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Offline water_aspirant

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Are there any PBT White on Black high profile keycaps?
« on: Sun, 20 March 2022, 20:25:28 »
Seriously. I love the mt3 / SA WoB keycaps available however I don't want to purchase them as they are ABS. I just don't like the idea of having my keycaps start looking greasy after a few months of use.

The closest thing I can find is Akko's ASA WoB set, however I've heard that even those start shining as they are not pure PBT.


Offline Faceman76

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Re: Are there any PBT White on Black high profile keycaps?
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 21 March 2022, 03:12:55 »
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/rdqpwk/where_to_buy_sa_pbt_wob_keycaps/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

You will have a hard time finding such a thing...if they even exist. 

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Re: Are there any PBT White on Black high profile keycaps?
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 21 March 2022, 14:42:43 »
I don't get the hate for ABS caps, there are different variations and when done right are fine.  So good luck on finding DS-PBT SA profile that are done right. 

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Offline butre

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Re: Are there any PBT White on Black high profile keycaps?
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 21 March 2022, 17:43:34 »
I've seen PBT SA profile caps on AliExpress.  shine isn't really an issue like people seem to think though, particularly on spherical profiles where it happens pretty consistently anyway.

I've been using the same domikey set for a bit over a year now and they don't look greasy.  I think that comes from the rubber coated abs caps that comes on gaming keyboards.  it's not the abs that looks greasy, it's the rubber.
« Last Edit: Mon, 21 March 2022, 17:47:01 by butre »

Offline LASERman Projects

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Re: Are there any PBT White on Black high profile keycaps?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 29 March 2022, 08:02:10 »
...shine isn't really an issue like people seem to think though, particularly on spherical profiles where it happens pretty consistently anyway...
Some of us are sensitive to glare from reflective keycaps that cause strain on eyes.

Offline butre

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Re: Are there any PBT White on Black high profile keycaps?
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 31 March 2022, 10:15:06 »
...shine isn't really an issue like people seem to think though, particularly on spherical profiles where it happens pretty consistently anyway...
Some of us are sensitive to glare from reflective keycaps that cause strain on eyes.
are you "sensitive to" it, or just "pedantic about" it?


Offline LASERman Projects

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Re: Are there any PBT White on Black high profile keycaps?
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 31 March 2022, 10:34:52 »
...shine isn't really an issue like people seem to think though, particularly on spherical profiles where it happens pretty consistently anyway...
Some of us are sensitive to glare from reflective keycaps that cause strain on eyes.
are you "sensitive to" it, or just "pedantic about" it?
I have real discomfort with dark shiny alphas to the point that most dark GMK sets are not only ugly but unreadable for me due to their ABS texture that comes already from factory even before shine.

Offline phinix

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Re: Are there any PBT White on Black high profile keycaps?
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 05 April 2022, 08:24:08 »
There are OSA PBT WOB keycaps, OSA isn't the highest profile but still:
https://kbdfans.com/collections/keycaps/products/osa-oreo-pbt-double-keycaps-set
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