Author Topic: SP Cherry MX 87-key Dyesub Group Buy ORDERS ARE NOW CLOSED (Read 102320 times)

slueth · « **Reply #500 on:** Fri, 09 December 2011, 20:30:39 »

By slueth at 2011-12-09
Its more dark blue then this teal. My color is a bit off.

dorkvader · « **Reply #501 on:** Fri, 09 December 2011, 22:03:54 »

Sleuth your colour is WAY off....

I just got mine in. They are amazing! The colour is much better than any of the pictures. Some good things:

The three blank modifers are great. Take THAT windowskey!

Two bad things:
1. The backspace is a little bit off. I am just fine to live with it, because it's hardly noticeable, but if we're replacing them, might as well add mine in.
2. The "V" key is the wrong profile (same as ASDF...) This is kind of a big deal for me. I can take a picture of this if necessary, it's blatant.

Thanks to \KL for this GB!

reaper · « **Reply #502 on:** Fri, 09 December 2011, 23:06:58 »

Got mine today in perfect condition! Thanks KL and I left you feedback. =)

slueth · « **Reply #503 on:** Fri, 09 December 2011, 23:20:08 »

My backspace is a bit tilted also.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #504 on:** Sat, 10 December 2011, 00:18:52 »

Quote from: dorkvader

1. The backspace is a little bit off. I am just fine to live with it, because it's hardly noticeable, but if we're replacing them, might as well add mine in.
2. The "V" key is the wrong profile (same as ASDF...) This is kind of a big deal for me. I can take a picture of this if necessary, it's blatant.

Thanks to \KL for this GB!

You're welcome! Replacement Backspaces are coming. The wrong profile issue is a new one - can you maybe take a photo to show me what you mean?

\KL

seth · « **Reply #505 on:** Sat, 10 December 2011, 05:21:02 »

Okay, KL Bongo is shipping my set pretty soon, and if my backspace key needs to be replaced. Could you send me a replacement directly?

keyboardlover · « **Reply #506 on:** Sat, 10 December 2011, 09:17:16 »

Quote from: seth;467642

Okay, KL Bongo is shipping my set pretty soon, and if my backspace key needs to be replaced. Could you send me a replacement directly?

No, I will be sending replacements to Bongo directly. I believe he only needed 2 replacements out of his six sets.

reaper · « **Reply #507 on:** Sat, 10 December 2011, 10:50:06 »

Here's mine and it is a darker shade of blue..

seth · « **Reply #508 on:** Sat, 10 December 2011, 11:09:24 »

Quote from: keyboardlover;467699

No, I will be sending replacements to Bongo directly. I believe he only needed 2 replacements out of his six sets.

alrighty, I have nothing to worry about then!

keyboardlover · « **Reply #509 on:** Sat, 10 December 2011, 11:32:56 »

Great pics reaper!

reaper · « **Reply #510 on:** Sat, 10 December 2011, 11:54:22 »

^ Thanks and I see nothing wrong with the "v" that I got. The backspace key sits a little higher and that's about it and it doesn't bother me none. =P

keyboardlover · « **Reply #511 on:** Sat, 10 December 2011, 12:01:58 »

Also dorkvader, be sure that the keys are firmly pressed so that they are fully-seated. That is most likely the issue.

kaiserreich · « **Reply #512 on:** Sat, 10 December 2011, 12:04:24 »

Quote from: reaper;467779

^ Thanks and I see nothing wrong with the "v" that I got. The backspace key sits a little higher and that's about it and it doesn't bother me none. =P

Such a small group buy but there are issues already.
What would happen to GB4

dorkvader · « **Reply #513 on:** Sat, 10 December 2011, 14:07:42 »

Quote from: keyboardlover;467782

Also dorkvader, be sure that the keys are firmly pressed so that they are fully-seated. That is most likely the issue.

No I'm 100% sure it's not. I tried that first, then took two off and compared them side by side. The QWE-row and ASD-row are pretty similar, but both are pretty different from the ZXC-row. I'll take pictures that will explain all.

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Edit: Pictures attached. I think the shot of it on the keyboard is especially revealing.

