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Post by: alienman82 on Sat, 26 March 2016, 20:04:05

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Title: Re: Acer Alps Keyboard
Post by: cooldiscretion on Sat, 26 March 2016, 20:06:50

Is that PBT? The F & J homing keys look like they got nips.

Title: Re: Acer Alps Keyboard
Post by: alienman82 on Sat, 26 March 2016, 20:12:01

removed.

Title: Re: Acer Alps Keyboard
Post by: chyros on Sat, 26 March 2016, 20:38:01

It's not Alps, it uses Acer switches, although they're Alps mount.

Acer used an unknown printing method on ABS, not PBT. I've done extensive testing on these and this method has characteristics of dye-subbing, rimless pad printing, and lasering all in one. Even detailed analysis hasn't ruled out any of these methods. At the moment we're referring to this as "dyesub ABS" for lack of better understanding. See my thread of high-magnification scanning electron microscopy photographs of these keycaps for more info.

Title: Re: Acer Alps Keyboard
Post by: cooldiscretion on Sun, 27 March 2016, 10:11:06

Dyesub abs. Cool. What's your opinion on acers quality compared to the others? Better worse sameskies?

Title: Re: Acer Alps Keyboard
Post by: chyros on Sun, 27 March 2016, 11:19:32

It's mediocre. I'd recommend doubleshot ABS or dyesub PBT instead. Both of those are the best kind of caps IMO. On some like Alps I prefer the former a bit more, in other cases like space invaders, the latter.