Banggood keycaps?

[boogerlad]

They say they are pbt, but does anyone actually have a set of them? How does the quality compare to the imsto ones? Are they thick as well? Something must explain the huge price difference.

Is the spacebar made out of abs?



What profile are these?

[divito]

They say they are pbt, but does anyone actually have a set of them? How does the quality compare to the imsto ones? Are they thick as well? Something must explain the huge price difference.

Is the spacebar made out of abs?

I paid the $17 or whatever it was for the blank white ones to test them out. While I've never tried other PBT given my newness, I'll try to do a post on them when they arrive. It'll probably be awhile though before they show up.

[whiteduck]

i got a set of POM keys coming from them as well so I'll let you know how they are.  Should be fine - this is the same website that sent out free ying yang keys recently and I got that pretty quick.

[meiosis]

I got the free yin yang keycap from them, (including free shipping) Really impressed at how fast and the quality

[acer589]

Like everyone else in this thread, mine are in the mail.

[Binge]

I bought the white blanks, black blank pom, and PBT RGB mods 

The excite!  All of it!

[Oobly]

Hey all, I have also ordered a set of blank white PBT and blank black POM caps from them. Any of you received yours yet?

[V1ral]

I just got my POM and PBT set in the mail last week. Here's a comparison pic with a few other key caps. I will say that the POM caps from Banggood are extremely tight on the stems, even more so than my other POM set. As you can see, it pulled the stem out from one of my switches when I tried to remove it. Nothing's broken, and if I can get the stem out I can just drop it back into the switch. But still, what a PITA.


From left to right: stock QFR, stock Poker, Imsto/KBC thick PBT, Banggood PBT, Banggood POM, rainbow jelly POM (from feng).

Sorry, no pics of the tops, but I will say that both are OEM profile. The PBT caps have a nice amount of roughness on the surface, similar to other PBT caps I've tried.

[acer589]

Yeah, I got mine in. Aside from a few having ugly back ends (which you don't see when facing it) they are very good. Honestly they're very similar to the ones that were on my Poker II.

[kaotikb]

I have a set of white pbt on my Gigabyte board. Cant complain, for the price and free shipping they are worth it. 

[Zeal]

I've been tempted by the price as well. They look like they're in between thin and thick...Medium PBT caps? )

[Belfong]

I have a lot of suspicious over China made stuff.. and free shipping - the cost must have gone to somewhere. So, just be wary.

[Tym]

I have a lot of suspicious over China made stuff.. and free shipping - the cost must have gone to somewhere. So, just be wary.

Wary of what? I dislike this accusing of a business just because of the country of origin,  its like business-racism. They have cheap but working goods and are not scamming anyone so what?

[Belfong]

Wary of the quality of the goods. Perhaps it looked good now but will the product stand the test of times? I don't know about you but I have been burned a couple of times importing goods from China. It looked like the real thing... they even imitate their own home-grown brand - I imported a power bank thinking it was the popular/reputable Yoobao brand but it turned out that there are imitations of Yoobao power bank. So it was cheap, but it didn't hold it charges for long. Yeah, be wary!

[Zeal]

I could say the same for all the aftermarket thick keycaps we're buying. They're all sourced from China, yet we're still paying a premium for the thicker keycaps.

[Oobly]

I just got my POM and PBT set in the mail last week. Here's a comparison pic with a few other key caps. I will say that the POM caps from Banggood are extremely tight on the stems, even more so than my other POM set. As you can see, it pulled the stem out from one of my switches when I tried to remove it. Nothing's broken, and if I can get the stem out I can just drop it back into the switch. But still, what a PITA.

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From left to right: stock QFR, stock Poker, Imsto/KBC thick PBT, Banggood PBT, Banggood POM, rainbow jelly POM (from feng).

Sorry, no pics of the tops, but I will say that both are OEM profile. The PBT caps have a nice amount of roughness on the surface, similar to other PBT caps I've tried.

Thank you for this. Guess I am going to have to choose carefully which keys to put the POM caps on. They look similar to the stock QFR and jelly POM molds. I was hoping they'd be a bit thicker, but considering the cost I am satisfied. Can't wait for mine to arrive now :)

[SpAmRaY]

I could say the same for all the aftermarket thick keycaps we're buying. They're all sourced from China, yet we're still paying a premium for the thicker keycaps.

The best one's come from Germany

[acer589]

Wary of the quality of the goods. Perhaps it looked good now but will the product stand the test of times? I don't know about you but I have been burned a couple of times importing goods from China. It looked like the real thing... they even imitate their own home-grown brand - I imported a power bank thinking it was the popular/reputable Yoobao brand but it turned out that there are imitations of Yoobao power bank. So it was cheap, but it didn't hold it charges for long. Yeah, be wary!

