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Title: costar stabilizer and cherry corp stabilizer ?
Post by: xyril on Wed, 31 October 2012, 14:35:32
I owned a razer blackwiddow .

what kind of stabilizer do they use for this keyboard?

can anyone provide me a picture (comparison) between costar and cherry stabilzer .

Title: Re: costar stabilizer and cherry corp stabilizer ?
Post by: wetto on Wed, 31 October 2012, 14:42:39
Quote from: xyril on Wed, 31 October 2012, 14:35:32
I owned a razer blackwiddow .

what kind of stabilizer do they use for this keyboard?

can anyone provide me a picture (comparison) between costar and cherry stabilzer .

They use "Costar-style" (but they're made by iOne) stabilizers:

(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k221/undarken/random/RBWUstabilizer.jpg)




These are authentic Costar stabilizers:

(http://www.keyboardlover.com/img/CostarStabilizers.JPG)



And these are Cherry stabilizers:

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6694405165_7afb88b695_z.jpg)
Title: Re: costar stabilizer and cherry corp stabilizer ?
Post by: schizrade on Wed, 31 October 2012, 15:04:48
Are those iOne keys spray painted?  :-\
Title: Re: costar stabilizer and cherry corp stabilizer ?
Post by: wetto on Wed, 31 October 2012, 15:17:20
Quote from: schizrade on Wed, 31 October 2012, 15:04:48
Are those iOne keys spray painted?  :-\

Yes, it seems so...

And to think that there are people who start *****ing when someone speaks ill of Razer's products...

(http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/damutation/Razer%20Blackwidow%20Review/RazerBlackwidowUltimateReview-117.jpg)

Left = Filco Majestouch 2
Right = Razer Blackwidow Ultimate
Title: Re: costar stabilizer and cherry corp stabilizer ?
Post by: alaricljs on Wed, 31 October 2012, 15:28:43
That's how you get back-lit caps.  Left pic is a solid ABS black keycap, cannot be backlit.  Right pic is a milky-white key cap with a black over-coat where the legend is etched off by a laser.  Now you can see the light through the legend.
Title: Re: costar stabilizer and cherry corp stabilizer ?
Post by: wetto on Wed, 31 October 2012, 15:48:42
Quote from: alaricljs on Wed, 31 October 2012, 15:28:43
That's how you get back-lit caps.  Left pic is a solid ABS black keycap, cannot be backlit.  Right pic is a milky-white key cap with a black over-coat where the legend is etched off by a laser.  Now you can see the light through the legend.

And that is why the black color just fades off over time and it becomes like this?

(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kb4TvxENmBg/mqdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: costar stabilizer and cherry corp stabilizer ?
Post by: schizrade on Wed, 31 October 2012, 15:50:17
Quote from: wetto on Wed, 31 October 2012, 15:48:42
Quote from: alaricljs on Wed, 31 October 2012, 15:28:43
That's how you get back-lit caps.  Left pic is a solid ABS black keycap, cannot be backlit.  Right pic is a milky-white key cap with a black over-coat where the legend is etched off by a laser.  Now you can see the light through the legend.

And that is why the black color just fades off over time and it becomes like this?

Show Image
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kb4TvxENmBg/mqdefault.jpg)



FAIL.

 :))
Title: Re: costar stabilizer and cherry corp stabilizer ?
Post by: alaricljs on Wed, 31 October 2012, 15:51:29
Well, yeah.  Deck is the only brand that has a solution where that doesn't happen but it has it's own limitations.  To lower costs, all Deck keys are the same profile.
Title: Re: costar stabilizer and cherry corp stabilizer ?
Post by: Saturn on Wed, 31 October 2012, 23:07:15
Quote from: alaricljs on Wed, 31 October 2012, 15:51:29
Well, yeah.  Deck is the only brand that has a solution where that doesn't happen but it has it's own limitations.

What's Deck's solution?
Title: Re: costar stabilizer and cherry corp stabilizer ?
Post by: Sifo on Wed, 31 October 2012, 23:15:33
I think deck can double shot?
Title: Re: costar stabilizer and cherry corp stabilizer ?
Post by: wetto on Wed, 31 October 2012, 23:32:33
Check:
http://www.overclock.net/t/491752/mechanical-keyboard-guide#post_6018011

Yeah, it's Double-Shot Injection.
Title: Re: costar stabilizer and cherry corp stabilizer ?
Post by: alaricljs on Thu, 01 November 2012, 10:00:25
It's not really double shot.  The skirt is 1 mold of black ABS, the keytop/legend area and stem are another mold of white/natural PBT that is inverse  dye-sub'd for the legend.  These 2 pieces are then either sonically welded or glued together.