EK GMK ds

[tinlong117]

http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,cherrymxkeys

[Sifo]

That blue is sick, definitely getting some.

[badcop]

Nice find. Gmk is the stuff.

[Photekq]

No 1.5 mods?

[Dubsgalore]

nice eyes tintin

[tsangan]

No 1.5 mods?

EK doesn't sell winkeyless keyboards so I'm guessing its less likely for them to carry something you can't use on their boards

Sad since I would love some of those but no 1800 shift and 1.5x mods I can't really use them

[tp4tissue]

kinda weak since they don't "go into" any existing sets smoothly.. You'd still be missing alt.

[yearn4]

aww no blue ctrl key

[UniClown]

The red Esc is $1.50 cheaper than Sherry's.

[Toad1677]

These look cool. Wish they had alt keys

[IvanIvanovich]

Colors look familiar... great minds think alike apparently!

[Photekq]

No 1.5 mods?

EK doesn't sell winkeyless keyboards so I'm guessing its less likely for them to carry something you can't use on their boards

Sad since I would love some of those but no 1800 shift and 1.5x mods I can't really use them

Ah right. That does make sense. Still, I imagine he'd sell quite a lot of the 1.5 mods.

[guilleguillaume]

I miss some Alt keys but I think I'm getting them all   

EDIT: Ordered everything but the Control keys because I have no use for them.

[keymaster]

I ordered the blue WASD keys to go along with my Dolch set

[metafour]

The Shift and Control combo seems a bit weird to me. I really hope they do a run of at least Alt keys too.

[guilleguillaume]

The Shift and Control combo seems a bit weird to me. I really hope they do a run of at least Alt keys too.

They've just updated the store with Enter, Alt and Control keys that were missing from the sets.

Now I want them all and have to order again but I hope Brian can combine shipping from both orders

Those are now awesome sets to have.

[The_Ed]

What bothers me is that the Control is Ctrl... That legend is only to be used on 1x keys...

[ImperfectLink]

Damn that blue is nice.

[The_Beast]

They look pretty legit. Might pick up the WASD and arrow keys. The shift and controls are cool, but no 1.5s and no alts are kind of a deal breaker

[The_Ed]

They look pretty legit. Might pick up the WASD and arrow keys. The shift and controls are cool, but no 1.5s and no alts are kind of a deal breaker

They have WASD, Arrows, Enter, Shift, Ctrl, and Alt in all 4 colors...

[The_Beast]

They look pretty legit. Might pick up the WASD and arrow keys. The shift and controls are cool, but no 1.5s and no alts are kind of a deal breaker

They have WASD, Arrows, Enter, Shift, Ctrl, and Alt in all 4 colors...

They must have just added the alts, they weren't there before. Same with the enter

[rowdy]

RGB with white legends - what I seek!

And yellow too

SHame there are no Win keys, or a menu key to round the set off.

[alaricljs]

Given the way things have been going that might show up before the night is over.

[rowdy]

Here's hoping ...

[badcop]

no backspace either.   

[VesperSAINT]

So are these thicker (thick as thick PBT's) than standard ABS DS ? If so, I'm in for Green Shift keys, Red Control keys, and Blue Alt keys!

[CPTBadAss]

So are these thicker (thick as thick PBT's) than standard ABS DS ? If so, I'm in for Green Shift keys, Red Control keys, and Blue Alt keys!

What do you mean by "standard"? These are the GMK doubleshots, so Cherry molds and Cherry thickness. Same as the modifier buy from Ivan's last GMK Purple GB.

[Photekq]

So are these thicker than standard ABS DS? If so, I'm in for Green Shift keys, Red Control keys, and Blue Alt keys!

Vesper, my man, they are the highest quality ABS caps you can find anywhere on this fine earth. They are made by GMK - top German scientists who are purveyors of the very finest of all keycaps. The moulds that produce these keycaps are straight from the Cherry factories. They are infused with the same magical aura that all original Cherry keycaps are. If you do not purchase these then a German witch doctor will curse you for your failure to understand just how amazing these keycaps are.

TL;DR : Buy them. They're the thickest doubleshot ABS caps you can find.

[calavera]

Pretty colors. Too bad I can't use any of it.

[Sifo]

Ye I ordered a blue WASD set for the hell of it

[VesperSAINT]

So are these thicker (thick as thick PBT's) than standard ABS DS ? If so, I'm in for Green Shift keys, Red Control keys, and Blue Alt keys!

