Lol, lesson learned. Better to buy from someone in the classifieds or something. I have some OG Cherry dyesubs incoming from CeeSA over at DT, they were supposedly in good condition, so we'll see. I got them for a more reasonable price at $85 shipped.:-[ $85 shipped! that's a great price! I will probably avoid buying from taobao from now on.
...on taobao...
Lol, lesson learned. Better to buy from someone in the classifieds or something. I have some OG Cherry dyesubs incoming from CeeSA over at DT, they were supposedly in good condition, so we'll see. I got them for a more reasonable price at $85 shipped.:-[ $85 shipped! that's a great price! I will probably avoid buying from taobao from now on.
Lol, lesson learned. Better to buy from someone in the classifieds or something. I have some OG Cherry dyesubs incoming from CeeSA over at DT, they were supposedly in good condition, so we'll see. I got them for a more reasonable price at $85 shipped.:-[ $85 shipped! that's a great price! I will probably avoid buying from taobao from now on.
Lol, lesson learned. Better to buy from someone in the classifieds or something. I have some OG Cherry dyesubs incoming from CeeSA over at DT, they were supposedly in good condition, so we'll see. I got them for a more reasonable price at $85 shipped.:-[ $85 shipped! that's a great price! I will probably avoid buying from taobao from now on.
But the set from ceesa was iso and de. So that's a huge difference concerning value.
...on taobao...
Found your problem.
Also, the legend of that Esc is wearing off, looks like it might be just lasered. I mean, you got ripped off anyways :-X
Lol, lesson learned. Better to buy from someone in the classifieds or something. I have some OG Cherry dyesubs incoming from CeeSA over at DT, they were supposedly in good condition, so we'll see. I got them for a more reasonable price at $85 shipped.:-[ $85 shipped! that's a great price! I will probably avoid buying from taobao from now on.
Yeah, mine are ISO, though - they go for cheaper than ANSI. At least don't buy used stuff from there, I guess. :p
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Dat spacebar ... :'(
Look like it has been even sanded partially.
The sandiness level of classic Cherry PBT space bar 7x is very low.
(Imsto PBT 6.25x >> Deck PBT 6x >> Cherry PBT 7x)
It's much lower than on imsto Cherry PBT.
So if you fix it more with sandpaper, it will lose the sandiness completely.
Thanks for sharing the info! Don't feel bad: it isn't always easy to spot the problems before-hand. I'm learning that lesson with the DSA Dolch (Redline) GB. I'll be lucky if I ever see those caps or my money ever again.
Cheers! And Seriously: thanks for sharing the info!
-K
Clean it with some denture tabs and call it a day...sorry to hear your horrible experience :(.
Clean it with some denture tabs and call it a day...sorry to hear your horrible experience :(.
I am thinking of clean it with denture tabs too, but it doesn't work really well on my abs caps in the past, how well does it work on pbt?
From this set, I just found I prefer A profile bottom row than B profile
Clean it with some denture tabs and call it a day...sorry to hear your horrible experience :(.
I am thinking of clean it with denture tabs too, but it doesn't work really well on my abs caps in the past, how well does it work on pbt?
From this set, I just found I prefer A profile bottom row than B profile
Denture tablet is amazing.
For really dirty caps tho with dirt i use dishwasher+denture
I tried denture tablet once but I'm not impressed much.
Comparing between denture tablet and high quality detergent, I think detergent is better because it has enzyme to clean difficult stains.
Maybe what I tried is not the right denture tablet.
I need to trial and error more before come back with a different conclusion.
Until then, I prefer soaking keycap in warm water with detergent, at about 40°C, for 120 minutes before cleaning them with a toothbrush.
Sorry to hear this, whenever I want something from taobao I'll just remind myself of this post...Buying from taobao really need to think over...
That really sucks, dude. It's a shame your first experience with dyesubs was such a bad one.yeah... this set only have few keys that i almost never use doesn't have shine on it. But from those keys, i can tell i prefer dyesub much more than doubleshot.
My personal first experience with cherry dyesubs was also a very bad one. I bought a used Highscreen keyboard with those keycaps on ebay. On the pic in ebay they looked good, but when they arrived... they were shiny as hell. Anyway, I put a lot of work into cleaning... But after I had them on my board, they just felt really really bad. Totally slippery and strange. It ended with just putting them back on ebay... and forgetting about dyesubs.Mine set is in almost the same situation. the seller give me a picture, in the picture it looks pretty good, and only have a dent on numpad's enter, which i have no use with it, so i bought it. But when it arrive,
Recently I bought another complete board with dyesubs on ebay. This time I had real luck. They were like new, only a bit dirty. After giving them a good clean with denture tabs and some apple dish soap, I was totally happy. They look and feel awesome. I'm currently typing this post on them.
What I want to say... don't give up, keep on hunting, it's worth it.
snoopy
My personal first experience with cherry dyesubs was also a very bad one. I bought a used Highscreen keyboard with those keycaps on ebay. On the pic in ebay they looked good, but when they arrived... they were shiny as hell. Anyway, I put a lot of work into cleaning... But after I had them on my board, they just felt really really bad. Totally slippery and strange. It ended with just putting them back on ebay... and forgetting about dyesubs.Mine set is in almost the same situation. the seller give me a picture, in the picture it looks pretty good, and only have a dent on numpad's enter, which i have no use with it, so i bought it. But when it arrive,
Recently I bought another complete board with dyesubs on ebay. This time I had real luck. They were like new, only a bit dirty. After giving them a good clean with denture tabs and some apple dish soap, I was totally happy. They look and feel awesome. I'm currently typing this post on them.
