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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: retsteel on Thu, 05 April 2012, 18:02:43

Title: are these any good?
Post by: retsteel on Thu, 05 April 2012, 18:02:43

has anyone ever ordered any keycaps from this seller or have any hints as to whether they are any good?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/37-Keycaps-Cherry-MX-keyboard-Orange-US-Shipper-NEW-US-Shipper-Limited-SALE-/110840482450?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19ce9b8a92 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/37-Keycaps-Cherry-MX-keyboard-Orange-US-Shipper-NEW-US-Shipper-Limited-SALE-/110840482450?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item19ce9b8a92)

thanks...

Title: are these any good?
Post by: thegunner100 on Thu, 05 April 2012, 18:11:52

Looks like ABS lasered.

Title: are these any good?
Post by: Inochi on Thu, 05 April 2012, 18:19:32

Some else found these last month, http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?28075-37-keycap-sets-13-99-free-shipping (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?28075-37-keycap-sets-13-99-free-shipping).

For the most they're not too bad for ~$14 was the general consensus.

Title: are these any good?
Post by: silat on Thu, 05 April 2012, 18:29:37

I got some pink caps from him. They were KBC and fine for the money:) Do not expect the legends to last long.
 there is a thread about them but I cannot find it at the moment.

Title: are these any good?
Post by: retsteel on Thu, 05 April 2012, 18:32:58

thanks guys, I think I will be ordering a set.

Title: are these any good?
Post by: Wheeton on Fri, 06 April 2012, 14:10:07

I ordered a set of the blue ones. In the picture they definitely looked lighter, more like a lavender. However, at least for the blue ones, the legends do oxidize very quickly, turning them black. I contacted the seller about it and he said it was a manufacturing problem with the blue set. Overall pretty solid caps for $14, so it's not too big of a deal.

Now those keycaps have a "dark on dark" effect that masks the legends whilst still keeping them visible enough, which is an interesting and a not-entirely-bad side effect, actually. However, it would have been nice to know that this would have happened before I had ordered them, but for $14 I'm not all up in arms about it.