What do you mean by "standard"? These are the GMK doubleshots, so Cherry molds and Cherry thickness. Same as the modifier buy from Ivan's last GMK Purple GB.

So are these thicker than standard ABS DS? If so, I'm in for Green Shift keys, Red Control keys, and Blue Alt keys!

Vesper, my man, they are the highest quality ABS caps you can find anywhere on this fine earth. They are made by GMK - top German scientists who are purveyors of the very finest of all keycaps. The moulds that produce these keycaps are straight from the Cherry factories. They are infused with the same magical aura that all original Cherry keycaps are. If you do not purchase these then a German witch doctor will curse you for your failure to understand just how amazing these keycaps are.

TL;DR : Buy them. They're the thickest doubleshot ABS caps you can find.

Thank you for the information, bro's! I shall buy them now!

UGH! Question is if I buy more than those 3 itemsssssssss! I kind of wish the yellow caps had white legends. I also kind of wish there was a Green Esc key

[calavera]

I bought the red set for the hell of it.

[Photoelectric]

Mmm these are good looking!  I'll probably get a full set of the blue modifiers and arrow keys!  These should be the same profile as thick PBT, right?  Both Cherry.  Do you think these will look fine with thick PBT sets, given the difference in surface textures?

[calavera]

You mean cherry PBT Dye subs?

[Photoelectric]

I mean "IMSTO" thick PBTs, which are cherry profile.  IvanIvanovich's current GB (Round2) has close-to-Cherry legends and I'm in for 2 sets... just wondering how these modifiers will look with those caps (assuming I get a color match and all).

[calavera]

IMSTO pbt's are as thick as cherry dye subs. Both are thicker than GMK/cherry DS.

[Photoelectric]

That was not my question at all   But I'm getting those keys anyway.

[alosec]

I'm confused, are they the same height as Filco keycaps or are they lower?

[calavera]

Oh my bad haha I thought you were asking thickness questions. I see you meant profile. lol

[keymaster]

I'm confused, are they the same height as Filco keycaps or are they lower?

No. Filco has OEM height. These are Cherry profile height, which are shorter than OEM height.

[Photoelectric]

Oh my bad haha I thought you were asking thickness questions. I see you meant profile. lol

It was about keycap texture difference   I got all the blue caps now, minus WASD.  We'll see when they get here!

[Wildcard]

Assuming the MOQ is 400 or so for GMK sets, I can imagine these sets will be here for awhile?

[VesperSAINT]

Assuming the MOQ is 400 or so for GMK sets, I can imagine these sets will be here for awhile?

Only 400 or so? I assumed it'd be a lot higher than that. I guess I should buy soon. I just haven't checked out yet because I don't know if I want to add anything else to my order... save on shipping

[Photoelectric]

$3.50 shipping was nice!

[samwisekoi]

If only they had win/menu/blanks since they are only carrying 1.25 ctrl and alt.  That means every buyer of these will need three additional mods and a spacebar OR live with a mixed-height bottom row.

Blank yellows would have been great, since all other colors have white legends.

Nevertheless, can't escape buying some...


 - Ron I samwisekoi

[Wildcard]

If only they had win/menu/blanks since they are only carrying 1.25 ctrl and alt.  That means every buyer of these will need three additional mods and a spacebar OR live with a mixed-height bottom row.

Blank yellows would have been great, since all other colors have white legends.

Nevertheless, can't escape buying some...


 - Ron I samwisekoi

You are correct, I'm looking at the sets now and find that to be a little disappointing. Maybe more to come?

I find it funny that over a year ago I told myself I would start spending less on MX to put enough aside for a uniform RF 45g, yet I've spent multiples more on MX stuff. Either I have poor self control (possible) or we just keep finding too many great things for MX.

[VesperSAINT]

If only they had win/menu/blanks since they are only carrying 1.25 ctrl and alt.  That means every buyer of these will need three additional mods and a spacebar OR live with a mixed-height bottom row.

Blank yellows would have been great, since all other colors have white legends.

Nevertheless, can't escape buying some...


 - Ron I samwisekoi

You are correct, I'm looking at the sets now and find that to be a little disappointing. Maybe more to come?

I find it funny that over a year ago I told myself I would start spending less on MX to put enough aside for a uniform RF 45g, yet I've spent multiples more on MX stuff. Either I have poor self control (possible) or we just keep finding too many great things for MX.

Blank Yellow mods would have been awesome because all the other keys have White legends, but I agree ~ This is just too awesome to pass up.

