Im in this exact same situation, and then this appeared:
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/kb87-bluetooth-cnc-acrylic-mechanical-keyboard
I honestly find the G80-11900 to be awesome for really compact areas. Touchpad and keyboard all in one, and they're very cheap keyboards.
From what I've gathered Varmilo (or Leopold idk) flipped the switches so that the side facing (front facing, etc.) LEDs illuminate the side facing legends. The lighter color keysets with side facing legends illuminate pretty well even if they're made of PBT.
@ around 3:46 the guy shows the lighting.
A quick ebay search for side printed keycaps will bring up several different colors to choose from, and most are PBT. Plain white is pretty easy to find if that's what you're after.
If you already have side facing legends I don't know what to say. Maybe the keyboard LEDs are too bright for what you need them for? You already own one of the best wireless keyboards. It would be a shame to trade what is essentially a Leopold for some other kind of keyboard.
From what I've gathered Varmilo (or Leopold idk) flipped the switches so that the side facing (front facing, etc.) LEDs illuminate the side facing legends. The lighter color keysets with side facing legends illuminate pretty well even if they're made of PBT.
@ around 3:46 the guy shows the lighting.
A quick ebay search for side printed keycaps will bring up several different colors to choose from, and most are PBT. Plain white is pretty easy to find if that's what you're after.
If you already have side facing legends I don't know what to say. Maybe the keyboard LEDs are too bright for what you need them for? You already own one of the best wireless keyboards. It would be a shame to trade what is essentially a Leopold for some other kind of keyboard.
Yeah, I already have side-facing legends. My keyboard is black with grey keycaps, but I am not getting anything close to the effect shown in that video. I ordered a couple of black translucent front/side and top printed keycaps but those aren't working either, as you really can't see the characters at night even on the brightest setting.
I really wish that someone made front/side printed backlit keycaps, as that would easily solve the issue, but no one seems to product those, and I have no idea why. I do like the Varmilo keyboard, but without a decent backlighting solution, I will have to get rid of it. I agree it would be a shame, but I don't know what else to do at this point.
Is it possible for someone to modify a WASD CODE 87 and make it work with Bluetooth? That would solve pretty much everything.
From what I've gathered Varmilo (or Leopold idk) flipped the switches so that the side facing (front facing, etc.) LEDs illuminate the side facing legends. The lighter color keysets with side facing legends illuminate pretty well even if they're made of PBT.
@ around 3:46 the guy shows the lighting.
A quick ebay search for side printed keycaps will bring up several different colors to choose from, and most are PBT. Plain white is pretty easy to find if that's what you're after.
If you already have side facing legends I don't know what to say. Maybe the keyboard LEDs are too bright for what you need them for? You already own one of the best wireless keyboards. It would be a shame to trade what is essentially a Leopold for some other kind of keyboard.
Yeah, I already have side-facing legends. My keyboard is black with grey keycaps, but I am not getting anything close to the effect shown in that video. I ordered a couple of black translucent front/side and top printed keycaps but those aren't working either, as you really can't see the characters at night even on the brightest setting.
I really wish that someone made front/side printed backlit keycaps, as that would easily solve the issue, but no one seems to product those, and I have no idea why. I do like the Varmilo keyboard, but without a decent backlighting solution, I will have to get rid of it. I agree it would be a shame, but I don't know what else to do at this point.
Is it possible for someone to modify a WASD CODE 87 and make it work with Bluetooth? That would solve pretty much everything.
Just search keyboard bluetooth adapter, problem solved, took 5 seconds.
From what I've gathered Varmilo (or Leopold idk) flipped the switches so that the side facing (front facing, etc.) LEDs illuminate the side facing legends. The lighter color keysets with side facing legends illuminate pretty well even if they're made of PBT.
@ around 3:46 the guy shows the lighting.
A quick ebay search for side printed keycaps will bring up several different colors to choose from, and most are PBT. Plain white is pretty easy to find if that's what you're after.
If you already have side facing legends I don't know what to say. Maybe the keyboard LEDs are too bright for what you need them for? You already own one of the best wireless keyboards. It would be a shame to trade what is essentially a Leopold for some other kind of keyboard.
Yeah, I already have side-facing legends. My keyboard is black with grey keycaps, but I am not getting anything close to the effect shown in that video. I ordered a couple of black translucent front/side and top printed keycaps but those aren't working either, as you really can't see the characters at night even on the brightest setting.
I really wish that someone made front/side printed backlit keycaps, as that would easily solve the issue, but no one seems to product those, and I have no idea why. I do like the Varmilo keyboard, but without a decent backlighting solution, I will have to get rid of it. I agree it would be a shame, but I don't know what else to do at this point.
Is it possible for someone to modify a WASD CODE 87 and make it work with Bluetooth? That would solve pretty much everything.
