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Offline Chau

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Glow in the dark caps ?
« on: Sat, 10 November 2012, 09:49:46 »
Hi, did a quick search but couldn't find anything..do these caps exist?
Something like this but glows  :p
7580-0 by eon

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Re: Glow in the dark caps ?
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 10 November 2012, 10:02:56 »
There were a few made that were glow in the dark from a RGB GB a longggg time ago, and it wasn't exactly a purchase, it was a gift with the RGB purchase.
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Glow in the dark caps ?
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 10 November 2012, 10:06:23 »
KeyPop is having them made
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Re: Glow in the dark caps ?
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 10 November 2012, 10:14:57 »
SP has them in stock sporadically, but I don't remember the color code. Also there is Cherry relegendable cap with glow tops from Raptor K1 keyboards which have a more similar blueish color.
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Re: Glow in the dark caps ?
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 10 November 2012, 17:46:09 »
I begged keypop to make wasd glowies, any colour will do, as long as they glow. I'm not fussy cuz it's not so much for aesthetics as it will be for practicality.
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Re: Glow in the dark caps ?
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 10 November 2012, 22:10:10 »
Glow in the dark would be more for novelty looks, a backlit keyboard would probably improve practicality as the glow in the dark ones would (probably) fade after a while, maybe after a short time depending on what type of plastic is used.  backlit just shines and shines and shines (he said, typing on his Ducky Shine).
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Re: Glow in the dark caps ?
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 10 November 2012, 22:23:48 »
Glow caps with UV LEDs would be an interesting sight, dunno if I'd ever consider it myself though.
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Re: Glow in the dark caps ?
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 10 November 2012, 22:31:55 »
I have something like this.

Glow in the dark.

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Re: Glow in the dark caps ?
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 10 November 2012, 22:49:36 »
Quote from: akuJIWA on Sat, 10 November 2012, 22:31:55
I have something like this.

Glow in the dark.

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Yep, those are the Raptor K1 glow in the dark keys as lysol mentioned. I believe DanGWanG also has a set of these.
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Re: Glow in the dark caps ?
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 10 November 2012, 23:04:30 »
Quote from: ekw808 on Sat, 10 November 2012, 10:02:56
There were a few made that were glow in the dark from a RGB GB a longggg time ago, and it wasn't exactly a purchase, it was a gift with the RGB purchase.

Well, it wasn't *thaaaaaat* long ago... I had them made as a freebie add-on in my RGB Group Buy last year. 

7617-0

No one complained because they were thrown in after the fact, but to me, they kind of suck.  They don't glow very bright unless you had direct light on them and turned out the lights.  Not sure what a backlight LED would do though.
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Re: Glow in the dark caps ?
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 10 November 2012, 23:26:43 »
Quote from: akuJIWA on Sat, 10 November 2012, 22:31:55
I have something like this.

Glow in the dark.

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Only the top part of these glow?  I think the latest suggestion has the entire key glowing.

Quote from: aggiejy on Sat, 10 November 2012, 23:04:30
Quote from: ekw808 on Sat, 10 November 2012, 10:02:56
There were a few made that were glow in the dark from a RGB GB a longggg time ago, and it wasn't exactly a purchase, it was a gift with the RGB purchase.

Well, it wasn't *thaaaaaat* long ago... I had them made as a freebie add-on in my RGB Group Buy last year. 

(Attachment Link)

No one complained because they were thrown in after the fact, but to me, they kind of suck.  They don't glow very bright unless you had direct light on them and turned out the lights.  Not sure what a backlight LED would do though.

Probably like POM.
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Re: Glow in the dark caps ?
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 11 November 2012, 01:18:14 »
Quote from: aggiejy on Sat, 10 November 2012, 23:04:30
Quote from: ekw808 on Sat, 10 November 2012, 10:02:56
There were a few made that were glow in the dark from a RGB GB a longggg time ago, and it wasn't exactly a purchase, it was a gift with the RGB purchase.

Well, it wasn't *thaaaaaat* long ago... I had them made as a freebie add-on in my RGB Group Buy last year. 

(Attachment Link)

No one complained because they were thrown in after the fact, but to me, they kind of suck.  They don't glow very bright unless you had direct light on them and turned out the lights.  Not sure what a backlight LED would do though.
I'll take them off your hands if they suck :p
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Re: Glow in the dark caps ?
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 11 November 2012, 05:35:02 »
I had a few of those glowies from that rgb group buy, but I ended up giving them away as freebies with other stuff I sold, they were good caps. Didn't really glow much though
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Re: Glow in the dark caps ?
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 11 November 2012, 07:15:14 »
Don't want to buy another board any time soon so backlit is out. But Im keen to try out some glowies from Keypop. hopefully b4 Xmas. :p
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