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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: macguy80 on Thu, 26 April 2018, 23:41:20

Title: HiPro keycaps: clackier by nature?
Post by: macguy80 on Thu, 26 April 2018, 23:41:20

Every YouTube video I watch that features HiPro keycaps, you can hear a very plasticky clack sound. Is it the profile that causes the increased plasticky sound?

Title: Re: HiPro keycaps: clackier by nature?
Post by: 00 on Fri, 27 April 2018, 00:53:44

Nope, it's the slider housing. It extends up from the plate and makes contact with the inside of the keycap.

Title: Re: HiPro keycaps: clackier by nature?
Post by: macguy80 on Fri, 27 April 2018, 01:03:07

Interesting! Thanks for solving the mystery. :)

Title: Re: HiPro keycaps: clackier by nature?
Post by: Sup on Fri, 27 April 2018, 04:57:41

I put some Hi Pro on my HHKB and it made it more clacky so yeah it also has to do with the profile.

Title: Re: HiPro keycaps: clackier by nature?
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 27 April 2018, 08:51:32

Taller keycaps tend to be more prone to bunching up at steeper strike angles