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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: WholesomeDucky on Fri, 17 July 2020, 08:06:52

Title: LF recommendations: Decent in-stock dark ABS caps for an Alice
Post by: WholesomeDucky on Fri, 17 July 2020, 08:06:52

I have my first GMK set on the way, GMK Laser: Synthwave coming in December. Traditionally I've always been a PBT guy, but I want to try some more ABS so I can really appreciate the good things about GMK when they come in.

Are there any in-stock ABS caps from the lesser known brands that are decent? Preferably a darker color, as they'll be going on a matte black Alice.

Just something I can mess around with for the next few months. Can be blanks, or whatever, really. Thought about maybe polishing them to see how I like the look, as that's something I'm thinking about doing once the GMK caps start to shine.

Title: Re: LF recommendations: Decent in-stock dark ABS caps for an Alice
Post by: Pylon on Tue, 21 July 2020, 12:24:11

How much do you want to spend?

Keyreative blanks (https://thekey.company/collections/in-stock/products/keyreative-abs-blank-cherry-keycaps?variant=31157483274329) is one option, and they're Cherry profile so you can run them with your GMK set later. They're out of stock in most colors unfortunately, but still a solid option.

Title: Re: LF recommendations: Decent in-stock dark ABS caps for an Alice
Post by: WholesomeDucky on Tue, 21 July 2020, 13:41:06

I ended up picking up a GMK set (sky dolch + ocean dolch, they kept all the darker keys and are selling me the lighter ones to essentially make a monochrome sky dolch set) from someone on r/mm. Eventually I am going to want to try GMK anyway, so i figure this will be a good way to break the ice on it.