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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: TheeCOoon on Thu, 29 August 2013, 23:20:11
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Anyone know the difference between thick and normal PBT? Do they feel much different?
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thanks to the media thick is not "normal"
THAT is the difference my friend.
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thanks to the media thick is not "normal"
THAT is the difference my friend.
Hehe thanks for the reply!!!! I was just wondering do they feel different?
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I think what demik is trying to say is that one is a lot... softer... than the other...
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I think what demik is trying to say is that one is a lot... softer... than the other...
more cushion for the pushing!
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Anyone know the difference between thick and normal PBT? Do they feel much different?
Post more threads why don't you?
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Anyone know the difference between thick and normal PBT? Do they feel much different?
Not really. Plate vs PCB-mounted are more different. Lubed vs. not lubed are more different. PBT vs ABS vs POM are more different.
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the difference is quite noticeable, here take a look:
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the difference is quite noticeable, here take a look:
please never ever post this stuff... people like to browse this at work. funny though
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the difference is quite noticeable, here take a look:
please never ever post this stuff... people like to browse this at work. funny though
haha
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the difference is quite noticeable, here take a look:
please never ever post this stuff... people like to browse this at work. funny though
I'll rather be seen watching midget porn than pictures of keyboards
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the difference is quite noticeable, here take a look:
please never ever post this stuff... people like to browse this at work. funny though
I'll rather be seen watching miley cyrus than pictures of keyboards
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the difference is quite noticeable, here take a look:
please never ever post this stuff... people like to browse this at work. funny though
I'll rather be seen watching miley cyrus than pictures of keyboards
?_?
ಠ_ಠ
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omg guys I was just messing around, + like the sir I'm, I posted pics of extended bed and flatliner lol
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omg guys I was just messing around, + like the sir I'm, I posted pics of extended bed and flatliner lol
hmmm?
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omg guys I was just messing around, + like the sir I'm, I posted pics of extended bed and flatliner lol
hmmm?
u missed the pics I posted earlier, they got removed by admin.
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thick keycaps feel more solid to me when bottoming out. The thinner the keycap the more flimsy they feel. You can tell if you type on a normal black widow and a backlit one, the blacklit has thicker keycaps and feels much more solid.
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thick keycaps feel more solid to me when bottoming out. The thinner the keycap the more flimsy they feel. You can tell if you type on a normal black widow and a backlit one, the blacklit has thicker keycaps and feels much more solid.
I'm with Danule on this. They also make a nicer more "clacky" sound when they bottom out. I actually removed my intial o-ring mods just so I could enjoy and appreciate the nice sound of the thick PBTs bottoming out.
Originally, I didn't like the sound of the ABS keys bottoming out, which is why I got it in my head that o-rings were going to be good for me. But with the thick PBTs, I'm all about the noise!
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Thick ABS make a nice noise too!
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I find it's more noticeable on the longer keys (ones with stabilizers), then you'll notice that it is quite a lot more stable/solid.
Overall my first impression was ok, but then the thick keys slowly grow on me and now I like them better. :)
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Thick ABS make a nice noise too!
Fascinating. I'm not sure I've ever seen an ABS keycap called out as being thick specifically. What would be an example?
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any of the double shots here: https://www.originativeco.com/shop/keysets
or here: http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,cherrymxkeys
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any of the double shots here: https://www.originativeco.com/shop/keysets
or here: http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,cherrymxkeys
Cool; thanks. I guess I never really thought about it, but the double-shot manufacturing technique is essentially a de facto wall-thickening process. I have never used a double-shot ABS keycap before. (I'm sort of a blank-keycap nerd, for which double-shot doesn't really make any sense, and I tend to prefer low profile, which for whatever reason seems to be hard to find in ABS). I'll have to give up my aesthetic purity and see if I can countenance some key legends in order I can give thick ABS a try. ;)
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well its not any doubleshot, i mean perticularly the cherry ones are thicker than normal. They are also cherry profile which is lower.
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Thick is always better