Just search keyboard bluetooth adapter, problem solved, took 5 seconds.
I did that already. That doesn't mean that it will work with all keyboards, nor do I know how to do it, if that particular product works as stated, etc... I don't have knowledge of that kind of stuff so that is why I am here asking for help. Maybe I will check the modding forums and see what people over there say.
From what I've gathered Varmilo (or Leopold idk) flipped the switches so that the side facing (front facing, etc.) LEDs illuminate the side facing legends. The lighter color keysets with side facing legends illuminate pretty well even if they're made of PBT.
@ around 3:46 the guy shows the lighting.
A quick ebay search for side printed keycaps will bring up several different colors to choose from, and most are PBT. Plain white is pretty easy to find if that's what you're after.
If you already have side facing legends I don't know what to say. Maybe the keyboard LEDs are too bright for what you need them for? You already own one of the best wireless keyboards. It would be a shame to trade what is essentially a Leopold for some other kind of keyboard.
Yeah, I already have side-facing legends. My keyboard is black with grey keycaps, but I am not getting anything close to the effect shown in that video. I ordered a couple of black translucent front/side and top printed keycaps but those aren't working either, as you really can't see the characters at night even on the brightest setting.
I really wish that someone made front/side printed backlit keycaps, as that would easily solve the issue, but no one seems to product those, and I have no idea why. I do like the Varmilo keyboard, but without a decent backlighting solution, I will have to get rid of it. I agree it would be a shame, but I don't know what else to do at this point.
Is it possible for someone to modify a WASD CODE 87 and make it work with Bluetooth? That would solve pretty much everything.
Just search keyboard bluetooth adapter, problem solved, took 5 seconds.
I did that already. That doesn't mean that it will work with all keyboards, nor do I know how to do it, if that particular product works as stated, etc... I don't have knowledge of that kind of stuff so that is why I am here asking for help. Maybe I will check the modding forums and see what people over there say.
In case of emergency, Google again ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).
From what I've gathered Varmilo (or Leopold idk) flipped the switches so that the side facing (front facing, etc.) LEDs illuminate the side facing legends. The lighter color keysets with side facing legends illuminate pretty well even if they're made of PBT.
@ around 3:46 the guy shows the lighting.
A quick ebay search for side printed keycaps will bring up several different colors to choose from, and most are PBT. Plain white is pretty easy to find if that's what you're after.
If you already have side facing legends I don't know what to say. Maybe the keyboard LEDs are too bright for what you need them for? You already own one of the best wireless keyboards. It would be a shame to trade what is essentially a Leopold for some other kind of keyboard.
Yeah, I already have side-facing legends. My keyboard is black with grey keycaps, but I am not getting anything close to the effect shown in that video. I ordered a couple of black translucent front/side and top printed keycaps but those aren't working either, as you really can't see the characters at night even on the brightest setting.
I really wish that someone made front/side printed backlit keycaps, as that would easily solve the issue, but no one seems to product those, and I have no idea why. I do like the Varmilo keyboard, but without a decent backlighting solution, I will have to get rid of it. I agree it would be a shame, but I don't know what else to do at this point.
Is it possible for someone to modify a WASD CODE 87 and make it work with Bluetooth? That would solve pretty much everything.
Just search keyboard bluetooth adapter, problem solved, took 5 seconds.
I did that already. That doesn't mean that it will work with all keyboards, nor do I know how to do it, if that particular product works as stated, etc... I don't have knowledge of that kind of stuff so that is why I am here asking for help. Maybe I will check the modding forums and see what people over there say.
In case of emergency, Google again ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).
That really doesn't help me very much at all, and I don't understand what the smart remarks are for. I am posting in a keyboard forum asking about keyboard options, and you reply with Google as your answer not once but twice.
Don't really see the point, but whatever floats your boat man. I will check the other parts of the forum and see who I can contact to see if what I want is possible in real life. Or maybe Google can do that for me too.
From what I've gathered Varmilo (or Leopold idk) flipped the switches so that the side facing (front facing, etc.) LEDs illuminate the side facing legends. The lighter color keysets with side facing legends illuminate pretty well even if they're made of PBT.
@ around 3:46 the guy shows the lighting.
A quick ebay search for side printed keycaps will bring up several different colors to choose from, and most are PBT. Plain white is pretty easy to find if that's what you're after.
If you already have side facing legends I don't know what to say. Maybe the keyboard LEDs are too bright for what you need them for? You already own one of the best wireless keyboards. It would be a shame to trade what is essentially a Leopold for some other kind of keyboard.
Yeah, I already have side-facing legends. My keyboard is black with grey keycaps, but I am not getting anything close to the effect shown in that video. I ordered a couple of black translucent front/side and top printed keycaps but those aren't working either, as you really can't see the characters at night even on the brightest setting.
