Thanks for the review... I'm a sucker for good deals so here it goes: WASDKeyboards has one (with their logo) for free when you get the 87 or 104 keycaps: http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/wasd-wire-keycap-puller-tool.html (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/wasd-wire-keycap-puller-tool.html)
Not including a passing reference to the little plastic ring pullers?
Oh I remember requesting this! Thanks reaper :D
There's also the diabolical metal one that Topre includes with the Realforce. Pure keycap-gouging evil.
Don't. I think i scratched one of my spacebars with it :(There's also the diabolical metal one that Topre includes with the Realforce. Pure keycap-gouging evil.
Eww.. lol but yeah, I know that one. >< I can post a pic but someone else will have to provide their own experience since I've never used it. :)
I have been using one of the plastic ring-pull keycap pullers until I received by techkeys.us wire puller a couple of days ago.well, based on my own experience on using wire keypullers, the puller mostly (all the time for my case using the FILCO one) pulled out the keycaps in diagonals.
It is amazing how much easier a wire puller is :)
Only two things: First when the keycaps comes off, sometimes it gets stuck at a 45 degree angle. Second I am a bit worried about removing the larger keys with it, such as right shift - are the metal loops supposed to spread that far apart without sustaining permanent damage?
Ok, thanks for that :)here is a vid showing squarebox doing the keycap removal for modifiers on a filco using the wire keypuller...
I wasn't sure so I used my plastic ring puller on the larger keys, and a flatblade screwdriver under the middle of the spacebar.
QWERkeys keycap puller (GBP 2.50 and you can get it here (http://www.qwerkeys.co.uk/collections/cherry-switches/products/qwerkeys-keycap-puller))Show Image(http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0157/7886/products/keycap_puller_1_1024x1024.jpg)
Its generally considered that wire keypullers are better and more durable, with less chance of damaging caps. Also, the ring pullers are boring, so not fun to collect and post about. But if they work for you, then go for it!
I personally hate wire keypullers and sold the only one I ever bought. I use those cheap DAS ring keypullers and have never scratched a single keycap. It is faster to just use my fingers once a few keycaps are off though (but after a few boards that starts to hurt...).
I actually had my wire keypuller dent my keycaps. The wires only contact in 4 small points, and it would dent those. Especially when you rocked the keycap to get it to come off as it would contact less points. It was also much harder to get the wires onto the keycaps, and also to get the keycaps out of the wires.hmm... what you've said has never happened to me.. at least not yet...
The daskeyboard KEYPULLER90 is my favorite ring keypuller. I have 2 to get the large keys off with ease as well. The color you get is random though, I have a white and a black. http://store.daskeyboard.com/Key-Cap-Puller/dp/B004JYJHIO (http://store.daskeyboard.com/Key-Cap-Puller/dp/B004JYJHIO) There are other ring keypullers, but this is the only one I'd recommend. The WASDkeyboards one is too hard of a plastic and could potentially scratch your keycaps (and that's why I sold it as well).
Did you try the wire keypuller on cherry doubleshots that are locked onto the switch stems? (This can only happen on keyboards that have the switches the right way up. Backlit keyboards have them upside-down.) The combination of ABS softness and pulling force dents them.oh, I've only used it on my rosewill rk-9000 stock keycaps, never tried on cherry doubleshots before (haven't had the chance to own any yet)...
I've harvested doubleshots and switches from dozens of NIB cherry POS boards. Those are REALLY tight as they have never been removed before.i see... will let you know after i've tested them... :)