I have joined several KAT GBs that haven't switched to doubleshots(Space Cadet, Iron, and this),
and honestly given up hopes on those after getting the Kitty KAT (It does use the old machines, but meh).
I do love the crisp legends on doubleshot keycaps, so despite sounding like I'm against it, I do really wish for every past KAT GBs (or future GBs for that matter) to shift to using doubleshots.
It's just that I can't really see it happening.
That’s my stance on it also. What problems did you find with Kitty KAT? From what I’ve heard of Arctic I’m not sure it’s just old machines at fault.
Unevenness in color and matt-ness, scratch marks on keytops, shiny edges, misaligned legends, and minor shrinkage of some keys.
Yeah, the shrunken keys from the Arctic I've seen were unacceptable IMHO.
I love the typing experience itself and the sound the KAT profile makes.
It's such a shame that the manufacture is incapable.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I’ve seen the shiny edges and scratches on KAM Wraith at the biip discord. The shrunken mods on Arctic were still the worst I’ve seen, though. I worry about that because I went BoW Alphas and WoB Mods, and if their current reverse dyesub of darker colors can cause that amount of shrinkage, I’m gonna have a bad time D:
The worst part is, I’m not even sure going doubleshot would solve all these issues. The color and print issues, maybe, but the shrinking and imperfections like scratches could still be there.
But by God, the profile is nice. They struck gold and lost it, so far.