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Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Sun, 26 February 2012, 00:20:23
The O-ring group buy round1 (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?25714-O-Rings-of-various-thickness-and-softness-Group-Buy) is concluding, and I ordered extras based on price and popularity. If you missed the group buy, here are the leftovers. To be straightforward, I'm tacking on an extra $1 to the leftovers since it's not fair to those that had to pay and wait a couple weeks, and also to myself for fronting the money to order it a month ago.

SHIPPING: is included in the base price for the US. International is an extra dollar. It take 1-3 days to receive it in the US, about a week in Canada, and between 7-14 days for the rest of the world. Depending what time I receive the payment, I ship out same day or the following day.


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[strike]pack A: $10
40A, 3/16" ID, 1/16" W[/strike]

[strike]pack B: $14
50A, 3/16" ID, 1/16" W[/strike]

[strike]pack C: $14
40A, 5mm ID, 2mm W[/strike]

[strike]pack D: $13
40A, 5mm ID, 1mm W[/strike]

[strike]pack E: $20
40A, 3/16" ID, 3/32" W[/strike]

[strike]pack F: $5
70A, 3/16" ID, 1/16" W[/strike]

[strike]pack G: $5
70A, 3/16" ID, 3/32" W[/strike]

[strike]pack H: $16
30A, 5mm ID, 1.5mm W[/strike]


payment instructions: If you want to send money via amazon payment, PM me. Otherwise, send to my paypal address whitefiredragon1 @ hotmail.com. Please cover paypal fees (http://thefeecalculator.com/) (3% + $0.30), unless you send as "gift" payment. Include in the paypal note:


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Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Sun, 26 February 2012, 00:20:46
Here are a few pics I took. O-rings A through H are the ones offered in this group buy. "X" is the 5mm x 1.5mm offered by kaiserreich, I bought a pack from him just to try out and compare. The two gimped ones you see on the left are the very first O-rings I ordered when I was a newb. Epic size mistake lol.


In order by packs
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/Orings-1.jpg)


In order by size
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/Orings-2.jpg)


Additional pics:
1 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/IMG_0317.jpg) 2 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/IMG_0321.jpg) 3 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/IMG_0323.jpg) 4 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/IMG_0324.jpg) 5 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/IMG_0325.jpg) 6 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/IMG_0326.jpg)





pack A: Silicone or EPDM. The most ordered pack. It has a very small key travel reduction, so you may or may not notice it. It dampens the noise pretty well, and eliminates almost all of the “shock” you feel when the key hits the bottom. If you can’t decide which pack to get, try these ones first. Can’t go wrong with these ones, they’re good all around. I’ll be using pack A as a point of reference when comparing with other packs.


pack B: EPDM. These are nearly the same as pack A. Size is identical, but just a tad harder, which can only be felt if you pay very close attention. Otherwise if you mix and match the whole keyboard randomly with pack A and B, you most likely won’t be able to tell which is A or B. Noise dampening is the same as pack A, only difference is the hardness felt when keys hit the bottom. These should have been the same price as pack A, but only reason why it’s more expensive is because I asked for this option after I already got a quote for pack A. I don’t feel there is a large enough difference to justify this as another option based on price and characteristics, so these will be dropped in the next round. Just get pack A if you want something like this one.


pack C: EPDM. There is a noticeable key travel reduction with these, but that’s what it’s meant to do. Thickness is essentially in between pack A and E, so good if you want something thicker than A, but feel that E is too thick. I personally had a hard time deciding to use pack C or E. Otherwise, shock absorption and noise dampening is the same as pack A.


pack D: EPDM. I should rename this to “useless” pack. 1mm thickness is too thin. So although it did nothing to key travel reduction, it also didn’t do anything to noise dampening. The only time I can see this option being useful is if you bought some SP caps with short stems where these will make a difference. I don’t have a full set of SP caps, so I can’t comment on how useful it will be on those caps. However for stock caps and PBT caps from KBC, these had no effect. They will also be dropped in the next round.


pack E: Silicone or EPDM. This one is my personal favorite, but I know it’s not for everyone. It’s the max thickness you can have in an O-ring. It bottoms out just after the key’s registration point. This simulates scissor switches on laptops or thin membrane keyboard, but still retains the “mechanical” feel from MX switches. The main purpose of this pack is to reduce the key travel, but if this is not what you’re looking for, then get pack A.


