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Offline Jixr

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Elitekeyboard keycap quality?
« on: Tue, 27 August 2013, 20:15:20 »
Hi everyone, I'm looking for a keycap set.

I have a set of white blanks by WASD, and a full set thats pretty affordable.

I saw EK sells sets for about $30 shipped and the only thing holding me back was that they are pad printed.
the stock keys on my qfr's are pad printed, and you can clearly  feel the legends under your fingers, can anyone confirm if the
caps from EK will be the same?
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Re: Elitekeyboard keycap quality?
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 27 August 2013, 20:27:12 »
They are ABS material and pad printed. If longevity doesn't matter to you, they are a good deal.
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Re: Elitekeyboard keycap quality?
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 27 August 2013, 20:33:45 »
What color are you wanting?
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Offline Jixr

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Re: Elitekeyboard keycap quality?
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 27 August 2013, 20:41:22 »
I dunno, since shipping is the same for one or two sets ($10 ), I was thinking about the green and either red or blue
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Re: Elitekeyboard keycap quality?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 27 August 2013, 20:44:06 »
I've got green and black
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Offline Jixr

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Re: Elitekeyboard keycap quality?
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 27 August 2013, 20:55:15 »
if you'd sell the green set pm me.

and can you answer me if the legends are on top of the caps where you can feel them with your fingers?
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Re: Elitekeyboard keycap quality?
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 27 August 2013, 21:14:23 »
I haven't taken them out of package yet. But they look like stickers.
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Re: Elitekeyboard keycap quality?
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 27 August 2013, 21:15:59 »
meh, well i'd still be willing to take them off your hands.
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Re: Elitekeyboard keycap quality?
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 27 August 2013, 21:27:53 »
Quote from: Jixr on Tue, 27 August 2013, 21:15:59
meh, well i'd still be willing to take them off your hands.

I'll let you know via pm.
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Re: Elitekeyboard keycap quality?
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Re: Elitekeyboard keycap quality?
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 28 August 2013, 05:38:45 »
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 27 August 2013, 21:27:53
Quote from: Jixr on Tue, 27 August 2013, 21:15:59
meh, well i'd still be willing to take them off your hands.

I'll let you know via pm.

Er, I'll just point out that I haven't said "no" to those green ones yet, SpAmRaY.
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Re: Elitekeyboard keycap quality?
« Reply #11 on: Wed, 28 August 2013, 07:09:21 »
Quote from: rowdy on Wed, 28 August 2013, 05:38:45
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 27 August 2013, 21:27:53
Quote from: Jixr on Tue, 27 August 2013, 21:15:59
meh, well i'd still be willing to take them off your hands.

I'll let you know via pm.

Er, I'll just point out that I haven't said "no" to those green ones yet, SpAmRaY.

I know your first in line :P
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Offline cdmccart

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Re: Elitekeyboard keycap quality?
« Reply #12 on: Wed, 28 August 2013, 07:38:33 »
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47311.0

someone did a review of these caps in question.
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