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Title: Rainbow keycaps
Post by: johnnyrevenge on Thu, 15 January 2015, 10:06:38
Hey! I am looking for a rainbow keycap set for my Poker II. ;D Are there any that have transparent legends so the backlight shines through? I haven't found any so far.

If I have to go non-backlit caps, I was checking out two PBT sets, one from Cherry, the other from Keycool, is there a reason to choose one over the other?
Title: Re: Rainbow keycaps
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 15 January 2015, 19:25:04
I don't recall having seen any backlight-friendly rainbow sets :(

From Cherry they are probably dyesub ABS, from KeyCool they could be anything (link would help).

Generally, though, people prefer Cherry over many other brands.
Title: Re: Rainbow keycaps
Post by: katushkin on Thu, 15 January 2015, 20:26:08
Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 15 January 2015, 19:25:04
I don't recall having seen any backlight-friendly rainbow sets :(

Aren't the POM jelly caps relatively backlight friendly?

As for the Keycool caps, I have a set of their rainbow caps, and they are a decent quality, even if the legends are a bit ****ty.
Title: Re: Rainbow keycaps
Post by: johnnyrevenge on Mon, 19 January 2015, 15:07:07
These are listed as PBT? Is this incorrect?
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/For-Mechanical-Gaming-Keyboard-Keycaps-Cherry-Rainbow-Rainbow-G80-3000-KC104R-Mechanical-Dota-Key-PBT-104Keycaps/933021448.html

Another set appears to be backlit through the legends, but are they PBT or ABS?
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.65.u5RHtv&id=41177458590&ns=1&abbucket=19#detail
Title: Re: Rainbow keycaps
Post by: TheOddWong on Wed, 13 May 2015, 20:54:55
Quote from: katushkin on Thu, 15 January 2015, 20:26:08
Quote from: rowdy on Thu, 15 January 2015, 19:25:04
I don't recall having seen any backlight-friendly rainbow sets :(

Aren't the POM jelly caps relatively backlight friendly?

As for the Keycool caps, I have a set of their rainbow caps, and they are a decent quality, even if the legends are a bit ****ty.

I have a set of the keycool rainbow ones too, they're pretty nice I would recommend them!