pack F: Nitrile. Same size has pack A, but noticeable harder. These are only for people that think pack A is too soft or want to retain as much of the bottom out feeling as possible. It will still dampen most of the “clack” noise when the keys hit the bottom, but not as well as pack A. They feel great on PCB mounted switches since there is almost no change in the “natural” feel of bottoming out on the PCB.


pack G: Nitrile. These are the exact opposite from pack A, it’s different in size and softness. It’s essentially pack E, but harder.  They’re for those that want a max key travel reduction crips bottom outs, and some noise reduction.


pack H: Silicone. This pack is the most interesting of all of them. It’s the softest feel of all of them and only comes in silicone because the other materials can’t reach this level of softness. These are a tad thinner than A, B, or F, which is what gives it the unique characteristics. Under normal typing conditions, it will eliminate most noise and shocks. However, because of the exact thickness of it, combined with its extra softness, it will feel like there’s no O-ring at all if you hit the keys very hard. This sort of gives the whole keyboard a dampening “film” effect, where the shock and noise dampening properties are there, but thin enough so there are no key travel reduction.
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: RColinTaylor on Sun, 26 February 2012, 00:34:06
I love the very organized and detailed sale; GLWS!
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: abc123asd on Sun, 26 February 2012, 00:34:50
can i get pack A, 1 pack? international postage
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: sawedust on Sun, 26 February 2012, 00:42:21
Aww man, would've loved to get a Pack E but you're sold out :(

GLWS!
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: LFF on Sun, 26 February 2012, 01:12:49
Order placed!

Thanks!!!!
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: Moistened on Sun, 26 February 2012, 01:56:24
Sent order
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: demik on Sun, 26 February 2012, 02:11:49
might want to space out your email so bots dont get to it and start sending you spam
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: dirge on Sun, 26 February 2012, 09:26:35
A F and G please, sent payment.
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: metafour on Sun, 26 February 2012, 10:01:39
Sent payment for a pack F
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: megnin on Sun, 26 February 2012, 10:58:48
Payment sent for 3 A's
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: m_enanos on Sun, 26 February 2012, 12:27:47
Payment sent for 1 A pack
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Sun, 26 February 2012, 14:31:22
One pack C just sold, only 1 left. Packs G and H are now out.
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Sun, 26 February 2012, 21:21:44
Someone just sent me payment for 2 90count pack A. You didn't included your forum name in the paypal notes, and didn't PM me about it, so I have no idea who it is. For record-keeping sake on my spreadsheet, please PM me so I can update it.

Last two pack F are pending payment.
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Thu, 01 March 2012, 11:59:28
The rest of F and C are gone.
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: xquisit on Mon, 19 March 2012, 07:15:02
Pack A TKL
Payment Sent as Gift
(thanks for PMing me about this WhiteFireDragon)
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: dippingriz on Mon, 19 March 2012, 15:57:14
Pack A for a Poker/tkl
Payment Sent
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: daerid on Mon, 19 March 2012, 16:33:57
Payment sent for one 90 ct Pack A
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Tue, 20 March 2012, 03:52:53
If you sent payment during the weekend or Monday, your O-rings were shipped out yesterday (Monday).

And there was also one person that sent me payment with no notices in this thread or PM. Please PM me so I know who you are. Postal code is SE24 9NA.
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: BigDov on Tue, 20 March 2012, 16:03:32
sent you a PM and paypal for some of the "A" o-ring's......
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: filphil on Tue, 20 March 2012, 18:21:22
Paypal payment sent for 90 TKL Pack A
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Wed, 21 March 2012, 17:54:19
There was enough orders yesterday to justify another shipment that just went out this morning :)
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: xquisit on Wed, 21 March 2012, 18:59:38
You are the man! :D
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: filphil on Wed, 21 March 2012, 23:15:31
Sounds good
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: c0rbin on Sat, 24 March 2012, 19:33:14
Is there gonna be another group buy? I want some G's...
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: xquisit on Sat, 24 March 2012, 19:53:50
They arrived two days ago (O-rings from WhiteFireDragon):


[ATTACH=CONFIG]45563[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]45564[/ATTACH]

Thanks for the quick delivery!

