Author Topic: Best PBT cherry profile keycaps (Read 7905 times)

bocahgundul · « **on:** Sat, 24 October 2015, 09:41:04 »

Hello guys,
What is your opinion on the best pbt keycaps other than the OG cherry dyesub?

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #1 on:** Sat, 24 October 2015, 09:42:55 »

I'm a fan of the thick Leopold pbt caps, the ones I use are black with side print.

azhdar · « **Reply #2 on:** Sat, 24 October 2015, 09:44:24 »

Only other than OG I tried are gaterons, they feel good. Dyesubbed they would be fantastic.

bocahgundul · « **Reply #3 on:** Sat, 24 October 2015, 09:59:08 »

Quote from: azhdar on Sat, 24 October 2015, 09:44:24

Only other than OG I tried are gaterons, they feel good. Dyesubbed they would be fantastic.

Ow man how much do you pay for one of this OG dyesub? and do you know about BSP pbt?

azhdar · « **Reply #4 on:** Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:02:45 »

Quote from: bocahgundul on Sat, 24 October 2015, 09:59:08

Quote from: azhdar on Sat, 24 October 2015, 09:44:24
Only other than OG I tried are gaterons, they feel good. Dyesubbed they would be fantastic.
Ow man how much do you pay for one of this OG dyesub? and do you know about BSP pbt?

French one are lot cheaper, especially when you buy them from non enthuastist (I should probably not tell you the price, you would choke).

dante · « **Reply #5 on:** Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:04:59 »

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Sat, 24 October 2015, 09:42:55

I'm a fan of the thick Leopold pbt caps, the ones I use are black with side print.

bocahgundul · « **Reply #6 on:** Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:23:35 »

Anyone know about the bsp keycaps some say that this keycaps are the OG dyesub

azhdar · « **Reply #7 on:** Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:25:24 »

Quote from: bocahgundul on Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:23:35

Anyone know about the bsp keycaps some say that this keycaps are the OG dyesub

They aren't. The OG dyesub tooling has not been found (if it still exists).

bocahgundul · « **Reply #8 on:** Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:43:02 »

Quote from: azhdar on Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:25:24

Quote from: bocahgundul on Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:23:35
Anyone know about the bsp keycaps some say that this keycaps are the OG dyesub

They aren't. The OG dyesub tooling has not been found (if it still exists).

Is it really that awesome? I don't want to drop 200$ on an ansi one

azhdar · « **Reply #9 on:** Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:46:15 »

Quote from: bocahgundul on Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:43:02

Quote from: azhdar on Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:25:24
Quote from: bocahgundul on Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:23:35
Anyone know about the bsp keycaps some say that this keycaps are the OG dyesub

They aren't. The OG dyesub tooling has not been found (if it still exists).
Is it really that awesome? I don't want to drop 200$ on an ansi one

It is trully awesome, not 200$ awesome tho.

bocahgundul · « **Reply #10 on:** Sat, 24 October 2015, 11:30:48 »

Quote from: azhdar on Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:46:15

Quote from: bocahgundul on Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:43:02
Quote from: azhdar on Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:25:24
Quote from: bocahgundul on Sat, 24 October 2015, 10:23:35
Anyone know about the bsp keycaps some say that this keycaps are the OG dyesub

They aren't. The OG dyesub tooling has not been found (if it still exists).
Is it really that awesome? I don't want to drop 200$ on an ansi one

It is trully awesome, not 200$ awesome tho.

Thx for the reply you're just so helpful for a newbie like me

Giorgio · « **Reply #11 on:** Sat, 24 October 2015, 18:51:08 »

Cherry g80-3000 keycaps are pbt and feel quite nice.
In Europe the keyboard - including keycaps - costs 67$.

Tab and space bar are non standard.

bocahgundul · « **Reply #12 on:** Sat, 24 October 2015, 18:53:05 »

Quote from: Giorgio on Sat, 24 October 2015, 18:51:08

Cherry g80-3000 keycaps are pbt and feel quite nice.
In Europe the keyboard - including keycaps - costs 67$.

Tab and space bar are non standard.

G80-3000 have a code for keycaps quality and the most common one are lasered pbt or pom that i dont like

Kola93 · « **Reply #13 on:** Sun, 25 October 2015, 21:22:19 »

BSP and Cherry are both good stuff.

If you are okay with a knockoff, Gateron and Vortex both make similar ones too.