My thought is, it's not electronics. They're pieces of plastic. If they fit the stems, and are the right shape, then there can't be anything wrong with them. My spacebar from them was A LITTLE bent, but you kind of expect that with PBT, even from the big companies.

[SpAmRaY]

Wary of the quality of the goods. Perhaps it looked good now but will the product stand the test of times? I don't know about you but I have been burned a couple of times importing goods from China. It looked like the real thing... they even imitate their own home-grown brand - I imported a power bank thinking it was the popular/reputable Yoobao brand but it turned out that there are imitations of Yoobao power bank. So it was cheap, but it didn't hold it charges for long. Yeah, be wary!

My thought is, it's not electronics. They're pieces of plastic. If they fit the stems, and are the right shape, then there can't be anything wrong with them. My spacebar from them was A LITTLE bent, but you kind of expect that with PBT, even from the big companies.

The thickness, material, texture etc all make a difference when it comes to key caps.

[acer589]

Wary of the quality of the goods. Perhaps it looked good now but will the product stand the test of times? I don't know about you but I have been burned a couple of times importing goods from China. It looked like the real thing... they even imitate their own home-grown brand - I imported a power bank thinking it was the popular/reputable Yoobao brand but it turned out that there are imitations of Yoobao power bank. So it was cheap, but it didn't hold it charges for long. Yeah, be wary!

My thought is, it's not electronics. They're pieces of plastic. If they fit the stems, and are the right shape, then there can't be anything wrong with them. My spacebar from them was A LITTLE bent, but you kind of expect that with PBT, even from the big companies.

The thickness, material, texture etc all make a difference when it comes to key caps.

I mean... I have them. They're... not THICK but certainly not thin. They're definitely PBT. And they have a kind of rough texture, but not like sandpaper. Just enough to give you a little grip. Also, they're $17. So, there's that.

[Binge]

Binge verdict?  Good deal for the quality of cap.  Get a set of keys or a Bingecap? 

[divito]

Got mine yesterday. In the process of putting them on now. As others have said, they're definitely not thick, but white PBT and $17, for an 87-key set. Pretty good deal overall. I'll maybe do some pics when I'm done. Also, no warped keys either.

[acer589]

Got mine yesterday. In the process of putting them on now. As others have said, they're definitely not thick, but white PBT and $17, for an 87-key set. Pretty good deal overall. I'll maybe do some pics when I'm done. Also, no warped keys either.

You sure about your spacebar?

[divito]

Got mine yesterday. In the process of putting them on now. As others have said, they're definitely not thick, but white PBT and $17, for an 87-key set. Pretty good deal overall. I'll maybe do some pics when I'm done. Also, no warped keys either.

You sure about your spacebar?

Yes, looks good and straight from all angles. Lining up something straight on the bottom-front portion, it may be a millimeter or so curved on the mid-right side, but it's not noticeable otherwise. Glad I escaped with something not obvious

[Linkbane]

Just ordered a set also, should be in after a week or so. Will post later.

[nubbinator]

Aren't they just Keycool PBT caps?  Not horrible quality, but definitely not bad either and much easier and cheaper than trying to buy off of Taobao.  I wonder if we could get them to carry more of the interesting stuff that you can find on Taobao but is more difficult to find elsewhere.  If they keep expanding like they are, Qtan and Feng are going to face some stiff competition, especially with the pricing Banggood is offering.

[Oobly]

Aren't they just Keycool PBT caps?  Not horrible quality, but definitely not bad either and much easier and cheaper than trying to buy off of Taobao.  I wonder if we could get them to carry more of the interesting stuff that you can find on Taobao but is more difficult to find elsewhere.  If they keep expanding like they are, Qtan and Feng are going to face some stiff competition, especially with the pricing Banggood is offering.

But I must say their service is most likely nowhere near as good as Qtan or Feng... I ordered a set of White PBT 87 key and a set of Black POM 87 key. After a few days they infromed me that the PBT caps aren't in stock and I'd have to wait a month or change the order. So I switched to the 84 key set since I don't need the odd sized keys (modifiers, etc). Then a few days later they said the same for the POM set, so again I changed it to the 84. Still no message to tell me my package is shipped. I ordered on the 26th. They sent the yin/yang caps I ordered at the same time the day after I ordered, though, so I guess it's mostly just that their inventory system doesn't work how it should. Their system really shouldn't allow people to add items to their cart if they don't have stock.