What I want to say... don't give up, keep on hunting, it's worth it.
snoopyShow Image(http://images.sodahead.com/polls/002260503/1620742673_532dd66d_mind_blown_xlarge.jpeg)
it is just a piece of crap >:D
And now i know that lighting can change how the keycaps look A LOT
:))My personal first experience with cherry dyesubs was also a very bad one. I bought a used Highscreen keyboard with those keycaps on ebay. On the pic in ebay they looked good, but when they arrived... they were shiny as hell. Anyway, I put a lot of work into cleaning... But after I had them on my board, they just felt really really bad. Totally slippery and strange. It ended with just putting them back on ebay... and forgetting about dyesubs.Mine set is in almost the same situation. the seller give me a picture, in the picture it looks pretty good, and only have a dent on numpad's enter, which i have no use with it, so i bought it. But when it arrive,
Recently I bought another complete board with dyesubs on ebay. This time I had real luck. They were like new, only a bit dirty. After giving them a good clean with denture tabs and some apple dish soap, I was totally happy. They look and feel awesome. I'm currently typing this post on them.
What I want to say... don't give up, keep on hunting, it's worth it.
snoopyShow Image(http://images.sodahead.com/polls/002260503/1620742673_532dd66d_mind_blown_xlarge.jpeg)
it is just a piece of crap >:D
And now i know that lighting can change how the keycaps look A LOT
Holy ****, that meme gets me every time. LOL
:))My personal first experience with cherry dyesubs was also a very bad one. I bought a used Highscreen keyboard with those keycaps on ebay. On the pic in ebay they looked good, but when they arrived... they were shiny as hell. Anyway, I put a lot of work into cleaning... But after I had them on my board, they just felt really really bad. Totally slippery and strange. It ended with just putting them back on ebay... and forgetting about dyesubs.Mine set is in almost the same situation. the seller give me a picture, in the picture it looks pretty good, and only have a dent on numpad's enter, which i have no use with it, so i bought it. But when it arrive,
Recently I bought another complete board with dyesubs on ebay. This time I had real luck. They were like new, only a bit dirty. After giving them a good clean with denture tabs and some apple dish soap, I was totally happy. They look and feel awesome. I'm currently typing this post on them.
What I want to say... don't give up, keep on hunting, it's worth it.
snoopyShow Image(http://images.sodahead.com/polls/002260503/1620742673_532dd66d_mind_blown_xlarge.jpeg)
it is just a piece of crap >:D
And now i know that lighting can change how the keycaps look A LOT
Holy ****, that meme gets me every time. LOL
:))My personal first experience with cherry dyesubs was also a very bad one. I bought a used Highscreen keyboard with those keycaps on ebay. On the pic in ebay they looked good, but when they arrived... they were shiny as hell. Anyway, I put a lot of work into cleaning... But after I had them on my board, they just felt really really bad. Totally slippery and strange. It ended with just putting them back on ebay... and forgetting about dyesubs.Mine set is in almost the same situation. the seller give me a picture, in the picture it looks pretty good, and only have a dent on numpad's enter, which i have no use with it, so i bought it. But when it arrive,
Recently I bought another complete board with dyesubs on ebay. This time I had real luck. They were like new, only a bit dirty. After giving them a good clean with denture tabs and some apple dish soap, I was totally happy. They look and feel awesome. I'm currently typing this post on them.
What I want to say... don't give up, keep on hunting, it's worth it.
snoopyShow Image(http://images.sodahead.com/polls/002260503/1620742673_532dd66d_mind_blown_xlarge.jpeg)
it is just a piece of crap >:D
And now i know that lighting can change how the keycaps look A LOT
Holy ****, that meme gets me every time. LOL
I can imagine your face when you opened the package, all excited and stuff, and then you get those caps, mind=blown. HEUHEUEHEU
I never figured out how to properly search through Taobao... Do you need proxy to buy stuff?
I never figured out how to properly search through Taobao... Do you need proxy to buy stuff?
I never figured out how to properly search through Taobao... Do you need proxy to buy stuff?
Is this the same keycap set?From the rough Chrome translate I got those are "two-mold shot" which is double shot keycaps, so no the OP bought PBT dyesub caps.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.61.UtgOQE&id=35272424794
Is this the same keycap set?Nope. That's 1800 layout. Candyflip is right also -they're doubleshot not dyesub. 1800s didn't come with dyesubs.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.61.UtgOQE&id=35272424794
Is this the same keycap set?Nope. That's 1800 layout. Candyflip is right also -they're doubleshot not dyesub. 1800s didn't come with dyesubs.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.61.UtgOQE&id=35272424794
Just wondering, do they have the same thickness? :oYes. They are both thick. Dyesubs are a lot rarer than doubleshots though, and are made from PBT instead of ABS.
Lol, lesson learned. Better to buy from someone in the classifieds or something. I have some OG Cherry dyesubs incoming from CeeSA over at DT, they were supposedly in good condition, so we'll see. I got them for a more reasonable price at $85 shipped.:-[ $85 shipped! that's a great price! I will probably avoid buying from taobao from now on.