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Offline mrgkevin

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Rainbow keycaps
« on: Fri, 11 July 2014, 23:36:24 »
I can't find any rainbow keycaps for my ducky shine  yots tenkeyless
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Offline mrgkevin

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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 12 July 2014, 01:14:43 »
my keyboard is 87 keys
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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 12 July 2014, 01:18:07 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

I do not know of any rainbow sets that will allow backlighting to shine through.

However, these:

http://www.geekkeys.com/purple-rainbow-top-printed-pbt-104-keyset/
http://www.geekkeys.com/rainbow-top-printed-pbt-104-keyset/
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Offline mrgkevin

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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 12 July 2014, 01:34:19 »
So it doesnt matter if i get a 104 set? I can still use the 87 with the 104, right? also anyone know any that are good for led? I hav white leds
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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 12 July 2014, 03:05:01 »
Nope - just use the 87 keys you need and keep the others in a ziplock baggie.

There are backlight-friendly sets, but not rainbow, that I've seen.  In fact proper backlight-fr iendly sets are few and far between, and mostly Ducky (white, gray, purple, black).
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Offline mrgkevin

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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 12 July 2014, 08:42:30 »
http://www.banggood.com/KBC-Handu-Rainbow-PBT-87-Key-Caps-Set-For-Cherry-MX-p-87809.html
if i had white led's would these all be white? In the picture it looks like it has a different led color for each keycap. The question im trying to ask is: If i buy these keycaps, will the keycaps make my led shine the color the keycap is or will they be just white
« Last Edit: Sat, 12 July 2014, 09:14:53 by mrgkevin »
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Offline Kayla

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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 12 July 2014, 09:13:58 »
No rainbow sets have transparant windows for LEDs. They all sort of look mediocre with LEDs. The lights will shine through and make the keycap the color of the LED

The only sets that do work well ish with it, imo, are unavailable and fantastically difficult to find, like the POM material rainbow jellys.

Like here is mine with LEDs.



So yeah they stop being rainbow. They look way better without LEDs but look ok with them.

« Last Edit: Sat, 12 July 2014, 09:15:32 by Kayla »
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Offline mrgkevin

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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 12 July 2014, 09:16:31 »
Where can i find your keycaps?
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Offline Kayla

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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 12 July 2014, 09:17:36 »
What you may be looking for are rainbow shades for your LEDs.. they sit in front of white LEDs to make them rainbow LEDs.


And my keycaps havent been made since 2010. Theyre not available anymore sadly.
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Offline mrgkevin

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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 12 July 2014, 09:22:36 »
I'm just looking for blank rainbow keycaps like yours
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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 12 July 2014, 09:32:01 »
Contact feng or imsto and see if they can get some blank pbt or abs rainbow 104 sets. It looks like at the moment only printed sets exist. Keycool has a new rainbow printed set but the legends are ugly.
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Offline mrgkevin

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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 12 July 2014, 09:40:35 »
whats the difference between pbt and abs
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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #12 on: Sat, 12 July 2014, 09:43:24 »
pbt is harder and more resiliant to wear
abs is lighter and cheaper and is prone to wear

i like abs more than pbt in certain sittuations.
abs is also usually the only material you get transparant legends in.
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Offline mrgkevin

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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #13 on: Sat, 12 July 2014, 09:46:18 »
what leds do you have on your keyboard
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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #14 on: Sat, 12 July 2014, 10:22:33 »
Magenta LEDs.
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Offline mrgkevin

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Re: Rainbow keycaps
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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #16 on: Sun, 13 July 2014, 01:35:38 »
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Re: Rainbow keycaps
« Reply #17 on: Mon, 14 July 2014, 07:32:07 »
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