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domoaligato:
/facepalm I missed this /sadface
cooldiscretion:
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--- Quote from: cooldiscretion on Wed, 21 May 2014, 12:31:19 ---
--- Quote from: Candyflip on Wed, 21 May 2014, 12:13:12 ---I suggest anyone who wants Dolch to wait a bit there will be a GB soon.
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Do you know if the upcoming group buy will be PBT or not?
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:facepalm:
I don't understand everyone's obsession with PBT. Groupthink at its finest, I guess.
PBT can't be doubleshot in volume for a whole set, so to get legends on PBT, you must use dyesub. You can't dyesub a lighter color onto a darker one, as in white legends on grey keycaps.
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Apologies. I'm still learning so I really didn't know. The only reason I asked is because it seems most people have the strong opinion PBT is better.
jdcarpe:
--- Quote from: cooldiscretion on Wed, 21 May 2014, 13:19:40 ---
--- Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 21 May 2014, 12:40:34 ---
--- Quote from: cooldiscretion on Wed, 21 May 2014, 12:31:19 ---
--- Quote from: Candyflip on Wed, 21 May 2014, 12:13:12 ---I suggest anyone who wants Dolch to wait a bit there will be a GB soon.
--- End quote ---
Do you know if the upcoming group buy will be PBT or not?
--- End quote ---
:facepalm:
I don't understand everyone's obsession with PBT. Groupthink at its finest, I guess.
PBT can't be doubleshot in volume for a whole set, so to get legends on PBT, you must use dyesub. You can't dyesub a lighter color onto a darker one, as in white legends on grey keycaps.
--- End quote ---
Apologies. I'm still learning so I really didn't know. The only reason I asked is because it seems most people have the strong opinion PBT is better.
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No need to apologize. Which keycap material you prefer is a matter of personal taste. I personally dislike PBT. But I get the feeling many who profess that PBT is the best, have never even tried it, or haven't tried anything other than pad printed OEM caps made from thin ABS.
Oobly:
Vortex have 2 series' of doubleshot "PBT" keycaps available, so it's not impossible to do, but I suspect they are using a PBT / ABS blend to get around the thermal expansion / contraction issues PBT has when molded.
I'm waiting for Ivan's GB. Genuine GMK Cherry profile doubleshot Dolch goodnes... Yum. ABS is quite acceptable if it's thick and Cherry profile.
hashbaz:
--- Quote from: jdcarpe on Wed, 21 May 2014, 12:40:34 ---:facepalm:
I don't understand everyone's obsession with PBT. Groupthink at its finest, I guess.
PBT can't be doubleshot in volume for a whole set, so to get legends on PBT, you must use dyesub. You can't dyesub a lighter color onto a darker one, as in white legends on grey keycaps.
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I think the general preference on this forum for PBT mainly comes from experience with Topre keyboards, so there are very likely many factors other than the material getting conflated. The doubleshot PBT caps that I've tried from SP feel and sound indistinguishable from their ABS counterparts.
Presumably a PBT 2-shot set would not shine as fast as the ABS equivalent, but I've never used an SP set long enough to get as shiny as the Cherry keys I have on my daily driver, so *shrug* .
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