[yearn4]

we need a full touch caps lock

[Photoelectric]

Now if only there were a "sea blue" on white counterpart for the rest of the keys!

[VesperSAINT]

Just bought Blue Alts, Red Ctrls, Green Shifts, and a Yellow Enter key. I can't wait to get my first GMK keys

[___q]

Oooh, these are nice (and those red keys could look really nice on a red keyboard with a dolch set...).

I can't place an order for a week (out of town and can't accept deliveries), I hope they don't immediately sell out.

[jonathanyu]

I like the red shift

[rowdy]

Heh you could have a red shift at one end of the keyboard and a blue shift at the other end

[ImperfectLink]

Me wants a numeric set of these. Especially the 0 and enter.

[HoosTrax]

How noticeable would the profile difference be if you were to use those mods with a DCS profile keyset? Would it look totally naff?

[Goodfella]

Wow, they had added all the other keys in blue after I had place my order. Placed a second order for those, and Good Guy EK refunded the shipping on my second order without even asking. Nice! Will post up pics when I receive mine, will be this week, should look pretty amazing I hope.

[samwisekoi]

How noticeable would the profile difference be if you were to use those mods with a DCS profile keyset? Would it look totally naff?

Much better than with OEM keycaps.

Seriously, they should fit in fairly well.  Very well with Imsto caps.

Huh.  I just figured out what these are for:  My Poker HHKB-Style (Poker-H) design for alixinhzai's case.


Poker-HHKB-Style by samwisekoi.  Colors for illustration only.

 - Ron | samwisekoi

[shawn o]

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[VesperSAINT]

Need the reds, blues, and greens in black legends and I'll buy.

I was thinking this too but I ended up grabbing them anyway If they do bring out red, blues, and greens with black legends, I'll buy again ) I guess the white legend ones can go another board.

[rowdy]

Still no Win or menu keys, and I reckon RGB on Winkey keyboards looks a bit odd, like something is missing.

Anyone got a source for Win and menu keys?

QWERkeys sells a magenta Fn key, which is good   But Win?  With white legends?  And the same profile??

Edit: Actually the purple mods from Ivan's GB would probably suit quite nicely (when they eventually arrive, O/S postage), but would clash with the magenta Fn from QWERkeys.

So ... any alternatives for a Menu or Fn key?  Or even a blank, because thinking about it most keyboards I have replace right-menuw tih Fn, but the KeyCool replaces right-Win with Fn.

[samwisekoi]

Still no Win or menu keys, and I reckon RGB on Winkey keyboards looks a bit odd, like something is missing.

Anyone got a source for Win and menu keys?

QWERkeys sells a magenta Fn key, which is good   But Win?  With white legends?  And the same profile??

Edit: Actually the purple mods from Ivan's GB would probably suit quite nicely (when they eventually arrive, O/S postage), but would clash with the magenta Fn from QWERkeys.

So ... any alternatives for a Menu or Fn key?  Or even a blank, because thinking about it most keyboards I have replace right-menuw tih Fn, but the KeyCool replaces right-Win with Fn.

Since you asked...

[IC] Blank Black Bottom Row (a.k.a. $10 Moogle)

 - Ron | samwisekoi

[rowdy]

Black?  Was hoping for something like orange

I have a black biohazard 1.25x which would probably suffice, but something more colourful would be ideal.

[rowdy]

Damnit, I went and ordered a few anyway.

This keyboard thing is going to be the end of me.

[VesperSAINT]

Damnit, I went and ordered a few anyway.

This keyboard thing is going to be the end of me.

Hear, hear! I'm already starting to see the bottom of my bank account )

[Dubsgalore]

these are nice, but don't really go with any of the gmk sets i own or plan on owning.

still, the full blue set is damn sexy

[IPT]

just in for a full WASD & Mod & Enter Blue set.
Now to fill in that Windows/Menu key....

[Photoelectric]

Got my set of blue caps today.  They are quite nice, though definitely a bit deceptive in the tone.  In person, the blue is a royal blue with just a hint of cyan.  It's very difficult to photograph, so imagine them being a bit darker in person:





The legend is a creamy white (not pure white).  I think these will go well with the off-white of IMSTO PBT, like blue legend IMSTO PBTs (green with green, red with red, etc.)

[rowdy]

A bit darker than those picture is good

[VesperSAINT]

*sigh* Mine will be coming tomorrow because I waited too long to purchase Now I wish I had ordered only a few hours earlier )

[calavera]

I got the red ones today and they look exactly like in the pics.