EDIT: How do we do our feedback scores?
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: WRXChris on Tue, 27 March 2012, 15:04:22
just sent payment for 1 pack of A - 90 count.  Thanks!
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: Zifle on Tue, 27 March 2012, 16:19:29
Is there enough rings of Pack A left, for a 120 set? Could do with a 105 otherwise, but I want to make sure before ordering, considering it says limited in the OP 3:
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: jandd on Wed, 28 March 2012, 00:40:28
Payment sent for 120 pack A. Hope there's still some left :)
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: Zifle on Wed, 28 March 2012, 02:04:55
Quote from: jandd;558879
Payment sent for 120 pack A. Hope there's still some left :)

^ Same ^_^ (He did say there were a couple of packs left, so no worries)
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: jandd on Wed, 28 March 2012, 02:45:49
Quote
^ Same ^_^ (He did say there were a couple of packs left, so no worries)

Good stuff :smile: , now lets see how long the post takes to EU.
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: filphil on Wed, 28 March 2012, 19:52:27
Feedback left for you!
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Wed, 28 March 2012, 23:26:26
O-ring orders for the 4 of you guys just went out. For anyone else that wants the last of these, I only have 2-3 packs left at this point, so please PM me to verify availability before sending money.

Quote from: jandd;558976
Good stuff :smile: , now lets see how long the post takes to EU.

Your first 2 posts are here, welcome to GH :welcome:
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: jandd on Thu, 29 March 2012, 00:29:05
Quote
Your first 2 posts are here, welcome to GH

Thanks! I've been hiding and just reading for a few months until now :peep: . Also really appreciate you shipping out the O-rings so fast, I will post here when they arrive.
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: WRXChris on Thu, 29 March 2012, 22:10:06
got mine today, they're great! thanks for the super fast shipping!  left +fb, and pm'ed to see if another set is still available! :)
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: illadvised on Fri, 30 March 2012, 10:12:27
Not sure if the updated OP reflects current stock, but order/payment sent last night. I should have checked with you beforehand.
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: squirrely on Sat, 31 March 2012, 15:10:00
Just sent the payment as requested. :)

Thanks!
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: jandd on Thu, 05 April 2012, 10:24:35
I got my O-rings today, thanks again for the excellent service!
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: ForestFunK on Sat, 07 April 2012, 03:38:42
I'll take 1 pack A TKL and 1 pack A full size please. International shipping.

edit: payment sent.
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: Cindori on Sat, 07 April 2012, 12:18:13
Payment sent for 105 A-pack.
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: ChickenMcTesticles on Fri, 13 April 2012, 12:05:26
I would like to order 2 of the Pack A

1 90 count
1 105 count

Are there any left?
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: Darwinzz on Sun, 15 April 2012, 18:53:43
Hello

I have sent you a PM if you could please check it
Thanks
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: Edjewh on Sun, 15 April 2012, 19:14:32
i hope you still have them was a little slow sending my paypal to you... kids wanted to eat out
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: hamza_tm on Sun, 15 April 2012, 22:54:56
Oh dang I knew I should have read this BEFORE sending payment ....

I assume the OP hasn't been updated and I went and sent the payment :facepalm:

Sorry WhiteFireDragon...
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Tue, 17 April 2012, 15:27:13
Hi guys, sorry I forgot to update the thread. I've been completely out, so if you automatically sent payment or sent payment after I ran out, I already sent the refund.

I'll leave this thread open for a few more days for questions or concerns for those that sent payment. I will start a round 2 shortly, just been really busy these past few weeks. I'll also link to the new GB once it starts and close this thread.
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: tehsprayer on Tue, 17 April 2012, 15:33:16
Quote from: WhiteFireDragon;577245
Hi guys, sorry I forgot to update the thread. I've been completely out, so if you automatically sent payment or sent payment after I ran out, I already sent the refund.

I'll leave this thread open for a few more days for questions or concerns for those that sent payment. I will start a round 2 shortly, just been really busy these past few weeks. I'll also link to the new GB once it starts and close this thread.