[UPDATE] - They've shipped!

[kaotikb]

I have the 104 pbt white printed set. They look pretty good. The photo second photo is with the back light on my gigabyte board at 100% , I usually keep it around 25 or so for a very faint glow. I just thought people would like to see them.

[mkawa]

hey folks, i'm not going to lock or significantly edit this thread as it predates the ban, but banggood is not allowed to do business on this board due to numerous violations of the VTOS. please note that they were previously known as tmart (somewhere around a 0 on resellerratings). as tmart, they did the exact same thing they are doing as banggood, sourcing goods on taobao and then shipping just-in-time after the orders come in. however, the reason they have a 0 on resellerratings is because they finished this off by a cut-and-run.

further, they went to such lengths as attempting to bribe a moderator with a coupon in order to get an admin to give them a vendor forum during the vendor forum moratorium, as well as starting a number of dummy accounts that were talking with each other to bring their name up more often.

the reason we are probably seeing them here now because they have been using the exact same tactics on reddit and we have continued to get some spillover despite me specifically banning all banggood accounts and informing a number of independent individuals that they were harassing and attempting to use as viral marketers that they were absolutely advised to ignore the vendor.

that said, qtan and feng can both purchase anything off of taobao, including these keycool caps and have them sent to you. i don't know what the price differential would be, but qtan and feng are both vendors with extremely high reputations who follow all the rules of geekhack to the tee and have been for years. you are free to make your own choice obviously, but the moderation team will be squashing future threads of this nature due to the vendor ban.

[rowdy]

I kind of suspected something like this, but thanks for the detailed clarification!

[Pacifist]

I got the free yin yang keycap from them, (including free shipping) Really impressed at how fast and the quality

When was this?

[ITzNybble]

hey folks, i'm not going to lock or significantly edit this thread as it predates the ban, but banggood is not allowed to do business on this board due to numerous violations of the VTOS. please note that they were previously known as tmart (somewhere around a 0 on resellerratings). as tmart, they did the exact same thing they are doing as banggood, sourcing goods on taobao and then shipping just-in-time after the orders come in. however, the reason they have a 0 on resellerratings is because they finished this off by a cut-and-run.

further, they went to such lengths as attempting to bribe a moderator with a coupon in order to get an admin to give them a vendor forum during the vendor forum moratorium, as well as starting a number of dummy accounts that were talking with each other to bring their name up more often.

the reason we are probably seeing them here now because they have been using the exact same tactics on reddit and we have continued to get some spillover despite me specifically banning all banggood accounts and informing a number of independent individuals that they were harassing and attempting to use as viral marketers that they were absolutely advised to ignore the vendor.

that said, qtan and feng can both purchase anything off of taobao, including these keycool caps and have them sent to you. i don't know what the price differential would be, but qtan and feng are both vendors with extremely high reputations who follow all the rules of geekhack to the tee and have been for years. you are free to make your own choice obviously, but the moderation team will be squashing future threads of this nature due to the vendor ban.

I would like to add that I actually have spoken to the user previously known as tmart on numerous occasions through skype. The user was very nice to me but was very focused on getting people to buy from banggood. I tried to explain to him how being a reputable and honest person on GeekHack would go miles and miles into becoming a Vendor and being able to grow a business. Apparently I was just being used to write up a review to try and drive as much traffic to their site as possible. I honestly did the review because I love keyboards and love hearing peoples opinions on such things so I feel that my opinion may help someone new to keyboards.

Anyways all that to say I tried to guide this individual to behave like a sane business person but it fell upon deaf hears I suppose. Sad to see and hear about and sorry if I aided in any negative activity on GeekHack.


I love you guys and gals

[mkawa]

their tactic seems to be to grow a business via small losses or at-cost selling as quickly as possible, then when their oustanding accounts payable is large enough, they just cut and run with the money.

thankfully for the people purchasing from them, they have not done so with the banggood name yet, but please be aware that this is their MO, and that among other things is why they are not allowed to advertise or do any business at all on geekhack. in fact, please report any activity from them that you see.

[ITzNybble]

their tactic seems to be to grow a business via small losses or at-cost selling as quickly as possible, then when their oustanding accounts payable is large enough, they just cut and run with the money.

thankfully for the people purchasing from them, they have not done so with the banggood name yet, but please be aware that this is their MO, and that among other things is why they are not allowed to advertise or do any business at all on geekhack. in fact, please report any activity from them that you see.

Will do, I haven't been contacted since my review though so that is nice.

