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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: Titanlock on Wed, 10 August 2016, 21:31:25
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Hello all,
I'm new to geekhack and have seen alot of cool forums here about keyboards and keycaps. And right now I am looking for flat keycaps like these ones:
http://pimpmykeyboard.com/flat-keys/
for a keyboard that I plan on building. But the main issues are is one that its pretty pricey for those caps and two I would like to get a full set of these for a ten keyless format.
Has anyone found anything like these?
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Not that I am aware of.
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Welcome to Geekhack!
The G20 profile in particular is a SP invention, and unless you can find someone selling a secondhand set (probably unlikely, as few members have them) the only place to get a set is SP.
They do sell a few G20 sets, which is probably cheaper than buying a bunch of individual keycaps to make up a set, like this one:
http://pimpmykeyboard.com/g20-sublimated-sets/
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As rowdy said, Signature Plastics' G20 set is really what you're looking for. And $60 for a TKL isn't all that bad.
Good luck with the build!
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How do the G20s feel when typing on them though? I feel like it would get a little tiring on your fingertips since it has no curvature.
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How do the G20s feel when typing on them though? I feel like it would get a little tiring on your fingertips since it has no curvature.
Probably no worse than a laptop board. It's been a long time since I typed on a laptop that had anything other than completely flat keys.
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How do the G20s feel when typing on them though? I feel like it would get a little tiring on your fingertips since it has no curvature.
Probably no worse than a laptop board. It's been a long time since I typed on a laptop that had anything other than completely flat keys.
I would hope that they atleast sound a bit better :p
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How do the G20s feel when typing on them though? I feel like it would get a little tiring on your fingertips since it has no curvature.
Probably no worse than a laptop board. It's been a long time since I typed on a laptop that had anything other than completely flat keys.
This.
Or like an Apple aluminium keyboard, albeit with slightly larger keycaps (and consequently smaller gaps between them).
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It'd have a similar profile to a laptop's board, but it would have much more travel. I have an old Bondwell 8T PRO laptop from the 80s with flat Alps spherical caps in uniform profile. It's actually not bad at all.