (even USB-C works) half way along the coil as I like my cables fixed into the board, but I can see how that's being greedy and not a popular position for a GB, so a female USB-C termination is a happy medium for my snowflake requirements.

Overall, a solid 8/10 Will Buy from me.

EDIT: also is L1 fixed at 60mm? I'd like a little bit more length on an un-terminated cable so I can hack a mini-USB into m'Teensy as a special pretty please.

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About how much would you need on the board side of the coils?

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« Reply #75 on: Wed, 28 March 2018, 19:46:09 »
Alright, I figure now would be a good time to go ahead and call in the votes so I can get to work on the quoting process.

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Black still severely in the lead with beige a loose second.

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6.5mm won thiccness with 5mm and 8mm tied for second

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In coils vs length, coils won out preference, but just barely.

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Lastly, smaller coils landed a definitive victory over larger coils.


So, what does all this translate into for the actual cables? Pretty obviously I'll be going with black as the main option, but I think I'll also try getting a quote for beige. For the other three traits, thiccness, coils:length, and coil size, they must be added together to get the full picture. The 6.5mm cable mixed with the 25mm OD coils means that it only takes ~58.12mm of cable to make a single coil which is a relatively small amount compared to my initial 40mm coils number. Because of this, we can get more coils per length of cable, which will be suitable for the slightly mixed results of the coils:length question. Base on an approximately 4572mm max cable length, I'm thinking of going with the following configuration:

Show Image


D=25mm - the OD/outer diameter of the coils
D1=6.5mm - the OD of the cable itself
L1=60mm - the end that plugs into the keyboard
L2=500mm - the end that plugs into the pc/hub
L=448mm - the length of the coiled section

This config would give a total length of 1008mm or just over 1m, with almost half of that being delicious thick coils.

Let me know your thoughts on this config so I can see if it's mostly reflecting what people are looking for in these cables.

TBF, beige+white+grey combine to over 50%, so a light color might be more popular than black  :p
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« Reply #76 on: Wed, 28 March 2018, 19:54:04 »
Alright, I figure now would be a good time to go ahead and call in the votes so I can get to work on the quoting process.

Show Image

Black still severely in the lead with beige a loose second.

Show Image

6.5mm won thiccness with 5mm and 8mm tied for second

Show Image

In coils vs length, coils won out preference, but just barely.

Show Image

Lastly, smaller coils landed a definitive victory over larger coils.


So, what does all this translate into for the actual cables? Pretty obviously I'll be going with black as the main option, but I think I'll also try getting a quote for beige. For the other three traits, thiccness, coils:length, and coil size, they must be added together to get the full picture. The 6.5mm cable mixed with the 25mm OD coils means that it only takes ~58.12mm of cable to make a single coil which is a relatively small amount compared to my initial 40mm coils number. Because of this, we can get more coils per length of cable, which will be suitable for the slightly mixed results of the coils:length question. Base on an approximately 4572mm max cable length, I'm thinking of going with the following configuration:

Show Image


D=25mm - the OD/outer diameter of the coils
D1=6.5mm - the OD of the cable itself
L1=60mm - the end that plugs into the keyboard
L2=500mm - the end that plugs into the pc/hub
L=448mm - the length of the coiled section

This config would give a total length of 1008mm or just over 1m, with almost half of that being delicious thick coils.

Let me know your thoughts on this config so I can see if it's mostly reflecting what people are looking for in these cables.

TBF, beige+white+grey combine to over 50%, so a light color might be more popular than black  :p

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables
« Reply #77 on: Wed, 28 March 2018, 20:07:46 »
Any chance of a female USB-C termination at L2?

My ideal would be a male/female coupler of some kind (even USB-C works) half way along the coil as I like my cables fixed into the board, but I can see how that's being greedy and not a popular position for a GB, so a female USB-C termination is a happy medium for my snowflake requirements.

Overall, a solid 8/10 Will Buy from me.

EDIT: also is L1 fixed at 60mm? I'd like a little bit more length on an un-terminated cable so I can hack a mini-USB into m'Teensy as a special pretty please.

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About how much would you need on the board side of the coils?

About 150 mm (6 in) should do it. That's total, so +90 mm onto the 60 mm you have now. Depends on how tight the radius can go on the cable without stressing the Teensy socket.

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« Reply #78 on: Wed, 28 March 2018, 22:34:06 »
TBF, beige+white+grey combine to over 50%, so a light color might be more popular than black  :p

all 4 of those options would go with pretty much any color of keyboard

I think black goes well with darker cases, but a lighter cable goes nicely with all colors.
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« Reply #79 on: Thu, 29 March 2018, 21:23:38 »
So, got some good news. I checked with a backup manu for a quote on both black and beige cables, and their pricing was significantly better, ~63% better than the previous quotes I had received, though still with the same 100 unit moq. This is great news since it'll mean cheaper cables for you guys, and a chance to sell more of them since a lower price point. I'll be doing the math on pricing over the next few days and be looking to launch early next week if there's no issues.

