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Splashy rainbow keys
« on: Fri, 24 March 2017, 23:22:57 »
These are pretty cool, and I don't remember anyone posting about them:

Colourful OEM Height Backlit Keycaps Key Cap for Cherry MX Mechanical Keyboard












BTW, these aren't actually "key caps"—that's a common error. In case you're interested, here's how people in the keyboard industry have historically used these terms:

A cap is the upper part of a two-piece button, as on most Model F's and M's. The lower (unprinted) part is a stem.

Single-piece keys, or a complete two-part key, is a key or button. (Unicomp uses both terms.)

So there's actually no such thing as an MX-compatible "cap" or a Clack "cap". Whenever you see someone referring to "caps", they almost certainly mean "keys".

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Re: Splashy rainbow keys
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 24 March 2017, 23:24:23 »
So where does one buy these splashy caps

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Re: Splashy rainbow keys
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 25 March 2017, 03:56:18 »
See link near the top of m'post, dude.
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Re: Splashy rainbow keys
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 25 March 2017, 11:04:35 »
There's no link for me, probably Tapatalk issues.

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Re: Splashy rainbow keys
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 26 March 2017, 11:40:54 »
There's no link for me, probably Tapatalk issues.

here you go: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Colourful-OEM-Height-Backlit-Keycaps-Key-Cap-for-Cherry-MX-Mechanical-Keyboard/152341105193

edit: btw thank you ander, just grabbed a spacebar!
« Last Edit: Sun, 26 March 2017, 11:43:29 by Vloshko »
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Re: Splashy rainbow keys
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 30 March 2017, 04:50:08 »
The other cool thing about them is, they're not the kind of keys you get because you're trying to be cool (i.e. copy other people). You know, like paying $300 for one of those little monster-face keys so you can say, "Woo, am I cool or what? I have a little monster face on my keyboard! This is undoubtedly a very dangerous keyboard now! Watch out, keyboard monster on the loose—buh ha ha!!"

I mean, yikes, y'know? Just 'cause a bunch of other people did it, you do it? Sheesh. Splashy rainbow = non-slavish = clearly superior.
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