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Offline ergonaut

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Oh, the irony...
« on: Mon, 14 December 2020, 07:24:06 »
I just bought a new keyboard, an XD75. Initially, I'd thought about going with Kailh Box Silent switches. One of the reasons I eventually decided against those was the whole thing that Kailh Box switches might damage your keycaps. So I went with Gateron Silents instead. And now some of my keycaps fall off when I turn the board upside down  :eek:

Offline Kavik

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Re: Oh, the irony...
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 14 December 2020, 16:03:54 »
Are your keycaps cracked, or are the Gateron stems just too small? Which keycaps are they (Cherry, SP, Tai Hao?)?
Maybe they're waiting for gasmasks and latex to get sexy again.

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Offline yui

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Re: Oh, the irony...
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 01:11:11 »
and the kailh box cracking thing was solved more than a year ago, no longer an issue... but yeah seems strange that your caps just fall off, i have gmk on gat silent reds and they are pretty tight
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Offline ergonaut

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Re: Oh, the irony...
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 03:30:04 »
Are your keycaps cracked, or are the Gateron stems just too small? Which keycaps are they (Cherry, SP, Tai Hao?)?

As far as I can tell, they are not cracked. I don't really remember the brand, they're some cheapo caps I bought from Aliexpress a while back. Also, they were installed on my Kinesis before, which has Cherry MX browns. Maybe they are just a bit worn out now? I don't know.

Offline ergonaut

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Re: Oh, the irony...
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 15 December 2020, 03:30:33 »
and the kailh box cracking thing was solved more than a year ago, no longer an issue... but yeah seems strange that your caps just fall off, i have gmk on gat silent reds and they are pretty tight

Good to know, thanks.