How was you experience using a white keyboard

[cameronmcleod71]

Hello, I've bin looking for a new mechanical keyboard with speed switches and I've decided on the ducky shine 6 golden white edition or black. I keep hesitating on buying the golden white because I'm scared after a few years the keyboard will loose its aesthetic and turn a off white or yellow. I am just wondering how other people's experiences were with using white keyboards, and if they still look that fresh white color.

[absyrd]

Retrobrite when/if they turn yellow and you care that much. Or paint it.

[Findecanor]

I believe that plastic for electronics manufactured today do not yellow as easily as older plastics did.
Older plastics for electronics contained the flame-retardant additive PBDE and it was the bromine in that that accelerated yellowing. These days, brominated flame retardants should have been completely phased out, replaced with chemicals not containing bromine.

And yes, a case can be painted (white paint is common) and you could upgrade to keycaps made from PBT plastic which don't yellow (or at least, very little).

[rowdy]

I bought a KeyCool TKL with MX reds a few years ago (maybe 5 years ago).

It is whiter than white i.e. not beige at all.  It also has PBT keycaps, which are quite nice.

I discovered that I don't like MX reds, so the keyboard has not had a lot of use, however its colour has not aged at all - it is still as white as.