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Title: WASD PBT manufacturer
Post by: daerid on Fri, 27 May 2016, 00:57:23

Does anybody know if the WASD PBT keycap (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/keycap-set/doubleshot-pbt-104-key-cherry-mx-keycap-set-black-slate.html) set is made in-house, or do they get it from an OEM? And if so, which one?

I have a V2 104 PBT and I gotta say, the caps are really annoying. The coating on them is really sticky, not the slick PBT of my Vortex and Topre sets. And they're super thin to boot. :-\

This picture makes me think they might be re-branded Duckys, but I'm hoping somebody knows for certain

(http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/p/b/pbt-104-100-03.jpg)

Title: Re: WASD PBT manufacturer
Post by: eyesmiles on Fri, 27 May 2016, 01:37:46

Aren't they TaiHao? The super sticky coating is likely their antibacterial coating thing they have.

(http://i.imgur.com/Dl9bSB2.jpg)

Title: Re: WASD PBT manufacturer
Post by: KnivesM on Fri, 27 May 2016, 02:24:13

Yea they're Tai-Hao a rep from WASD confirmed a while back and tried to defend the coating on Reddit, i'll see if I can find the thread.

edit: found it
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/3iigrx/news_wasd_just_released_their_first_pbt_keycap_set/

Title: Re: WASD PBT manufacturer
Post by: daerid on Fri, 27 May 2016, 10:39:10

Okay that's good to know. This stuff feels absolutely terrible

Title: Re: WASD PBT manufacturer
Post by: SpAmRaY on Fri, 27 May 2016, 10:54:22

There's a link somewhere to an easy way to remove the coating.

Title: Re: WASD PBT manufacturer
Post by: hexmonkey on Fri, 27 May 2016, 11:18:18

Am I allowed to link to reddit? There's a guide here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/3ik3jz/guide_how_to_remove_taihaos_nano_antibiosis/?

Title: Re: WASD PBT manufacturer
Post by: Tactile on Fri, 27 May 2016, 11:39:52

There are TaiHao PBT sets right now on MD. This issue has me so nervous I'm considering cancelling my order. I know the coating is removable but I think I'd rather find a nice set of PBT caps I don't need to fuss with.

Title: Re: WASD PBT manufacturer
Post by: daerid on Fri, 27 May 2016, 14:43:32

Quote from: Tactile on Fri, 27 May 2016, 11:39:52

There are TaiHao PBT sets right now on MD. This issue has me so nervous I'm considering cancelling my order. I know the coating is removable but I think I'd rather find a nice set of PBT caps I don't need to fuss with.

I actually joined that drop, and cancelled my order once I found out my WASD caps were Tai-Hao rebrands. Seriously the worst feeling ever :( I'd take ABS caps over that crap.

Title: Re: WASD PBT manufacturer
Post by: Tactile on Fri, 27 May 2016, 16:11:14

Yeah, I cancelled my order & ordered the Cyrillic set from Originative. The Originative set is Cherry profile, also, so I'm sure I'll be much happier.