Why do Rosewill letters fade so quickly?

[Internetlad]

They're lasered, and yet in less than a week, I noticed fading on the WASD cluster and the K button (mic for valve games). Is it because the lettering is slightly raised?

I'm not unhappy, I knew they had a predisposition to fading. Just curious.

[i3oilermaker]

They're lasered, and yet in less than a week, I noticed fading on the WASD cluster and the K button (mic for valve games). Is it because the lettering is slightly raised?

I'm not unhappy, I knew they had a predisposition to fading. Just curious.

I think Rosewill keys are pad-printed...correct me if I am wrong.

Mine faded a bit too

[rknize]

Mine are pad printed, IIRC.  I have Rag's red-on-black caps on there now.

[Internetlad]

hm. thought they were lasered. Thanks for clarifying.

[DanGWanG]

Pad-print + ABS = lowest quality and heavily prone to fading and shininess

[hashbaz]

Yah Rosewill keys are trash.  That's why I have literally never used the stock keys on my Rosewills.

[Internetlad]

probably the only complaint about my rosewill so far is that where I rest my thumb(s) while typing (or gaming) below the spacebar has literally become shiny on the keyboard shell. Ugh.

And yeah I may as well have mirrored keycaps by now Hoping to get in a replacement set now that I have some spare pocket change. Shopping around and trying to get a good set.

[DanGWanG]

I wouldn't recommend buying another set of Rosewill keycaps, despite the cheaper price.  Spend a little extra, and pick up some KBC PBT keycaps.  These last forever, are easy to clean, and virtually never shine.  Also, if by spare pocket change you really had a budget of about $100 to spend, look into getting a nice set of dyesub PBT keycaps from imsto.

[hashbaz]

Or you can pick up a standard doubleshot set direct from SP now for $60: http://keycapsdirect.com/marketplace.php

[Internetlad]

I wouldn't recommend buying another set of Rosewill keycaps, despite the cheaper price.  Spend a little extra, and pick up some KBC PBT keycaps.  These last forever, are easy to clean, and virtually never shine.  Also, if by spare pocket change you really had a budget of about $100 to spend, look into getting a nice set of dyesub PBT keycaps from imsto.

I've got a 33 set + some extras of the gold zincs in pending from gimpster in the classified. Thinking I might fill it out with a set of Silver Zincs for the mods etc.

[jeroplane]

Pad-print + ABS = lowest quality and heavily prone to fading and shininess

Yeah, so sick of my stock Filco thin pad-printed ABS keys. All my letters are already slightly faded, and it's only been about a month so far. Also I'm starting to hate how thin they sound. Good news is I'll be replacing them with some Cherry double shots real soon!

[Megaweapon]

They aren't pad printed because that's not how they are speced:

Laser printing design for the keycap

My understanding is that there are various qualities of laser printing when it comes to keycaps.

So buyer beware, I guess...

[Internetlad]

whatever they are, they're turds.