[Pacifist]

Oh wow, then the $60 keycool 84 I bought wasn't really a sale. Shame, I had relatives in china at that time, they could have gotten me the item for cheaper...

[kaotikb]

their tactic seems to be to grow a business via small losses or at-cost selling as quickly as possible, then when their oustanding accounts payable is large enough, they just cut and run with the money.

thankfully for the people purchasing from them, they have not done so with the banggood name yet, but please be aware that this is their MO, and that among other things is why they are not allowed to advertise or do any business at all on geekhack. in fact, please report any activity from them that you see.

Thanks for the info, i will stop buying from them. I did make a few purchases off tmart but never had any problems.

[divito]

The extra clarification is helpful, but I've ordered a few things off their site with zero problems so far. Will have to be wary of possible issues in the future, but for some of the items and prices, along with free shipping, it's very tempting despite their sordid past.

[Tym]

Hmmm, Interseting! Thanks Mkawa!

[Aliwia]

hey folks, i'm not going to lock or significantly edit this thread as it predates the ban, but banggood is not allowed to do business on this board due to numerous violations of the VTOS. please note that they were previously known as tmart (somewhere around a 0 on resellerratings). as tmart, they did the exact same thing they are doing as banggood, sourcing goods on taobao and then shipping just-in-time after the orders come in. however, the reason they have a 0 on resellerratings is because they finished this off by a cut-and-run.

further, they went to such lengths as attempting to bribe a moderator with a coupon in order to get an admin to give them a vendor forum during the vendor forum moratorium, as well as starting a number of dummy accounts that were talking with each other to bring their name up more often.

the reason we are probably seeing them here now because they have been using the exact same tactics on reddit and we have continued to get some spillover despite me specifically banning all banggood accounts and informing a number of independent individuals that they were harassing and attempting to use as viral marketers that they were absolutely advised to ignore the vendor.

that said, qtan and feng can both purchase anything off of taobao, including these keycool caps and have them sent to you. i don't know what the price differential would be, but qtan and feng are both vendors with extremely high reputations who follow all the rules of geekhack to the tee and have been for years. you are free to make your own choice obviously, but the moderation team will be squashing future threads of this nature due to the vendor ban.

I would like to add that I actually have spoken to the user previously known as tmart on numerous occasions through skype. The user was very nice to me but was very focused on getting people to buy from banggood. I tried to explain to him how being a reputable and honest person on GeekHack would go miles and miles into becoming a Vendor and being able to grow a business. Apparently I was just being used to write up a review to try and drive as much traffic to their site as possible. I honestly did the review because I love keyboards and love hearing peoples opinions on such things so I feel that my opinion may help someone new to keyboards.

Anyways all that to say I tried to guide this individual to behave like a sane business person but it fell upon deaf hears I suppose. Sad to see and hear about and sorry if I aided in any negative activity on GeekHack.


I love you guys and gals

Gave free keycaps, gets ****talked. GG

[ITzNybble]

Please delete double post

[ITzNybble]

hey folks, i'm not going to lock or significantly edit this thread as it predates the ban, but banggood is not allowed to do business on this board due to numerous violations of the VTOS. please note that they were previously known as tmart (somewhere around a 0 on resellerratings). as tmart, they did the exact same thing they are doing as banggood, sourcing goods on taobao and then shipping just-in-time after the orders come in. however, the reason they have a 0 on resellerratings is because they finished this off by a cut-and-run.


further, they went to such lengths as attempting to bribe a moderator with a coupon in order to get an admin to give them a vendor forum during the vendor forum moratorium, as well as starting a number of dummy accounts that were talking with each other to bring their name up more often.


the reason we are probably seeing them here now because they have been using the exact same tactics on reddit and we have continued to get some spillover despite me specifically banning all banggood accounts and informing a number of independent individuals that they were harassing and attempting to use as viral marketers that they were absolutely advised to ignore the vendor.


that said, qtan and feng can both purchase anything off of taobao, including these keycool caps and have them sent to you. i don't know what the price differential would be, but qtan and feng are both vendors with extremely high reputations who follow all the rules of geekhack to the tee and have been for years. you are free to make your own choice obviously, but the moderation team will be squashing future threads of this nature due to the vendor ban.

I would like to add that I actually have spoken to the user previously known as tmart on numerous occasions through skype. The user was very nice to me but was very focused on getting people to buy from banggood. I tried to explain to him how being a reputable and honest person on GeekHack would go miles and miles into becoming a Vendor and being able to grow a business. Apparently I was just being used to write up a review to try and drive as much traffic to their site as possible. I honestly did the review because I love keyboards and love hearing peoples opinions on such things so I feel that my opinion may help someone new to keyboards.


