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Title: Wasd VS. Double Shots Vs. Filco Keycaps
Post by: NorrisB on Fri, 23 March 2012, 23:55:39

Whats the best keycaps for cherrys, I have a Filco riight now, and people say in the forum that their keycaps suck, would I notice a different upgrading to to something better

Also which is better WASD or Double Shots?

Title: Wasd VS. Double Shots Vs. Filco Keycaps
Post by: pitashen on Sat, 24 March 2012, 00:35:32

Filco caps don't suck for everyone. I　do, however, hate them.

by double shots you mean from signature plastics? or used cherry corp caps?

given that there is moogle kit group buy going on atm, you should go for cherry crop doubles :) for the shear thickness cherry corp doubles got.

PBT caps is also an option. Some prefer it over double shots, coz double shots use ABS plastic. Despite legends stay in place for a long time, the cap would still get shiny fairly quickly (like any other ABS keys). PBT on the other hand can retain the texture for much longer.

Title: Wasd VS. Double Shots Vs. Filco Keycaps
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 24 March 2012, 11:35:53

Even SP's PBT is better than their doubleshots, though there's no harm in getting the really nice THICK PBT from Imsto/KBC

My recommendation is to get Dyesub PBT from cherry (good luck on that), SP (group-buy?) or china/taiwan (your best bet?) as it will be your best option (in my optinion). OFcourse the legends on doubleshot ABS look nicer, they're not THAT much better, and the feel of PBT is usually much nicer than ABS. It also has roughly 6 times the wear resistance.

Title: Wasd VS. Double Shots Vs. Filco Keycaps
Post by: NorrisB on Sat, 24 March 2012, 14:58:08

So where do you normally get your keycaps at vader?

Title: Wasd VS. Double Shots Vs. Filco Keycaps
Post by: lightsout714 on Sat, 24 March 2012, 16:15:55

Too bad all sp's doubleshots aren't as thick as the spherical keys. Those things are easily as thick as Cherry caps.

Title: Wasd VS. Double Shots Vs. Filco Keycaps
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 24 March 2012, 20:56:32

Quote from: NorrisB;555704

So where do you normally get your keycaps at vader?

The GB forum. I think I've gotten almost all my keycaps there or included with a keyboard.

But ebay is your friend. Know what to look for and buy it. Some are expensive though.

Title: Wasd VS. Double Shots Vs. Filco Keycaps
Post by: Human on Sun, 25 March 2012, 05:06:52

Quote from: lightsout714;555733

Too bad all sp's doubleshots aren't as thick as the spherical keys. Those things are easily as thick as Cherry caps.

If only Devlin accept custom order. Their keycaps are real thick, even for their DS black on black and white on white...

Title: Wasd VS. Double Shots Vs. Filco Keycaps
Post by: dorkvader on Sun, 25 March 2012, 09:26:17

I thought Devlin did custom orders but they are super expensive.

Title: Wasd VS. Double Shots Vs. Filco Keycaps
Post by: lightsout714 on Sun, 25 March 2012, 09:33:16

But they only do weird profiles also?

Title: Wasd VS. Double Shots Vs. Filco Keycaps
Post by: Human on Sun, 25 March 2012, 09:45:28

Quote from: lightsout714;556216

But they only do weird profiles also?

They do have proper(not sure if DSA) profile POS keyboard with thick doubleshot keycaps.

Title: Wasd VS. Double Shots Vs. Filco Keycaps
Post by: Autolyze on Sun, 25 March 2012, 18:16:05

I was under the impression that Devlin only had the capability to do doubleshots with flat keycaps? They do look nice though.

Title: Wasd VS. Double Shots Vs. Filco Keycaps
Post by: Human on Sun, 25 March 2012, 22:35:27

Quote from: Autolyze;556554

I was under the impression that Devlin only had the capability to do doubleshots with flat keycaps? They do look nice though.

I saw the thick DS keycaps(with normal profile) on a huge POS keyboard from Devlin. Note that I mean the keycaps are DS doesn't mean the printing is DS(lol Devlin is making me like a Captain Obvious...)
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=14125332783&initiative_id=itemz_20120326
(http://photo7.coudoudou.com/data/chenilng200788/2011/11/5/bfd8768c32a04aebb1189adcf51c9cb1.jpg)
(http://photo7.coudoudou.com/data/chenilng200788/2011/11/5/70b67dae9e694750a3b6432275725356.jpg)

Title: Wasd VS. Double Shots Vs. Filco Keycaps
Post by: Autolyze on Mon, 26 March 2012, 06:23:55

Quote from: Human;556779

I saw the thick DS keycaps(with normal profile) on a huge POS keyboard from Devlin. Note that I mean the keycaps are DS doesn't mean the printing is DS(lol Devlin is making me like a Captain Obvious...)
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=14125332783&initiative_id=itemz_20120326

Oh... Um... Hrmm... I'm a little confused about the doubleshotness of these. They do look thick, and they do have a stripey pattern, but it looks like it's just one type of plastic. Couldn't it just be due to a slightly funky mold?

Title: Wasd VS. Double Shots Vs. Filco Keycaps
Post by: Human on Mon, 26 March 2012, 07:36:01

Quote from: Autolyze;557030

Oh... Um... Hrmm... I'm a little confused about the doubleshotness of these. They do look thick, and they do have a stripey pattern, but it looks like it's just one type of plastic. Couldn't it just be due to a slightly funky mold?

Yar, like I said b4, Devlin is kind of Captain obvious. They go as far as making black on black, white on white, [insert color here] on [insert color here] DS keys which is thick but blank...

Title: Wasd VS. Double Shots Vs. Filco Keycaps
Post by: NorrisB on Thu, 29 March 2012, 09:02:00

Quote from: dorkvader;555911

The GB forum. I think I've gotten almost all my keycaps there or included with a keyboard.

But ebay is your friend. Know what to look for and buy it. Some are expensive though.

How do I know what keyboards to look for?  Ive been looking around and not really sure which cherrys have good double shots, what do you look for on ebay?