I'm new to group buys how do they work and how much will it cost?
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: hamza_tm on Tue, 17 April 2012, 16:28:05
hell yeah!
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: sordna on Tue, 17 April 2012, 18:54:24
Quote from: WhiteFireDragon;577245
...
I will start a round 2 shortly, just been really busy these past few weeks. I'll also link to the new GB once it starts and close this thread.


Ooh, already interested in 40A 1.5mm x 5mm metric o-rings. Wishlist: EPDM for material, and a new color like blue, green, or yellow  :-)
Did you ever get Piken's supplier? He seemed to have great prices.
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: sordna on Tue, 05 June 2012, 01:46:35
Ok, my wish came true, courtesy of WASD keyboards:
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?31297-New-O-ring-size-now-available-quot-40A-L-quot-1-5mm-thickness
Title: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: Forin on Tue, 05 June 2012, 02:19:11
WTB !!!  :

pack H:
30A, 5mm ID, 1.5mm W
Title: Re: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: JPG on Tue, 18 December 2012, 12:27:10
Question here: I might need to get some o'ring for my keyboard at work. It's kinda sad since I really LIKE the awesome feel and sound of my filco with browns, but well my boss does not seems to understand that. So the thing is, I don't want to lose this feeling. From the description I got here, the pack F (70A thin) seems to be the one that would have the less impact on the feeling.

So I would be gratefull if someone that got this F pack could tell me how the feeling is changed with these o'ring.

Thanks.
Title: Re: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: webs0r on Tue, 18 December 2012, 14:32:51
Any of Pack E left?
Title: Re: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: fl0w3n on Tue, 18 December 2012, 21:41:53
Wtf this thread is 7-8 months old.

Title: Re: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: viowastaken on Mon, 15 April 2013, 05:10:22
I just sent payment for a pack F. I hope this thread is still active lol :)
Title: Re: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: Turbo Slaab on Mon, 15 April 2013, 05:18:40
Quote from: viowastaken on Mon, 15 April 2013, 05:10:22
I just sent payment for a pack F. I hope this thread is still active lol :)


I'm not going to speak for WFD, but I'm 99% sure it isn't.
Title: Re: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: fohat.digs on Mon, 15 April 2013, 09:17:26
It is about time for another group buy, perhaps.

I don't have time or knowledge to do it, but at this point I think that if somebody could supply sets of very thin, very soft O-rings for under $10, delivered domestic, they could sell quite a few of them. Here and on ebay.

Personally, I would want them as thin and as soft as possible.
Title: Re: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: DrakeMegrim on Mon, 15 April 2013, 09:22:58
I'm looking for some orings as well.
Title: Re: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: JPG on Mon, 15 April 2013, 09:30:41
I don't say that a GB would not be a good option, but if you don't want to wait for one, IMSTO sells some that seems to be the most popular choices (thin or large ans the soft ones (40A I think but not sure) and the price is very decent. You can also get some from WASD (they have 40A or 50A). Last, you can find some on Amazon, but the only "affordable" that I found on amazon where the 70A.

So it depends on your preference, but since you seem to want the softer ones (they are the most popular I think), you already have 2 sources for them.
Title: Re: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: DrakeMegrim on Mon, 15 April 2013, 16:51:14
I didn't realize that IMSTO had them for sale here. Thanks mate.
Title: Re: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: viowastaken on Fri, 19 April 2013, 02:23:29
I've sent WhiteFireDragon a PM, and a payment for the o-rings four days ago and have not gotten any response yet.

If there is nothing to buy at the moment i'd appreciate the payment refunded. As far as i could read there was no note in the thread that there was no further availability.

thank you.
Title: Re: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: TDub on Fri, 19 April 2013, 02:46:14
Really? You send payment without waiting for a response from him first? On a thread that is more then a year old? That's.... optimistic.
Title: Re: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: viowastaken on Fri, 19 April 2013, 02:47:40
As Bob Marley says in the song "I shot the sheriff" - reflexes got the better of me.
Title: Re: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: VesperSAINT on Fri, 19 April 2013, 03:28:35
I can somewhat verify that he won't have left overs. Only reason I say this is because I asked for a set couple months back and he told me he was out :(
Title: Re: O-Rings - various sotfness and thickness [GB leftovers]
Post by: viowastaken on Fri, 19 April 2013, 06:09:24
I got in touch with him, and he is indeed sold out T_T

Hopefully next time!