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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: NorrisB on Sun, 25 March 2012, 17:05:03

Title: Filco keycaps are too slick?
Post by: NorrisB on Sun, 25 March 2012, 17:05:03

Anyone think they're a little too slick?

Title: Filco keycaps are too slick?
Post by: Exort on Sun, 25 March 2012, 17:10:00

Maybe because the UV coating?
Either way, get PBT problem solved.

Title: Filco keycaps are too slick?
Post by: NorrisB on Sun, 25 March 2012, 17:11:51

where do I buy PBTs?

Title: Filco keycaps are too slick?
Post by: Awful on Sun, 25 March 2012, 17:28:52

I like the slick feeling myself. I actually swapped the keys off of my Poker to the stock Filco ones.

Title: Filco keycaps are too slick?
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Sun, 25 March 2012, 18:41:19

Some other keycaps (especially Unicomp and Matias) feel like a cat's tongue when new, before they're worn in. I'm still not overly keen on whatever plastic Matias use – it feels a bit rough and weird.

I do find that my FILCO keyboards (2 years old) have something of a greasy feel, but that may just be an accumulation of skin oil that's nothing to do with the plastic. I couldn't tell without a deep clean. It feels a bit like typing on butter.

Topre keycaps have a decent feel, but they visibly grease up in a way that I've not seen on any other board.