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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: menuhin on Sun, 23 October 2016, 05:15:15
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There are quite a few HHKB PBT spacebar offerings, at least more than I can tell as a newbie.
I'm in the process of finding a replacement spacebar for my HHKB Pro 2, but I hope I can find the spacebar offer that really matches well the color (the light grey and the black) and the texture of the original HHKB key caps.
In your opinion, which one (current offer or past offer) is the best?
Of course, eBay and Taobao (have to purchase through an agent) are always possible, but it would be nice to hear from some source that I won't notice so easily via search.
Thanks!
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I have the white one from the first run on my white HHKB, and I can't tell the difference.
It looks cleaner than the other keys, but that's to be expected as the keyboard is nearly 6 years old, whereas the space bar is, what, a year old if that.
Slightly more texture on the space bar than the other keys though.
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The thing is I'm ordering some keyboard stuff from TaoBao with a proxy. I'm not sure if I should wait for the next Topre PBT spacebar offer and if the TaoBao listings are decent offers.
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If you're ordering anyway, chances are that what you are ordering is bigger/more expensive than a couple of space bars, so why not just add the space bars on anyway?
If they are any good, then you can order some more later on (if you really need to).
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They're all pretty similar from what I've heard. I'd say get an eBay one so you can save a month on shipping.
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Just for reference, I was in on the recent Massdrop run of Topre PBT spacebars and got two 'light greys', meant to match the HHKB colors. The colorway is a decent fit but it isn't exact. I can only tell if I stare at it from inches away, though. As far as the texture, I want to say they are marginally more granular-feeling than the standard PBT on the HHKB, but close enough. I really love the ones I got, unfortunately, quality was an issue for a great deal of the other orders, and people had issues with stem height differentials, tooling marks/nicks, 'melty' ends (essentially, no/little 'grainy' texture on either end of the keycap), and issues with getting the keycap to snap onto the guides appropriately. I was pretty lucky, from the sounds of it, and am very happy with my purchase. I think people are calling it Massdrop's (Matteo's/sp) second run, but I could be mistaken.
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Phew~
I've received a PBT space bar from the 1st run. :p
So I hope this is really settled - but not my whole keyboard keycap pursuit.