Kliwon · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 05 November 2015, 19:34:02 »

check this thread bocahgundul

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=61912.0
if you're interested in the BSP may be waiting imsto GB again ..

agong8664 · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 05 November 2015, 21:25:13 »

I use 45g(bottom out) browns. And I find that thin keycaps have a lighter type feeling and crisper. Only keyset I can find is OG PBT on recent cherry keyboards(ie:G80-3000).

nocturalowl · « **Reply #16 on:** Fri, 13 November 2015, 10:59:00 »

Try the new leopold dye sub. If i'm not mistaken it's came in leopold own profile. It's rather close to cherry profile.

di3gopa · « **Reply #17 on:** Fri, 13 November 2015, 11:09:47 »

I like the geekkeys thick pbt keycaps:

http://www.geekkeys.com/104-keysets/

Findecanor · « **Reply #18 on:** Fri, 13 November 2015, 12:03:33 »

Of thick Cherry, Leopold and Gateron, I prefer Leopold because of crisper edges and texture.
But the difference is minuscule!

I suspect that the ones on Geekkeys.com were made by Gateron. The tell is that the F and J keys are scooped and have homing bars.

Oobly · « **Reply #19 on:** Mon, 16 November 2015, 03:51:32 »

Quote from: bocahgundul on Sat, 24 October 2015, 18:53:05

Quote from: Giorgio on Sat, 24 October 2015, 18:51:08
Cherry g80-3000 keycaps are pbt and feel quite nice.
In Europe the keyboard - including keycaps - costs 67$.

Tab and space bar are non standard.
G80-3000 have a code for keycaps quality and the most common one are lasered pbt or pom that i dont like

They're also THIN (except the big keys like shifts). As thin as OEM caps. I really don't like the beige PBT lasered sets of those I have.

jaffers · « **Reply #20 on:** Mon, 16 November 2015, 04:11:11 »

Nickheller raves over his POM set in cherry profile, I don't have any (yet) but I am really liking my gateron set. GMK looks pretty sweet too, shame the classic beige GB didn't go through though, I almost had a set I've wanted forever

di3gopa · « **Reply #21 on:** Mon, 16 November 2015, 08:17:57 »

Quote from: Findecanor on Fri, 13 November 2015, 12:03:33

Of thick Cherry, Leopold and Gateron, I prefer Leopold because of crisper edges and texture.
But the difference is minuscule!

I suspect that the ones on Geekkeys.com were made by Gateron. The tell is that the F and J keys are scooped and have homing bars.

Yep they are like you say so i guess they are Gateron keys then.

bocahgundul · « **Reply #22 on:** Mon, 16 November 2015, 08:54:46 »

Well its been settled i think the best one are bsp and gateron?

Kliwon · « **Reply #23 on:** Tue, 17 November 2015, 01:11:25 »

for me, Gateron keycap for the price is very friendly to the wallet with full set WK & WKL ...
for an overall sense BSP is still better than gateron..

Oobly · « **Reply #24 on:** Tue, 17 November 2015, 05:11:17 »

These are very, very good: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/imsto-pbt-cherry-keycaps?mode_group=open

sintklaas73 · « **Reply #25 on:** Sat, 05 December 2015, 12:50:19 »

Indeed BSP and OG dyesub cherry sets are by far my favourite sets. Ducky pbt feels a bit too rough to my taste...and GMK and Cherry DS sets feel good until they shine...then they become too grippy.
I have yet to try Gateron pbt. I see I just missed the GB for gateron caps and I wonder if anyone knows how to get a set.
Btw, I am willing to part with my BSP - OG dyesub sets but I cannot post it on classifieds since I just joined Geekhack... -_-

asgeirtj · « **Reply #26 on:** Thu, 24 December 2015, 09:56:02 »

1. OG Cherry
2. BSP
.....big gap....
3. the rest

I'd take GMK (abs) over the rest and I've tried vortex, leopold and enojypbt (gateron)

afaik there is no way to acquire og cherry and bsp except for the classifieds (and getting old boards with og cherry is nigh impossible). Imsto will probably do a bsp gb next year (if he isn't gone for good), likely with some fugly legends though like usually.

OTD · « **Reply #27 on:** Mon, 28 December 2015, 19:15:53 »

People really liked the PBT dark sets from Ivan enough that he ran a second group buy but he is running behind on that one if I am not mistaken.

ooah · « **Reply #28 on:** Wed, 30 December 2015, 21:00:41 »

I'm happy with these so far: http://www.geekkeys.com/geekkeys-dark-grey-dyesub-thick-pbt-full-keyset-pre-order/

They're the only PBTs I've ever used, though, so no basis for comparison.

x9Memoriez · « **Reply #29 on:** Sun, 03 January 2016, 19:38:34 »

These thick pbt's (I think are made by gateron) are usually around 27.99 USD on massdrop when they drop, which is quite often, as theyre extremely popular. Worth a look, very cheap for a set of pbt keycaps anyway, let alone being in the cherry profile. https://www.massdrop.com/buy/blank-pbt-keycaps/talk

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Author Topic: Best PBT cherry profile keycaps (Read 7905 times)