Looking at it, it looks similar to the ASD-row. It "looks" like it might be a little off from that, but it could be just me. I haven't measured it.
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From L to R: RFBV

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From L to R: RFVB

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From L to R: FV

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From L to R: RFVB (from the side)

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From L to R: BV

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You can really see the difference here

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It's still fairly evident about the profile here, and the "V" is immediately obvious.

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B and V are from the same row, ofcourse.
F and V appear to have the same (or almost the same) profile
This is also evident from pictures of the bottom (showing the keystem) but I didn't think to take any.
Luckily for me, the V is not very commonly used.
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Since my room is a little darker, the colour looks great.

Khenra · « **Reply #514 on:** Sat, 10 December 2011, 17:40:24 »

Recieved the keys today, it looks great!

My right shift doesn't seem to fit exactly, it is very stiff to press down and it squeaks. I don't use it anyway, so not too big of a deal.

Other than that, perfect set!

Bongoojingie · « **Reply #515 on:** Sat, 10 December 2011, 18:27:05 »

Quote from: Khenra;467952

Recieved the keys today, it looks great!

My right shift doesn't seem to fit exactly, it is very stiff to press down and it squeaks. I don't use it anyway, so not too big of a deal.

Other than that, perfect set!

This happened with my spacebar and I reseated it and it was fine. Might want to try that, not sure what was rubbing, but it fixed it.

demik · « **Reply #516 on:** Sat, 10 December 2011, 18:29:25 »

my enter did the same thing, i took it off and reseat it and everything was fine after that

Autolyze · « **Reply #517 on:** Sat, 10 December 2011, 18:58:55 »

Still waiting on my blue keycaps. :frown:

I have a feeling that they arrived at my work yesterday and the building mail people were just too lazy to do anything with them.

dorkvader · « **Reply #518 on:** Sat, 10 December 2011, 23:05:01 »

On mine, the costar inserts were pretty easy to add, which was pretty cool.

Heh, I have to ask my work if I can get stuff shipped there. The warehouse guys run parts for laptop repair over to our half of the building twice daily. They're always really snarky about it, too.

As I suspected, they look super-excellent in my dimly-lit room.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #519 on:** Sun, 11 December 2011, 10:26:07 »

Dorkvader, I saw your pics. If you don't mind, I'd like to wait until most people get their sets to see if this issue is more widespread before asking SP for replacements...

dorkvader · « **Reply #520 on:** Sun, 11 December 2011, 13:53:30 »

Quote from: keyboardlover;468292

Dorkvader, I saw your pics. If you don't mind, I'd like to wait until most people get their sets to see if this issue is more widespread before asking SP for replacements...

That's cool. I'm pretty patient, so I'm good to wait.

guilleguillaume · « **Reply #521 on:** Mon, 12 December 2011, 04:26:03 »

YEAH!

They arrived just 5 minutes ago. Pretty fast. Adding them now to the Poker and my Backspace is just well done.

Pics:

I had to dismount the estabilizers before replacing the spacebar, holy **** those fit too tight on the stem. We can see the colour differences with the spacebar on the pic.

Zoop · « **Reply #522 on:** Mon, 12 December 2011, 08:40:11 »

Man I really wish I had paid more attention to the fact that the space bar is a different material/color. Thats such a bummer - the rest of the keys seem so awesome though

DanGWanG · « **Reply #523 on:** Mon, 12 December 2011, 10:32:43 »

Quote from: guilleguillaume;468740

YEAH!

They arrived just 5 minutes ago. Pretty fast. Adding them now to the Poker and my Backspace is just well done.

Pics:

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I had to dismount the estabilizers before replacing the spacebar, holy **** those fit too tight on the stem. We can see the colour differences with the spacebar on the pic.

Really nice!

soulfree914 · « **Reply #524 on:** Mon, 12 December 2011, 23:38:04 »

KL: You didn't declare the actual value of the keycaps on the package, did you? Hope it's not been hold up at the customs..

guilleguillaume · « **Reply #525 on:** Mon, 12 December 2011, 23:58:13 »

Quote from: soulfree914;469393

KL: You didn't declare the actual value of the keycaps on the package, did you? Hope it's not been hold up at the customs..

