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Offline qtan5370

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A question about SP PBT and KBC PBT, any different?
« on: Fri, 27 July 2012, 00:45:06 »
Any different between SP made PBT caps and KBC made PBT?

I mean, consider the thick ,height, size etc.

Can people own both tell me about this?

Thanks a lot.


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Offline WRXChris

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Re: A question about SP PBT and KBC PBT, any different?
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 27 July 2012, 01:08:37 »
SP PBT caps are lower profile (height) than KBC PBT caps.  They are very similar in thickness, the SP cap may be slightly thicker but I don't have a micrometer to verify.

KBC cap is black, SP is brown.  Both caps are R4.

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Offline ZcHuer

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Re: A question about SP PBT and KBC PBT, any different?
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 28 July 2012, 08:21:30 »
KBC also has thick and cherry profile PBT key caps ...
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Re: A question about SP PBT and KBC PBT, any different?
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 28 July 2012, 08:25:26 »
imsto can produce thicker cherry profile PBT caps. he has never branded them as KBC afaik.

i do have a micrometer, and iirc the KBC and SP PBT caps are both about 1.0mm thick (+/- reasonable tolerances)
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Offline TheSoulhunter

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Re: A question about SP PBT and KBC PBT, any different?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 31 July 2012, 08:23:50 »
Seems the SP caps lack the nice texture of the KBCs :(
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Offline dorkvader

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Re: A question about SP PBT and KBC PBT, any different?
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 31 July 2012, 09:44:02 »
I don't know about KBC's PBT, but SP's PBT is certainly quite nicely textured. I have a whole 'board with it that I used every day for a long while, and SP's PBT was more than adequate.
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Re: A question about SP PBT and KBC PBT, any different?
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 31 July 2012, 09:53:12 »
SP PBT feels better then any PBT KBC has put out so far

thick keycap =/= always good
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Offline kaiserreich

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Re: A question about SP PBT and KBC PBT, any different?
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 03 August 2012, 10:42:46 »
Quote from: tsangan on Tue, 31 July 2012, 09:53:12
SP PBT feels better then any PBT KBC has put out so far

thick keycap =/= always good

It's the texture that counts
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Re: A question about SP PBT and KBC PBT, any different?
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 03 August 2012, 11:27:28 »
Quote from: dorkvader on Tue, 31 July 2012, 09:44:02
...but SP's PBT is certainly quite nicely textured.

On the image they look smooth/non-textured,
perhaps just the top of the cap is textured?
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Offline jil_jil32

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Re: A question about SP PBT and KBC PBT, any different?
« Reply #9 on: Fri, 03 August 2012, 11:36:26 »
Yep, only the top of SP's PBT keycap is texture, same with the ABS cap I think.
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Offline nntnam

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Re: A question about SP PBT and KBC PBT, any different?
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 04 August 2012, 04:27:23 »
Quote from: WRXChris on Fri, 27 July 2012, 01:08:37
SP PBT caps are lower profile (height) than KBC PBT caps.  They are very similar in thickness, the SP cap may be slightly thicker but I don't have a micrometer to verify.

KBC cap is black, SP is brown.  Both caps are R4.
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Where do you find this brown SP PBT cap? I see the text on it, so is it dye-sub PBT? Have never seen any group buy on the brown dye-sub PBT.

Btw, I have a PBT dye-sub keyset from SP, and the texture on it gives me very nice feeling and may be as nice as the texture on topre's caps. The texture on KBC PB,T in some ways, feels like the SP ABS,  rougher than SP PBT.
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Re: A question about SP PBT and KBC PBT, any different?
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 04 August 2012, 04:31:00 »
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Offline MMB

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Re: A question about SP PBT and KBC PBT, any different?
« Reply #12 on: Sat, 04 August 2012, 04:31:27 »
Quote from: nntnam on Sat, 04 August 2012, 04:27:23
Where do you find this brown SP PBT cap? I see the text on it, so is it dye-sub PBT? Have never seen any group buy on the brown dye-sub PBT.

It looks to be the same color as the dyesub Pedobear keycap.
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Offline nntnam

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Re: A question about SP PBT and KBC PBT, any different?
« Reply #13 on: Sat, 04 August 2012, 04:33:57 »
Aww, See that, thanks MMB, jil_jil32.
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