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Offline illki

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[Q]What kinds of keycaps should I buy ?
« on: Tue, 05 June 2012, 23:06:35 »
Hi all,

I'm a newbie for mechanical keyboarder & I got a ducky shine 9008S model.

I like to buy a custom keycaps but I'm not sure what kinds of keycaps should i get.

Thx i advance

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[Q]What kinds of keycaps should I buy ?
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 05 June 2012, 23:10:02 »
Plastic ones <-- seems like an over simplified response, but definitely plastic.

Doubleshot ABS, or PBT
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[Q]What kinds of keycaps should I buy ?
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 05 June 2012, 23:11:44 »
^ What they both said and welcome to Geekhack! =D
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[Q]What kinds of keycaps should I buy ?
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 06 June 2012, 00:26:55 »
There's nothing wrong with metal keycaps, guys. I love my CNC aluminium ones.

That said, I would recommend some thin white PBT so you can still see any LED's beneath the keycaps.