I really wish that someone made front/side printed backlit keycaps, as that would easily solve the issue, but no one seems to product those, and I have no idea why. I do like the Varmilo keyboard, but without a decent backlighting solution, I will have to get rid of it. I agree it would be a shame, but I don't know what else to do at this point.
Is it possible for someone to modify a WASD CODE 87 and make it work with Bluetooth? That would solve pretty much everything.
From what I've gathered Varmilo (or Leopold idk) flipped the switches so that the side facing (front facing, etc.) LEDs illuminate the side facing legends. The lighter color keysets with side facing legends illuminate pretty well even if they're made of PBT.
@ around 3:46 the guy shows the lighting.
A quick ebay search for side printed keycaps will bring up several different colors to choose from, and most are PBT. Plain white is pretty easy to find if that's what you're after.
If you already have side facing legends I don't know what to say. Maybe the keyboard LEDs are too bright for what you need them for? You already own one of the best wireless keyboards. It would be a shame to trade what is essentially a Leopold for some other kind of keyboard.
Yeah, I already have side-facing legends. My keyboard is black with grey keycaps, but I am not getting anything close to the effect shown in that video. I ordered a couple of black translucent front/side and top printed keycaps but those aren't working either, as you really can't see the characters at night even on the brightest setting.
I really wish that someone made front/side printed backlit keycaps, as that would easily solve the issue, but no one seems to product those, and I have no idea why. I do like the Varmilo keyboard, but without a decent backlighting solution, I will have to get rid of it. I agree it would be a shame, but I don't know what else to do at this point.
Is it possible for someone to modify a WASD CODE 87 and make it work with Bluetooth? That would solve pretty much everything.
Oh yea, side legend pbt with translucent pom infill would be amazing. Side double shot? idk what people would call those but that would be amazing.
As far as the modify to bluetooth idk. I've read about products like this Bluetooth keyboard adapter https://www.massdrop.com/buy/bluetooth-keyboard-adapter?mode=guest_open (https://www.massdrop.com/buy/bluetooth-keyboard-adapter?mode=guest_open) but I haven't read much about how people like them or whether they're worth the price.
Finding all the equipment to fit inside the keyboard would be a beast of a project I can say this much haha
Extension cords, dude. You want the moon? Sometimes you just have to settle for Swiss cheese.
Extension cords, dude. You want the moon? Sometimes you just have to settle for Swiss cheese.
Thanks for the in-depth wisdom and insight. Extension cords are tacky and not even close to an option. Wireless/Bluetooth is a must. If what I am looking for is not possible then I will have to figure out which option gives me most of what I want and go with that. Not sure why I am getting smart remarks to an innocent question about keyboards on a keyboard forum.
If what I am looking for is not produced, or can't be modded/made, then that's fine, but that is why I came here to ask.
My bad for doing that.
Extension cords, dude. You want the moon? Sometimes you just have to settle for Swiss cheese.
Thanks for the in-depth wisdom and insight. Extension cords are tacky and not even close to an option. Wireless/Bluetooth is a must. If what I am looking for is not possible then I will have to figure out which option gives me most of what I want and go with that. Not sure why I am getting smart remarks to an innocent question about keyboards on a keyboard forum.
If what I am looking for is not produced, or can't be modded/made, then that's fine, but that is why I came here to ask.
My bad for doing that.
No problem. Just being realistic. I'd say the "tackiness" of extension cords is certainly one of those First-World problems, though. If I want to game on my couch, it's either that or use a crappy Logitech wireless board. I'll choose the former and enjoy myself, cord and all. ;)
What's the solution?
Where did you order a one-off set of backlight compatible keycaps?What's the solution?Option two, which is the one I chose, is getting custom printed backlit keycaps with top-printed legends that are at the BOTTOM of the keycap right over where the LEDs are on the Varmilo VB87M.
Whoa, you found backlit side printed caps!? Link me?
Whoa, you found backlit side printed caps!? Link me?
My bad, lol, I may have worded that incorrectly. They are TOP printed keycaps, but instead of the legends being oriented vertically towards the top of the keycap, they are located vertically towards the bottom of the keycap where the Varmillo LEDs are.
So the keys will be printed like the image below, except that the L key for example will be much closer to the bottom of the keycap rather than the top of the keycap.Show Image(https://massdrop-s3.imgix.net/product-images/varmilo-va68m-mechanical-keyboard/MD-15150_20160115154124_9373386ac3f2ceae.jpg?auto=format&fm=jpg&fit=crop&w=1023&dpr=1)
Who makes the caps?Hey, my bad man. I just saw that I missed this a few posts ago as well. I am ordering them from a place called Max Keyboards. They have been really helpful and great so far!
Thanks! Please post pics and let us know how you like them when they come in.Yup. Will do that for sure!