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« Reply #80 on: Thu, 29 March 2018, 23:02:23 »
So, got some good news. I checked with a backup manu for a quote on both black and beige cables, and their pricing was significantly better, ~63% better than the previous quotes I had received, though still with the same 100 unit moq. This is great news since it'll mean cheaper cables for you guys, and a chance to sell more of them since a lower price point. I'll be doing the math on pricing over the next few days and be looking to launch early next week if there's no issues.

Sorry if I missed it, but does this mean that you'll be doing Beige and Black at the same time?
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« Reply #81 on: Thu, 29 March 2018, 23:25:56 »
So, got some good news. I checked with a backup manu for a quote on both black and beige cables, and their pricing was significantly better, ~63% better than the previous quotes I had received, though still with the same 100 unit moq. This is great news since it'll mean cheaper cables for you guys, and a chance to sell more of them since a lower price point. I'll be doing the math on pricing over the next few days and be looking to launch early next week if there's no issues.

Sorry if I missed it, but does this mean that you'll be doing Beige and Black at the same time?

Yep doing both of them this run since it'll be easier to get the to MOQ now.i was even yoying around with the idea of something like a neon pink cable too, but I wasn't sure if that would have a chance.

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables - GB soon™
« Reply #82 on: Fri, 30 March 2018, 00:02:48 »
So, got some good news. I checked with a backup manu for a quote on both black and beige cables, and their pricing was significantly better, ~63% better than the previous quotes I had received, though still with the same 100 unit moq. This is great news since it'll mean cheaper cables for you guys, and a chance to sell more of them since a lower price point. I'll be doing the math on pricing over the next few days and be looking to launch early next week if there's no issues.

Sorry if I missed it, but does this mean that you'll be doing Beige and Black at the same time?

Yep doing both of them this run since it'll be easier to get the to MOQ now.i was even yoying around with the idea of something like a neon pink cable too, but I wasn't sure if that would have a chance.

Awesome!  :) 
Yeah, don't think I personally would get pink, but I'm definitely down for that Beige.
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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables - GB soon™
« Reply #83 on: Fri, 30 March 2018, 00:11:19 »
Yep doing both of them this run since it'll be easier to get the to MOQ now.i was even yoying around with the idea of something like a neon pink cable too, but I wasn't sure if that would have a chance.

IN FOR NEON PINK!

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« Reply #84 on: Sat, 31 March 2018, 09:19:42 »
Yep doing both of them this run since it'll be easier to get the to MOQ now.i was even yoying around with the idea of something like a neon pink cable too, but I wasn't sure if that would have a chance.

IN FOR NEON PINK!
I'd by the **** out of that. No losing that cable eh?

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« Reply #85 on: Sat, 31 March 2018, 10:07:12 »
Yep doing both of them this run since it'll be easier to get the to MOQ now.i was even yoying around with the idea of something like a neon pink cable too, but I wasn't sure if that would have a chance.

I'd buy all 3. Especially the neon pink.

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« Reply #86 on: Sat, 31 March 2018, 22:05:44 »
So since there was at least a little interest I've gone ahead and asked for a quote on the neon pink cables as well since there's no real harm in just getting a quote for them. I've also asked for a shipping quote on all the cables, so that'll let me figure out end pricing. As of right now I'm still planning on using my default USB connectors for these cables, so if anyone has any suggestions for other diy USB connectors lemme know and I'll look into it. I'm fine with the normie connectors but I know other people were perhaps wanting something a bit fancier.

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables - GB soon™
« Reply #87 on: Sat, 31 March 2018, 23:07:27 »
So since there was at least a little interest I've gone ahead and asked for a quote on the neon pink cables as well since there's no real harm in just getting a quote for them. I've also asked for a shipping quote on all the cables, so that'll let me figure out end pricing. As of right now I'm still planning on using my default USB connectors for these cables, so if anyone has any suggestions for other diy USB connectors lemme know and I'll look into it. I'm fine with the normie connectors but I know other people were perhaps wanting something a bit fancier.

I would like the "normie" connectors on mine  ;D
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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables - GB soon™
« Reply #88 on: Sat, 31 March 2018, 23:20:45 »
So since there was at least a little interest I've gone ahead and asked for a quote on the neon pink cables as well since there's no real harm in just getting a quote for them. I've also asked for a shipping quote on all the cables, so that'll let me figure out end pricing. As of right now I'm still planning on using my default USB connectors for these cables, so if anyone has any suggestions for other diy USB connectors lemme know and I'll look into it. I'm fine with the normie connectors but I know other people were perhaps wanting something a bit fancier.

I for one am stoked for neon pink. Let's make this happen, cap'n!

And contrary to my previous requests, the awesome curls are good enough to be a permanent feature so I withdraw my request for female UCB-C or some other coupler type: USB-A or USB-C normie terminations work fine.

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables - GB soon™
« Reply #89 on: Sun, 01 April 2018, 23:58:07 »
I'd love to get some suitable replacements for my IBM boards that are getting converted to USB - I'll try to get some measurements on XT and 122 Terminal cables when I get back on tuesday. The XT one has some wiggle room, but the terminal board has a pretty picky small spot for cables so I'd have to be worried about thickness on that.

