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Cap'n told me to 'enjoy' my time with this thing and to 'take my time', so i took my time ;)
just wanna say thanks to CPTBadAss for doing this tour, and to anyone else who has helped out with donating/lending caps out to this tour. Making this better for us all.
now for my thoughts, i thought i would give my thoughts on all the caps, but only on the switches that stuck out to me.
From top to bottom;
Bunnycaps: I already own a few, but i don't own a 'sprinkles' one. They feel nice, and have a subtle and random texture to them.
PBT DSA (Meebcaps): I was very nervous about DSA, because i just ordered my DSA set with Team Redline, so i was nervous that i would dislike dsa, and i can happily say i really like it. It's a different feel from the SP caps that i'm used to, and there is a smaller space for your fingers, but i can imagine a full board of them feeling very cool. I'm now very excited for my set. Now between these sexy meebcaps and the Retro caps, the Meebcaps have a nicer texture and feel to them. The meebcaps feel nicer, almost sandy. oh right, they are meebcaps...so they feel very funky...
ABS DSA (Retro): Just like i said above, happy with the feel. feels different, but good. not as nice of a texture as the meebcaps, but still enjoyable.
POM: nothing special.
Thin ABS (Poker Stock Caps): Brings back nightmares before the Raindrop Days for me. no go for anyone
Thin PBT: at long last trying PBT. has a nicer texture then the thin ABS, but beyond that, i wouldn't pay extra for them. meh
Thick PBT: a tad better then the thin PBT, but still meh. similar texture, which feels nice, but nothing compared to what comes after
Thick ABS: My favorite and #1 choice. they feel silky smooth and heavenly. the scooped F is really cool, all the caps feel godly to press. This makes me even more excited for both my GH60s. I didn't understand the appeal of black Cherry DS sets, (mainly the white on black is ugly), but now i would like to own a set just for the feeling. They just feel wonderful and i cant wait to break in my own sets and type on them.
Relegendables (DEM RELEGENDABLES): Feel nice, and would be cool novelties to own, but feel kinda like the thin abs. kinda slippery
PBT DS (Wario!): Feels like that nice pbt texture, but then in the middle there is the dyesub, which throws the whole thing off.
Zinc Cap: Gives the allusion of the sweet mx blacks feeling lighter. kinda cool to play with, but can't see myself using it even as a novelty. will literally pop off if i push too hard or too fast.
Switches (here i am going to touch up on the ones i enjoyed, or liked/disliked);
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the infamous and cursed topre mint green skull...third time it comes out of it's baggieI was very afraid that i would fall in love with the cup 'o' rubber like so many do...but i'm happy to say i didn't. Maybe it's me, but i just don't see it...i don't get what's so special. It just feels like a nicer version of rubber domes. It's very smooth, and has a nice bump (which i like), but the bottoming out and the actual bottom of the action is just so unsatisfying and disappointing...it's very bothersome to use lol. The 'bump' is nice, but i feel as if it begins so early that you don't even feel a bump, and just a lot of resistance in the beginning...regardless disappointing as well. My Clears have a bump that is so pronounced about 40% to halfway down...maybe it's just a different type of bump. I need to be able to try a full board of topre before deciding it's as potato as it is, but i think i have a good idea right now. all in all, i don't see the big deal, i don't see how someone could spend more then $150 on this, plain and simple, they are just rubber domes. nothing special
IMO of course
Buckling Spring: i need to try a board with Buckling Spring, because i really like what i have tried so far. i don't want to say it wasn't as heavy as i had heard, because mind you i am just trying a keychain, but it feels great. the bump is so pronounced and the click is pretty awesome. i need to be able to try out a full board definitely
Alps: of all the alps, the only one that caught my attention were the clicky whites, and i already own a board of them, so i'm happy with that (thanks again prdlm2009!!)
Cherry: the day i received this, i had owned or tried all the switches there except for the linear greys, so i'll rapidfire go every all the mx switches;
red: too light, i hate them
browns: great starter switch, unusable for me now, too light
blues: nice and clicky, but too light for me
blacks: my favorite to date, nice and heavy, love the linear
clears: on my daily driver, nice and heavy, perfect bump
greys: very interesting, i want to try out both linear and tactile greys, and be able to maybe use them in a third gh60 or another future board..very cool
whites: recieved my 70 whites from Commie the day i recieved this, so i was playing with them the day of. very excited to have them in my first GH60...nice and heavy but a click too
ML/MY: meh