He actually did. In my package it was writen but it couldn't be read at all since it was already faded. I can read something like $90 if I'm not wrong.

BTW those PBT keycaps from Signature plastics feel a lot better than their ABS keys. Just for the record the light coming from the leds on the poker won't go trough the PBT keycaps but it will go trough the ABS spacebar.

gimpster · « **Reply #526 on:** Tue, 13 December 2011, 00:12:30 »

Hey \KL, mine hasn't shown up yet at my office, which seems odd since people in Spain have already received theirs.

Can you please double-check the delivery confirmation and the address you shipped to for me? Please PM me the info. I suspect something has happened between the post office and my company's mailbox, but I need that info before I can try to do anything about it. Thanks!

demik · « **Reply #527 on:** Tue, 13 December 2011, 00:21:36 »

USPS has been incredibly slow lately. Might be the holiday rush?

i've been getting priority packages lasting almost a week(when it's usually 2-3 days tops) with absolutely no updates from their tracking until 5 minutes after the package was received

soulfree914 · « **Reply #528 on:** Tue, 13 December 2011, 02:01:35 »

Quote from: guilleguillaume;469406

He actually did. In my package it was writen but it couldn't be read at all since it was already faded. I can read something like $90 if I'm not wrong.

BTW those PBT keycaps from Signature plastics feel a lot better than their ABS keys. Just for the record the light coming from the leds on the poker won't go trough the PBT keycaps but it will go trough the ABS spacebar.

Oh ****.. I had two sets, which means if he wrote the exact value, the package is going to be held at the customs and I'll have to pay a ton of tax. (usually around 18% for packages over $150)..

jpm804 · « **Reply #529 on:** Tue, 13 December 2011, 02:26:26 »

Quote from: demik;469420

USPS has been incredibly slow lately. Might be the holiday rush?

i've been getting priority packages lasting almost a week(when it's usually 2-3 days tops) with absolutely no updates from their tracking until 5 minutes after the package was received

I've noticed that also...hopefullly my packaged has arrived or will come when I get back from vacation.

The sets look good on everyones keyboards

seth · « **Reply #530 on:** Tue, 13 December 2011, 05:28:15 »

Quote from: soulfree914;469450

Oh ****.. I had two sets, which means if he wrote the exact value, the package is going to be held at the customs and I'll have to pay a ton of tax. (usually around 18% for packages over $150)..

That's why I use mail-forwarding system. Shipping time is much more prompt and you can declare the value yourself in a case like this

Autolyze · « **Reply #531 on:** Tue, 13 December 2011, 06:10:43 »

Quote from: gimpster;469414

Hey \KL, mine hasn't shown up yet at my office, which seems odd since people in Spain have already received theirs. Can you please double-check the delivery confirmation and the address you shipped to for me? Please PM me the info. I suspect something has happened between the post office and my company's mailbox, but I need that info before I can try to do anything about it. Thanks!

Same here, if possible. I'm a little worried that someone intercepted the package and is now doing horrible things to my poor keycaps!

keyboardlover · « **Reply #532 on:** Tue, 13 December 2011, 07:28:13 »

Quote from: gimpster;469414

Hey \KL, mine hasn't shown up yet at my office, which seems odd since people in Spain have already received theirs. Can you please double-check the delivery confirmation and the address you shipped to for me? Please PM me the info. I suspect something has happened between the post office and my company's mailbox, but I need that info before I can try to do anything about it. Thanks!

@gimpster - sorry, there was actually a delay with your package. After I sent it out it ended up coming back to me saying "Undeliverable - no postage". I found out that the guy at the post office the day I sent it (Jim) was apparently new and tried to send your package without applying the postage. So, it did get sent out again last Saturday, at a much higher priority since Jim had ended up screwing me on the shipping. You should get them this week.

