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Offline mrgoochio

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New to mech keyboards, considering WASD with PBT caps
« on: Wed, 27 March 2013, 21:42:45 »
Hey guys, I'm relatively new to mech keyboards having never owned one..  I've been trying to balance quality and price at the moment, I think my ideal setup may be a filco majestouch 2 with PBT keycaps but from what I understand, they come with ABS caps and you can't buy a filco "barebones."  I'd like to try and save some money by either buying a board that comes with PBT caps or a barebones board without caps to save some money and then get the PBT separately.

From what I found so far, I've seen that WASD sells barebones boards, would these caps fit the board well?
http://www.vendio.com/stores/E-sports-Gaming-equipments/item/pbt-key-caps/104-pbt-white-side-printed-key/lid=19686618

Do you guys have some suggestions on alternative boards, caps, or setups, or vendors that distribute to the US?
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Offline Skull_Angel

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Re: New to mech keyboards, considering WASD with PBT caps
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 27 March 2013, 22:03:09 »
It looks like thy should, but it's hard to say 100% w/o trying 'em out.
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Re: New to mech keyboards, considering WASD with PBT caps
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 27 March 2013, 22:08:04 »
What about Ducky DK9008G2?
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Re: New to mech keyboards, considering WASD with PBT caps
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 27 March 2013, 22:35:11 »
Those keycaps would fit fine. A good set-up for a first keyboard, in fact.

Shipping from China will tke a while - get the keycaps on order first.

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Re: New to mech keyboards, considering WASD with PBT caps
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 28 March 2013, 19:14:29 »
Has anyone bought those key caps. because I was wondering if they are thick PBT or thin PBT?
« Last Edit: Thu, 28 March 2013, 19:16:30 by Rule16 »
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Re: New to mech keyboards, considering WASD with PBT caps
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 28 March 2013, 19:29:20 »
Quote from: Rule16 on Thu, 28 March 2013, 19:14:29
Has anyone bought those key caps. because I was wondering if they are thick PBT or thin PBT?

I'm pretty sure most of qtan's PBT caps are the thin-walled type (or at least thinner than imsto's thick PBT caps), and OEM profile (versus lower profiles sets like the cherrys/cherry replicas).  You could ask qtan about them directly at his vender forum here:

http://geekhack.org/index.php?board=81.0
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Re: New to mech keyboards, considering WASD with PBT caps
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 28 March 2013, 20:04:12 »
IMSTO sells Thick PBT Keycaps but i dont think i have ever seen side printed caps on his taobao page. Also, i have never bought anything from his taobao so i have no idea how long it takes. probably a few weeks since it be from china and ****.

if you insists on thick pbt imsto is the way to go.  but you may have to compromise on the side print.  not sure.

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