Still possible to find EliteKeyboards Soft-Landing Pads or something similar?

[alexcr]

I purchased these years ago...

https://www.elitekeyboards.com/product-page/soft-landing-pads-soft-black

I've run out and would like to purchase a new batch, but it looks like EliteKeyboards might be inactive.

Any suggestions on where else I can find these?  Or, if they're not available anywhere, something similar?  (That is, other pads, not o-rings.)

[LightningXI]

I purchased these years ago...

https://www.elitekeyboards.com/product-page/soft-landing-pads-soft-black

I've run out and would like to purchase a new batch, but it looks like EliteKeyboards might be inactive.

Any suggestions on where else I can find these?  Or, if they're not available anywhere, something similar?  (That is, other pads, not o-rings.)

Definitely don't think I've seen anything similar to their landing pads in the market. Unfortunately this may necessitate doing something DIY from hole punched foam or similar.

Closest I can see is the DES pads but they're not quite the same.

https://deskeys.io/products/des-landing-pads

[alexcr]

Closest I can see is the DES pads but they're not quite the same.

https://deskeys.io/products/des-landing-pads

Interesting.  I don't think I've ever seen this product before.  How does it work?

[Findecanor]

There are also QMX-Clips that clip onto the switch: working like a landing pad for the downstroke and silences also the up-stroke.

They are of course much more expensive than the landing pads and they work only for Cherry profile keycaps because of the thickness.
There is also a cheaper type of QMX-clips for PCB-mounted switches, and Zeal PC once used to have a different type called "Zealencios".

Otherwise, if you could find the right type of foam I I don't think it would be too difficult to make landing pads yourself with a hole punch and scissors.

[LightningXI]

Closest I can see is the DES pads but they're not quite the same.

https://deskeys.io/products/des-landing-pads

Interesting.  I don't think I've ever seen this product before.  How does it work?

These are for stabilizers specifically - pretty much goes under the slider and dampens their downstroke.

[Findecanor]

Otherwise, if you could find the right type of foam I I don't think it would be too difficult to make landing pads yourself with a hole punch and scissors.

My spider-sense was not wrong. Came across this really old thread about making them yourself out of craft foam: https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=3630

But what makes landing pads better than O-rings?
I know getting the right thickness is important. For Cherry profile I've used slim orthodontic bands 3/16" Medium instead of the type you otherwise finds for sale "for keyboard".

[alexcr]

My spider-sense was not wrong. Came across this really old thread about making them yourself out of craft foam: https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=3630
But what makes landing pads better than O-rings?
I know getting the right thickness is important. For Cherry profile I've used slim orthodontic bands 3/16" Medium instead of the type you otherwise finds for sale "for keyboard".

Thanks for digging up this old thread!  I might give this a shot.

My fingers are extremely sensitive to bottoming out, so I'm always looking for the softest landing experience possible.  (I could care less about whether or not the solution has any silencing properties.)

I've used o-rings in the past to some success, but with my current main board, I've found that landing pads do a better job of helping me avoid pain.