So, for all the US orders I paid much more for shipping than I should have thanks to this noob.
****ing USPS...

keyboardlover · « **Reply #533 on:** Tue, 13 December 2011, 07:31:47 »

In other news, a family emergency occurred this week and I'm extremely busy so if you have individual requests/questions/etc., please shoot me a PM or email to kl@keyboardlover.com and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

reaper · « **Reply #534 on:** Tue, 13 December 2011, 08:48:57 »

^ Hope everything's ok and nothing too serious... being so close to Christmas and all. =(

Zoop · « **Reply #535 on:** Tue, 13 December 2011, 12:58:29 »

Just got my keys - I'm happy with the material and feel of them, however the color isn't what I expected. Consider it's literally impossible show an accurate color through images it's reasonable for this to happen. I've managed to have 5? (maybe 4) different shades of blue on the left side of my keyboard hahahah. Color clashing is a good thing right?

p.s. I also have a crooked Backspace key

Bongoojingie · « **Reply #536 on:** Tue, 13 December 2011, 15:20:14 »

Quote from: keyboardlover;469552

In other news, a family emergency occurred this week and I'm extremely busy so if you have individual requests/questions/etc., please shoot me a PM or email to kl@keyboardlover.com and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Hope everything is ok!

dorkvader · « **Reply #537 on:** Tue, 13 December 2011, 22:37:57 »

Quote from: keyboardlover;469552

In other news, a family emergency occurred this week and I'm extremely busy so if you have individual requests/questions/etc., please shoot me a PM or email to kl@keyboardlover.com and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

I hope everything will turn out okay!

Quote from: guilleguillaume;469406

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BTW those PBT keycaps from Signature plastics feel a lot better than their ABS keys. Just for the record the light coming from the leds on the poker won't go trough the PBT keycaps but it will go trough the ABS spacebar.

I agree. Ripster thinks I'm wrong, but what does he know? I would like to note, though, that the red lights on my CMstorm does shine through the white PBT just a little. I think it's great that they use a different mold. The 'sprue mark' is on the back, where it should be. They certainly "seem" thicker, though I'm currently missing my micrometer, and of course, they feel much better.

Quote from: Zoop;469789

Just got my keys - I'm happy with the material and feel of them, however the color isn't what I expected. Consider it's literally impossible show an accurate color through images it's reasonable for this to happen. I've managed to have 5? (maybe 4) different shades of blue on the left side of my keyboard hahahah. Color clashing is a good thing right?

p.s. I also have a crooked Backspace key

Do you mean that your colours are different in real life? I know mine change a lot based on ambient lighting (just like a peridot!) but all appear to be the same colour to me. Are you sure you're not a female and/or a tetrachomid?

I might put the original spacebar back on my CMstorm, as i like the profile better. maybe I'll put in on upside down..?

jpm804 · « **Reply #538 on:** Tue, 13 December 2011, 23:51:29 »

Got my keys today..... even though it looks like USPS managed to open up the box somehow.. haha luckily all the keys were inside.

Love the feel of the keys... didnt get a crooked backspace or at least it looks straight to me.. hahaha.

One thing that I found odd was did anyone else get extra blank modifier keys? I got like 3 of them and wasnt expecting it...

demik · « **Reply #539 on:** Wed, 14 December 2011, 00:07:45 »

yeah, we all got 3 extra modifiers. it's to replace windows keys and menu keys

or really, any modifier that you want. but people specifically asked for those blanks for those 3 keys

Kisakuku · « **Reply #540 on:** Wed, 14 December 2011, 00:19:32 »

Checked my set today. Backspace is crooked, not terribly, but noticeably so. Also, for the life of me I can't get the Costar stabilizer inserts all the way into the stems on the Enter key. Is this just a general issue with the SP low profile keys?

dorkvader · « **Reply #541 on:** Wed, 14 December 2011, 09:45:10 »

Quote from: Kisakuku;470290

Checked my set today. Backspace is crooked, not terribly, but noticeably so. Also, for the life of me I can't get the Costar stabilizer inserts all the way into the stems on the Enter key. Is this just a general issue with the SP low profile keys?

Good point on the backspace. It's crooked on mine. not "bad" but it is noticeable. I didn't have TOO bad a time with the inserts, but there were pretty hard to get in one some of the keys (especially the spacebar). I would recommend buying some extra inserts from WASD just in case. Then, with added security, jam them in there with a pliers if needs be.

@jpm804, yeah, my box was "open" as well, but since it was folded over so far I felt pretty secure that everything was safe.

