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Title: Cherry G80-3000, black versus light grey: material of key caps?
Post by: spremino on Tue, 10 December 2013, 14:39:15

From what I have found, it is:
- black: POM;
- light grey: PBT.

Is it still so for current G80-3000 keyboards?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Cherry G80-3000, black versus light grey: material of key caps?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Tue, 10 December 2013, 14:58:11

Yes that is correct.

Title: Re: Cherry G80-3000, black versus light grey: material of key caps?
Post by: CeeSA on Wed, 11 December 2013, 02:54:46

yes, and the black POM caps (Cherry) are the most slippery caps I ever touched.

Title: Re: Cherry G80-3000, black versus light grey: material of key caps?
Post by: terran5992 on Wed, 11 December 2013, 02:56:35

Quote from: CeeSA on Wed, 11 December 2013, 02:54:46

yes, and the black POM caps (Cherry) are the most slippery caps I ever touched.

0.o i would like to be able to feel POM one day

Title: Re: Cherry G80-3000, black versus light grey: material of key caps?
Post by: spremino on Wed, 11 December 2013, 03:39:41

Quote from: CeeSA on Wed, 11 December 2013, 02:54:46

yes, and the black POM caps (Cherry) are the most slippery caps I ever touched.

And that seals the NO deal. Thanks for sparing me a disappointment.

I was leaning towards the black model because I thought it would have been easier to resell in case I didn't like it.

Title: Re: Cherry G80-3000, black versus light grey: material of key caps?
Post by: adhoc on Wed, 11 December 2013, 04:52:17

I'm on Cherry black POM and it's wonderful.

Title: Re: Cherry G80-3000, black versus light grey: material of key caps?
Post by: spremino on Wed, 11 December 2013, 05:00:29

Quote from: adhoc on Wed, 11 December 2013, 04:52:17

I'm on Cherry black POM and it's wonderful.

Compared to what keyboards?

Title: Re: Cherry G80-3000, black versus light grey: material of key caps?
Post by: adhoc on Wed, 11 December 2013, 05:04:29

I don't know where you're coming from, but considering you're on GH for 4 years probably a good board, but I'm coming from blackwidow (=ABS, I think?). BW has more slippery caps. Actually I don't find Cherry's POM slippery at all.

Hopefully, I will be able to tell you the difference between Cherry POM and HHKB PBT soon. Either way, it's not a bad board or unpleasant to the touch.

Title: Re: Cherry G80-3000, black versus light grey: material of key caps?
Post by: CeeSA on Wed, 11 December 2013, 07:41:34

I touched a lot of keycaps in my life. And I don't remember BW caps as slippery. But it's a keyboard I am not interested at all. So my memory could be faint.

I would recommend in any case the beige variant with PBT keycaps. I compared black and beige many times and only the black POM caps feel slippery as hell.
For the feeling of typing I would choose the beige lasererd PBT keycaps over many other keycaps.