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables - GB soon™
« Reply #90 on: Tue, 03 April 2018, 16:19:00 »
Alright, got some more numbers back and some color samples. I'm ok with the black they sent me since it's kinda hard to mess up black, but not so much the beige

Imo it's a bit too saturated of a beige for what I was looking for.

Good news is, they'll match RAL color codes, which IDKWTF they are, but a bit of Googling shows there's a bunch of them to choose from, so I'll be looking through those to find the color I think the beige needs to be, as well as finding one for the neon pink.

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables - Finalizing Color Choices
« Reply #91 on: Tue, 03 April 2018, 17:34:36 »
Looks like khaki to me, judging by this scientific scale I found on the internet:



RE: neon pink, I don't know if you can colour match neon - a nice solid magenta will do for me.

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables - Finalizing Color Choices
« Reply #92 on: Tue, 03 April 2018, 18:07:24 »


Looks like khaki to me, judging by this scientific scale I found on the internet:

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RE: neon pink, I don't know if you can colour match neon - a nice solid magenta will do for me.

Yeah I'd be in for magenta. No losing a bright pink cable!

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables - Finalizing Color Choices
« Reply #93 on: Tue, 03 April 2018, 22:59:02 »
There is actually a decent "neon" pink, RAL 4010

And I'm also pretty certain on RAL7004 for the beige

And I also think I'm gonna do RAL9011 for the black since it would do really well with the matte finish I think


There's also a bunch of other colors on the RAL chart that would make neat cables in the future, such as RAL3026 or RAL6038, though their purple options are a little lacking imo. Plenty of stuff to think about for future drops.

I'll probably launch the GB tomorrow if I hear back confirming they can use my color choices.

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables - GB soon™
« Reply #94 on: Tue, 03 April 2018, 23:38:31 »
Alright, got some more numbers back and some color samples. I'm ok with the black they sent me since it's kinda hard to mess up black, but not so much the beige
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Imo it's a bit too saturated of a beige for what I was looking for.

Good news is, they'll match RAL color codes, which IDKWTF they are, but a bit of Googling shows there's a bunch of them to choose from, so I'll be looking through those to find the color I think the beige needs to be, as well as finding one for the neon pink.

Damn!  Yeah, that's like brown khaki.
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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables - Finalizing Color Choices
« Reply #95 on: Tue, 03 April 2018, 23:44:45 »
There is actually a decent "neon" pink, RAL 4010
Show Image

And I'm also pretty certain on RAL7004 for the beige
Show Image

And I also think I'm gonna do RAL9011 for the black since it would do really well with the matte finish I think
Show Image


There's also a bunch of other colors on the RAL chart that would make neat cables in the future, such as RAL3026 or RAL6038, though their purple options are a little lacking imo. Plenty of stuff to think about for future drops.

I'll probably launch the GB tomorrow if I hear back confirming they can use my color choices.

RAL7004 looks more grey than beige to me.  I tend to think of beige as being a bit more yellow than that.

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables - Finalizing Color Choices
« Reply #96 on: Tue, 03 April 2018, 23:45:42 »
There is actually a decent "neon" pink, RAL 4010
Show Image

And I'm also pretty certain on RAL7004 for the beige
Show Image

And I also think I'm gonna do RAL9011 for the black since it would do really well with the matte finish I think
Show Image


There's also a bunch of other colors on the RAL chart that would make neat cables in the future, such as RAL3026 or RAL6038, though their purple options are a little lacking imo. Plenty of stuff to think about for future drops.

I'll probably launch the GB tomorrow if I hear back confirming they can use my color choices.

i'd be obligated to buy that pink.
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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables - Finalizing Color Choices
« Reply #97 on: Wed, 04 April 2018, 00:02:22 »

RAL7004 looks more grey than beige to me.  I tend to think of beige as being a bit more yellow than that.

Yeah, judging colors based off what they look like on screen isn't the most dependable. I'll probably be looking into getting an RAL booklet here shortly to be more accurate in my color picking, though they're a wee bit pricey.

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables - Finalizing Color Choices
« Reply #98 on: Wed, 04 April 2018, 00:04:56 »

RAL7004 looks more grey than beige to me.  I tend to think of beige as being a bit more yellow than that.

Yeah, judging colors based off what they look like on screen isn't the most dependable, and I'm trying to get the beige closer to like IBM case beige than "normal" beige. I'll probably be looking into getting an RAL booklet here shortly to be more accurate in my color picking, though they're a wee bit pricey.

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Re: [IC] OG Coil Cables - Finalizing Color Choices
« Reply #99 on: Wed, 04 April 2018, 00:18:52 »

RAL7004 looks more grey than beige to me.  I tend to think of beige as being a bit more yellow than that.

Yeah, judging colors based off what they look like on screen isn't the most dependable. I'll probably be looking into getting an RAL booklet here shortly to be more accurate in my color picking, though they're a wee bit pricey.
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