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Title: KUL key caps- what profile?
Post by: jamster on Sun, 12 April 2015, 22:10:36
From reading reviews, I had thought that KUL ES-87 came with OEM profile caps.

However, I have a single original KUL key (backslash) remaining on the keyboard, with the rest replaced with a Tai Hao set (OEM, unless I am confused), and the KUL backslash is lower profile.

So is KUL Cherry profile, or something else?
Title: Re: KUL key caps- what profile?
Post by: hwood34 on Sun, 12 April 2015, 22:13:33
Should be OEM, though that can obviously vary between manufacturers
Title: Re: KUL key caps- what profile?
Post by: Jokrik on Sun, 12 April 2015, 22:59:05
Quote from: hwood34 on Sun, 12 April 2015, 22:13:33
Should be OEM, though that can obviously vary between manufacturers

This ^
OEM is vary between manufacturer from what I know

You can check my review here
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=70856.0

I've compared KUL's with Leopold cherry profile caps
Title: Re: KUL key caps- what profile?
Post by: jamster on Mon, 13 April 2015, 00:03:23
Oh, that's interesting. I had assumed that OEM profile was some kind of industry standard, rather than "whatever the manufacturer feels like". Which would mean that OEM caps are not necessarily compatible between manufacturers.

Huh.
Title: Re: KUL key caps- what profile?
Post by: wigz81 on Mon, 13 April 2015, 18:20:31
I can let you know in a day or two. I ordered a set from WASD in the stock profile.
Title: Re: KUL key caps- what profile?
Post by: wigz81 on Mon, 13 April 2015, 23:10:34
Caps just showed up from WASD. Will compare them with the KUL caps when I get home from work.(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/13/df9beea547898890b421867c879fe460.jpg)
Title: Re: KUL key caps- what profile?
Post by: wigz81 on Tue, 14 April 2015, 17:23:00
The WASD caps are a couple mil taller than the stock caps. After putting them on I don't notice it. It looks and feels good. (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/14/c4731d570baf442acbaf0717971cb507.jpg)