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Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Mon, 14 September 2009, 14:08:13: Not Ebay, but whats this? (http://www.smcelectronics.com/swkey.htm) Arent this MX keycaps?

Blue, Green, Red, Yellow, $0.60 each... Also, keypads (without housing tho) and legend-able keycaps.

Well, if someone around Germany wants to order something there, drop me a PM, we can share shipping costs! :)
Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: timw4mail on Mon, 14 September 2009, 14:37:59: That's awesome. Since those are flat profile, you don't have to worry about switching a whole keyboard worth of keycaps.
Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: timw4mail on Mon, 14 September 2009, 17:09:30: Quote from: ripster;117880
Nonstandard shape and flat as a pancake.

Would certainly give your keyboard a different look.

Maybe if you don't like "chicklet", but you do like a flat keyboard...
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Post by: microsoft windows on Mon, 14 September 2009, 18:20:25: I like the old-fashioned shape of the beige ones.
Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: timw4mail on Mon, 14 September 2009, 19:00:06: Quote from: microsoft windows;117914
I like the old-fashioned shape of the beige ones.

I'd like to get a set of those for a black keyboard, but I don't have enough black keyboards...oh well.
Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: zwmalone on Mon, 14 September 2009, 19:02:16: The beige ones would look really nice on a black g80-3000
Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: itlnstln on Mon, 14 September 2009, 19:30:39: Quote from: zwmalone;117934
The beige ones would look really nice on a black g80-3000

I agree. I wish they were more white, though. Beige is too vintage for this application, IMO.
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Post by: timw4mail on Mon, 14 September 2009, 20:21:56: Quote from: itlnstln;117939
I agree. I wish they were more white, though. Beige is too vintage for this application, IMO.

The shape of the keys makes sense in beige. Not that the option of white wouldn't be nice...
Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: jelly on Mon, 14 September 2009, 21:53:15: the colour keycaps can it fit filco?

anyone bought from there hows is the keycap quality?

thanks.
Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: yode on Tue, 15 September 2009, 04:23:05: (http://www.smcelectronics.com/WNKC08.JPG)
what does this look like compared to filcos?
Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: timw4mail on Tue, 15 September 2009, 07:12:36: Quote from: yode;118024
Show Image
(http://www.smcelectronics.com/WNKC08.JPG)

what does this look like compared to filcos?

Cheap, like knock-off legos.
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Post by: itlnstln on Tue, 15 September 2009, 07:54:22: They look shorter than Filco caps. The only problem is, they don't have caps for the larger keys (Shift, Enter, etc.).
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Post by: grantb3 on Tue, 29 September 2009, 10:14:01: I ordered 5 of the relegendable ones to compare with the Genovation ones (http://www.genovation.com/accessory.htm) . These ones look lower profile.

I also found these:

http://www.umd.com.au/itd/products/ksi_kc124.html
Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: TheSoulhunter on Thu, 01 October 2009, 09:54:12: A friend send me some images...

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=4884&stc=1&d=1254408682) (http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=4885&stc=1&d=1254408698)

Size comparison to a Filco cap...

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=4886&stc=1&d=1254408720)
Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: timw4mail on Thu, 01 October 2009, 12:31:03: They still look like fake legos...you know, the ones that flex.
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Post by: o2dazone on Thu, 01 October 2009, 21:34:56: phew, those are super low profile. Let us know what your friend thinks of them
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Post by: grantb3 on Wed, 07 October 2009, 13:32:49: Quote from: TheSoulhunter;122023
A friend send me some images...

Where are those low profile ones from??
Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: AndrewZorn on Wed, 07 October 2009, 13:36:18: since the key is still moving the same distance, and the key top is the same size, would these not feel pretty much identical, other than making the keyboard less tall?
Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: mrbill on Mon, 12 April 2010, 20:58:24: I bought 20 each of the red and blue, and they arrived today (about a week after ordering). They fit fine and look okay (even though they're "square") on my Filco, other than the obvious difference in height.

I mainly bought them to replace the legend-able keycaps (that I don't use) above the FKeys on my ricercar SPOS. Will do that swapout at work tomorrow, and post pictures. I've already replaced all the other keys on that board (that I could) with doubleshots from a G81-1800 w/MY switches.

I was sitting there at my desk at work with a keycap puller swapping things around, and a coworker comes in, "What the HELL are you doing?" "Oh, just swapping cheap keycaps for doubleshots." "Doubleshots?" and by then another coworker had come up behind him, and proceeded to instruct him on the differences, why they were better, and I laid out one of each on the desk to show the difference...
Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: mrbill on Tue, 13 April 2010, 11:47:18: On a ricercar SPOS:

(http://www.mrbill.net/gh/keyboard-cropped.jpg)
Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: kriminal on Tue, 13 April 2010, 14:46:36: hmm yeah i hate relengable keycaps {tested some of a board i got from didj}, could do with some of those until click clack gets his stuff in order...
Title: Colored MX keycaps and more...
Post by: nowsharing on Tue, 13 April 2010, 15:02:02: Did anyone put an order in for the beige keys? They'd make interesting arrow keys, if only they were taller.
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Post by: mrbill on Tue, 13 April 2010, 15:36:33: Quote from: nowsharing;171934
Did anyone put an order in for the beige keys? They'd make interesting arrow keys, if only they were taller.

I will probably get some on my next order.