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topre keycap durability (lazer etched version)

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jmmtn4aj:

--- Quote from: avtar on Sat, 08 March 2014, 17:35:37 ---I received a new Realforce today and this happened to the left Shift key as I attempted to remove it using a Leopold key puller:

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It didn't feel great at all :( I've removed keycaps on other Topre keyboards and never had one break so it seemed pretty random. Still hurting though...

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So I've managed to do this exact same thing to the exact same key on my Realforce R2, down to the right of the stem breaking at the base when viewing the keycap from the rear. It's uncanny.

Anyone know where I can get replacement Topre key caps nowadays? Ideally individuals or just the modifiers. All the old suspects (EliteKB, etc.) don't seem to sell them anymore. Sure Topre's solution to a broken keycap stem can't be 'buy a new keyboard'?

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