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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: ZHENYA on Sun, 26 September 2021, 18:10:56
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Hello everone,
Long time Model M enthusiast, first time poster.
So I decided after many years of being on the fence, to buy a unicomp traditional Model M. After I ordered I decided to double check by contacting customer support to tell them to send me 2 piece keycaps, I was told that they no longer make 2-piece keycaps and that they now have another company produce 1 piece keycaps.
I was disappointed to hear this both for myself and because new replacement keycaps are no longer obtainable and I haven't seen it covered anywhere else. Does anyone know when this started?
The keyboard I received was a mix of 2 and 1 piece keycaps. With some of the grey keys being 2 piece, but most were 1 piece. all the white keys were 1 piece.
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From memory, thought Unicomp only has molds for one piece caps?
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Years ago I bought replacement 2-piece cap and stem new production keycaps from Unicomp to replace missing caps on some of the Model M's I needed caps for. This was back in I want to say 2011. I also saw video reviews on youtube from I want to say a year ago showing 2 piece keycaps. I know unicomp has issues with the tooling getting old and so that's probably why but still its a shame to see 2-piece keycaps go.