Anyways all that to say I tried to guide this individual to behave like a sane business person but it fell upon deaf hears I suppose. Sad to see and hear about and sorry if I aided in any negative activity on GeekHack.




I love you guys and gals

Gave free keycaps, gets ****talked. GG

I wouldn't say **** talked... Like I said he was very nice to me and we had many conversations about his business and non business related topics... Just the not abiding by the terms of use on this forum is a NoNo and repeated offensives should not go unpunished.

[Belfong]

You may have got your goods but that doesn't mean it will not blow up in your face in the future. Thanks for the clarification. I knew something is fishy with free shipping WW. No one could do that without any catch.

Why not sticky this statement/warning? But I guess bang good doesn't need to depend on keyboard only. There are many other merchandise that they are selling. It's sad!

[Oobly]

That explains a lot. Thanks for the heads up, mkawa!

In future I will be using Feng or Qtan. Good customer service and support are getting more scarce nowadays, especially in niche markets.

[BakerMan1971]

I know I am new here, but this smacks of censorship.
Are we going to ban threads from every company that gives out bad service or goes bust and sets up again?

I have only ever dealt with banggood once, and apart from a 14day delivery time, had no problems with them.
Cut and Run happens all the time, even big name brands have done it and still come back and continued trading on the same business model.
off the top of my head look at ex Virgin Megastore in the Uk Zaavi.

so just to get this straight, if I buy a keycool keyboard from Feng or Qtan and post about it on here that thread would be ok
but if I bought it from anyone you don't approve of, it will be squashed?
REALLY?

I don't normally wade into this kind of discussion, and am happy just being an enthusiast, but I want forums to be totally open
Don't get me wrong, if a vendor is disobeying the rules and spamming etc, fine ban that vendor, but do not ban individual comments on them or the products.

If I got you wrong I will apologise in advance, but it just doesn't sit right with me.

Cheers
Bo

[gigibecali]

While I understand and accept your point of view, I think you're overreacting a bit.
There is this notion of false advertising and generally people try to squash it in all forms and mediums.
Most people do not have the time to hunt for hints and comments on forums and the like when they wish to buy something.
Fragmenting the audience is common practice and gets you doubt on those complaining.
As you probably know, some Chinese businesses do just that while their products are absolute crap.
Do you ever want to keep doing business, any business, with a dishonest person?

Btw, I've just been bitten by banggood POM keycaps set...

[BakerMan1971]

It is absolutely no different to Amazon running 3rd party sellers who are Cash Converters in disguise, selling pawned products (yes the Samsung Laptop I bought late last year was just that, pretending to be some nice lady selling her unwanted laptop).

Or how about the multitude of Ebay sellers that rip people off.

All I am asking for is non censorship, and what do you mean people don't have the time to hunt for hints and comments in forums?
that's the whole reason for checking out reviews.

Again, I not defending anyone, but let's just flip this around and ask if it is in fact other sellers using admin access to restrict anything that doesn't mention their own wares for sale.

If a company really is that bad, then the reviews will speak for themselves.

Cheers
Bo

p.s. when you say bitten, did you lose your money, or were they just unable to fulfill an order?

[gigibecali]

It is absolutely no different to Amazon running 3rd party sellers who are Cash Converters in disguise, selling pawned products (yes the Samsung Laptop I bought late last year was just that, pretending to be some nice lady selling her unwanted laptop).

Or how about the multitude of Ebay sellers that rip people off.

All I am asking for is non censorship, and what do you mean people don't have the time to hunt for hints and comments in forums?
that's the whole reason for checking out reviews.

Again, I not defending anyone, but let's just flip this around and ask if it is in fact other sellers using admin access to restrict anything that doesn't mention their own wares for sale.

If a company really is that bad, then the reviews will speak for themselves.

Cheers
Bo

p.s. when you say bitten, did you lose your money, or were they just unable to fulfill an order?

Money, ofc. It's all about money, isn't it?

[BakerMan1971]

Ah yes the tight keycaps quickly searched your posts
so why not send them back?

anyway don't want to stray away from my point, Please keep the forum open and unbiased.

[TheFlyingRaccoon]

I'll make a PSA on reddit. I would hate for someone on there too get scammed too.

[Linkbane]

I feel like there's a bit much overreacting here, I've heard that the keycaps aren't bad, with medium-thickness and the problems, although high, not ubiquitous.
I've ordered a set of those for my first keycaps last week, I'll post later if I have issues with the caps and how long the shipping is.