[calavera]

FYI, the red is the exact same as the cherry ESC white on red. Also to note, 2nd pic is the closest to the actual color.

[VesperSAINT]

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FYI, the red is the exact same as the cherry ESC white on red.

Oh man, those are really really pretty... makes me want to get more but I must hold out until I get mine tomorrow :) That last pic is delicious though.

[hashbaz]

Oooh very nice calavera.  Need to get me a set of these.

[calavera]

I should add the second pic is the closest to the true color.

[yearn4]

sad day today. hope usps mailman works today although my hopes are pretty low because of stupid july 4th (i have work today...fml)

[VesperSAINT]

Holy... I just realized that... Oh no.. my 2 packages might not come in today Oh well, I'll be too busy to do anything else today anyway.

[rao2100]

Thank you for the nice pics calavera, going to get the Red WASD, Arrow and Enter.

[Danule]

I Just ordered a whole bunch of these.  They are super good quality.  I may get a second filco TKL to put these on.  But then I would have to order a set of doubleshot keycaps from Originative. (spending so much money) T_T

[rowdy]

I Just ordered a whole bunch of these.  They are super good quality.  I may get a second filco TKL to put these on.  But then I would have to order a set of doubleshot keycaps from Originative. (spending so much money) T_T

That's dedication!  Buying another keyboard just to display some extra keycaps

[Danule]

I Just ordered a whole bunch of these.  They are super good quality.  I may get a second filco TKL to put these on.  But then I would have to order a set of doubleshot keycaps from Originative. (spending so much money) T_T

That's dedication!  Buying another keyboard just to display some extra keycaps

I wanted one keyboard with PBT keycaps and then another with doubleshot's  and i can just swap between the two.  so much money though X_X

[pasph]

If you like it so much come here and vote!
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39280.0

[ApocalypseMaow]

I ordered every wasd/enter and basically a RGB kit.

[Danule]

a full set with purple would be badass.

[guilleguillaume]

I received them today. That was a super fast international shipping!

I got every key that was on sale and I love the way they're packaged with the tiny plastic bags.

[VesperSAINT]

Received mine today. Love'm but I wish they also had Black legends. Now to find me a Green Clack to balance it out.

[Danule]

Received mine today. Love'm but I wish they also had Black legends. Now to find me a Green Clack to balance it out.

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time to update your signature ;)

[VesperSAINT]

Received mine today. Love'm but I wish they also had Black legends. Now to find me a Green Clack to balance it out.

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time to update your signature ;)

So very very true but I shall do it tomorrow as I am so very very hung over right now :P

[Goodfella]

One big Happy Family, I had to have them all, they look great! (/x-post geekhackmedia)



Unfortunately they forgot one set of red keys, but I am sure they will remedy that.

[VesperSAINT]

One big Happy Family, I had to have them all, they look great! (/x-post geekhackmedia)

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Unfortunately they forgot one set of red keys, but I am sure they will remedy that.

Looks great!

Where be them yellow sets?

[Goodfella]

One big Happy Family, I had to have them all, they look great! (/x-post geekhackmedia)

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Unfortunately they forgot one set of red keys, but I am sure they will remedy that.

Looks great!

Where be them yellow sets?

Looked at those. I don't have besides the mods from a rgby set, a single setup that looks decent with yellow, and all of my cherry sets are white on black, so it really wouldn't look great imo. I need another spacebar from them so I might be placing another order anyway...

[Halvar]

One big Happy Family, I had to have them all, they look great! (/x-post geekhackmedia)

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Unfortunately they forgot one set of red keys, but I am sure they will remedy that.

Thanks, your hidden message about the quality of plastic keycap pullers has been received!  ;D

[rowdy]

One big Happy Family, I had to have them all, they look great! (/x-post geekhackmedia)

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Unfortunately they forgot one set of red keys, but I am sure they will remedy that.

Thanks, your hidden message about the quality of plastic keycap pullers has been received!  ;D

I saw this too :))

[calavera]

Those plastic key cap pullers are utter crap. They all snap sooner or later. Seriously, they should call it the disposable key cap puller.

[___q]

Does anyone that has gotten the blue set of keys also have the Olivetti set from sherryton?

Is it the same blue (i.e. will they look _awesome_ as "inverted" mods/arrows/wasd on an olivetti board)?

[Wildcard]

Those plastic key cap pullers are utter crap. They all snap sooner or later. Seriously, they should call it the disposable key cap puller.

On the positive side, I've never had them scratch a key and they work great in pairs on space bars and other larger keys.