Zoop · « **Reply #542 on:** Wed, 14 December 2011, 12:08:58 »

Quote

Checked my set today. Backspace is crooked, not terribly, but noticeably so. Also, for the life of me I can't get the Costar stabilizer inserts all the way into the stems on the Enter key. Is this just a general issue with the SP low profile keys?

I have this very same issue right now, I don't think you can jam them in harder, as it appears that the plastics inserts are in all the way.

gimpster · « **Reply #543 on:** Wed, 14 December 2011, 12:12:05 »

Quote from: keyboardlover;469550

@gimpster - sorry, there was actually a delay with your package. After I sent it out it ended up coming back to me saying "Undeliverable - no postage". I found out that the guy at the post office the day I sent it (Jim) was apparently new and tried to send your package without applying the postage. So, it did get sent out again last Saturday, at a much higher priority since Jim had ended up screwing me on the shipping. You should get them this week.

So, for all the US orders I paid much more for shipping than I should have thanks to this noob.
****ing USPS...

Much appreciated for the update and please, let me know how much extra the shipping was, I'm happy to cover it.

MrPhil · « **Reply #544 on:** Wed, 14 December 2011, 15:21:40 »

Quote from: keyboardlover;469552

In other news, a family emergency occurred this week and I'm extremely busy so if you have individual requests/questions/etc., please shoot me a PM or email to kl@keyboardlover.com and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

I hope everything's alright on your end mate

Just received the keys in New Zealand and they're fantastic

I got a wonky backspace key but there's no rush for that, give us a shout when everything has settled down on your side!
Thanks KL!

Autolyze · « **Reply #545 on:** Wed, 14 December 2011, 21:53:44 »

Finally got the keys today! It looks like I actually should've had them over a week ago, but they took the scenic route. The USPS tracking says:
Dec 5 - Jersey City, NJ
Dec 8 - Federal Way, WA
Dec 11 - Jersey City, NJ
Dec 12 - Jersey City, NJ
Dec 13 - New York, NY (Delivered! Although apparently they stayed in the mailroom for a day)

The package was a bit beaten up, but the keys were fine. The printing on the backspace is sliiightly tilted, but it's only noticeable if you're looking for it, so I think I'll live. The enter key is a bit sticky on the Leopold with blues that I've got the keycaps on though. Other enter keycaps are fine with the keyboard, and this blue enter keycap seems fine on other keyboards, so it's just the combination that's the problem. Does anyone have any suggestions for fixing it? Should I keep pounding away at the enter in hopes that it will eventually cooperate? It's too sticky to be able to reliably use at the moment.

Other than the sticky enter when used with this keyboard, the keys are great. Thanks, KL! I hope the family emergency ends up being okay.

gimpster · « **Reply #546 on:** Thu, 15 December 2011, 01:07:17 »

My keys showed up at my office this afternoon. Thanks \KL!! The keys look great.
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My backspace is a crooked one, though.
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I also noticed that the quotes key seems to have an odd orientation. It's not completely upside down, because the double-quote and single-quote are still stacked properly, but the thick part of the quotes seems to be on the wrong side (bottom vs top). This may be intentional, it just looks odd to me and thought I'd report it in case it is a mistake.
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slueth · « **Reply #547 on:** Thu, 15 December 2011, 01:09:54 »

Why didn't you use your spacebar?

dorkvader · « **Reply #548 on:** Thu, 15 December 2011, 09:26:00 »

Quote from: slueth;471159

Why didn't you use your spacebar?

I'm going to remove mine: it's too sharp. I'll see if I can reverse it first.

Also, I forgot to mention: the apostrophe half of the "' key is upside down. Looking at my unicomp board it looks like a raised comma (right next to the real comma) I remember seeing it, but forgot to post.

But three bad keys out of 87 isn't too bad!

Zoop · « **Reply #549 on:** Thu, 15 December 2011, 09:47:15 »

HAhaha I didn't even notice that issue with the apostrophe. It look more like a tiny 66 then a tiny 99 as it should. I'm really not too worried about that though

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Author Topic: SP Cherry MX 87-key Dyesub Group Buy ***ORDERS ARE NOW CLOSED*** (Read 102320 times)

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