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Offline daerid

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WASD PBT manufacturer
« on: Fri, 27 May 2016, 00:57:23 »
Does anybody know if the WASD PBT keycap 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

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Offline eyesmiles

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Re: WASD PBT manufacturer
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 27 May 2016, 01:37:46 »
Aren't they TaiHao? The super sticky coating is likely their antibacterial coating thing they have.


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Offline KnivesM

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Re: WASD PBT manufacturer
« Reply #2 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/
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Offline daerid

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Re: WASD PBT manufacturer
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 27 May 2016, 10:39:10 »
Okay that's good to know. This stuff feels absolutely terrible
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Re: WASD PBT manufacturer
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 27 May 2016, 10:54:22 »
There's a link somewhere to an easy way to remove the coating.
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Offline hexmonkey

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Offline Tactile

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Re: WASD PBT manufacturer
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: WASD PBT manufacturer
« Reply #7 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.
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Offline Tactile

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Re: WASD PBT manufacturer
« Reply #8 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.
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