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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: Thermobaric on Wed, 25 September 2013, 23:02:21

Title: Unicomp Keycaps for Model M?
Post by: Thermobaric on Wed, 25 September 2013, 23:02:21

Are the keycaps on Unicomp's website dual caps like those found on the Model M, or single piece caps?

Title: Re: Unicomp Keycaps for Model M?
Post by: Badwrench on Wed, 25 September 2013, 23:24:36

The 1x1 and 1.5 are 2 piece and come with both parts.  larger keys are still one piece. 

Title: Re: Unicomp Keycaps for Model M?
Post by: mr_schnrub on Thu, 26 September 2013, 03:18:26

Yep, just like the model M.

Here is a photo I just took of the unicomp key caps...

(http://i.imgur.com/1Xpp1GR.jpg)

Title: Re: Unicomp Keycaps for Model M?
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 26 September 2013, 05:21:34

I've heard (in a thread somewhere here a few months ago) that sometimes they are two piece and sometimes one piece.

Might be luck of the draw, or different batches, or maybe just a rumour.

Title: Re: Unicomp Keycaps for Model M?
Post by: snoopy on Thu, 26 September 2013, 05:23:11

Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 26 September 2013, 05:21:34

I've heard (in a thread somewhere here a few months ago) that sometimes they are two piece and sometimes one piece.

Might be luck of the draw, or different batches, or maybe just a rumour.

blank blacks are always one piece... the rest should be two-piece, except for some modifiers

Title: Re: Unicomp Keycaps for Model M?
Post by: mr_schnrub on Fri, 27 September 2013, 03:58:58

This pic I posted above was from a keyboard made this year  - 2013.

Title: Re: Unicomp Keycaps for Model M?
Post by: jazzkingrt on Fri, 27 September 2013, 16:31:34

(http://i.imgur.com/TJ5eN94.jpg)

This is my 1391401 Model M with all Unicomp keycaps. The blacks are single piece, the purples are two pieces. The covers on the two-pieces are compatible with the keys from my old Model M.

The Unicomp two-pieces feel very slightly heaver to press down, but I haven't made any measurements. I couldn't even tell until I looked out for it to make this post.

Switching out the interior piece of one of the unicomp purple keys with an original from the model m resulted in it feeling like the lighter, single-key black unicomp keys.

Hope that helps!

Title: Re: Unicomp Keycaps for Model M?
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 28 September 2013, 02:03:29

Quote from: jazzkingrt on Fri, 27 September 2013, 16:31:34

Show Image

(http://i.imgur.com/TJ5eN94.jpg)

This is my 1391401 Model M with all Unicomp keycaps. The blacks are single piece, the purples are two pieces. The covers on the two-pieces are compatible with the keys from my old Model M.

The Unicomp two-pieces feel very slightly heaver to press down, but I haven't made any measurements. I couldn't even tell until I looked out for it to make this post.

Switching out the interior piece of one of the unicomp purple keys with an original from the model m resulted in it feeling like the lighter, single-key black unicomp keys.

Hope that helps!

Welcome to Geekhack!

Still wondering whether it depends on the colour as to whether you get one or two piece caps, or the batch.  Doesn't really make any difference as they sell you both of the two piece ones anyway.

Title: Re: Unicomp Keycaps for Model M?
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 28 September 2013, 20:30:33

I received a huge GB from unicomp for international mail forwarding once. It had many of the colours and several keycap sets.

From what I was able to determine: black keycaps (always blank) are all one-piece. Of the rest, they are usually two-piece save for the spacebar, shift, enter, backspace, capslock, numpad enter, numpad + and possibly \| (not sure about \|)

In short, I echo Snoopy.

Title: Re: Unicomp Keycaps for Model M?
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 29 September 2013, 01:30:04

I wonder why that is - what is so special about the black ones to make them all one piece.

Title: Re: Unicomp Keycaps for Model M?
Post by: Badwrench on Sun, 29 September 2013, 11:16:14

Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 29 September 2013, 01:30:04

I wonder why that is - what is so special about the black ones to make them all one piece.

Possibly a color uniformity issue? 

Title: Re: Unicomp Keycaps for Model M?
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 29 September 2013, 15:19:10

Quote from: Badwrench on Sun, 29 September 2013, 11:16:14

Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 29 September 2013, 01:30:04

I wonder why that is - what is so special about the black ones to make them all one piece.

Possibly a color uniformity issue? 

Shouldn't be.  If they can make the top bit the same colour, the bottom bit doesn't matter as you can't see if once the top bit is clipped in place.

Indeed the lower part on both my Model M are all sorts of colours (shades of gray or black mostly).