Topre replacement keycaps - pbt?

[kansas city shuffle]

Anyone know if the replacement Topre keycaps on elitekeyboards.com are PBT?

http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,toprekeys&pid=xf0100kt1

[terran5992]

Anyone know if the replacement Topre keycaps on elitekeyboards.com are PBT?

http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,toprekeys&pid=xf0100kt1

Yes they are

[kansas city shuffle]

Anyone know if the replacement Topre keycaps on elitekeyboards.com are PBT?

http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,toprekeys&pid=xf0100kt1

Yes they are

Including the space bar? Or is that ABS?

[atlas3686]

All Topre spacebars are ABS as far as I know. (except maybe the tiny Japanese spacebars)

[terran5992]

Anyone know if the replacement Topre keycaps on elitekeyboards.com are PBT?

http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,toprekeys&pid=xf0100kt1

Yes they are

Including the space bar? Or is that ABS?

Oh yeah that pesky spacebar. They should be in ABS

[tuxsavvy]

Anyone know if the replacement Topre keycaps on elitekeyboards.com are PBT?

http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,toprekeys&pid=xf0100kt1

Yes they are

Including the space bar? Or is that ABS?

Oh yeah that pesky spacebar. They should be in ABS

Hahaha some people just can't get over the tiny spacebar found on the JIS variants. Even though they really don't make much difference to a real touch typist they still get to be labeled as something bad. I honestly can't see how it would be the tiny spacebar would be bad.

Also to the OP, fyi elitekeyboards.com isn't the only place where one can order replacement keycaps for Realfroce, HHKB, etc. there are some sellers on amazon and ebay for instance selling Realforce replacement key caps (though notably Japanese legends, but the spare set I believe caters for both JIS/non-JIS keyboards. The only real difference are that the Realforce replacement key caps cannot be sold individually and they come with Japanese legends.

[kansas city shuffle]

Anyone know if the replacement Topre keycaps on elitekeyboards.com are PBT?

http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,toprekeys&pid=xf0100kt1

Yes they are

Including the space bar? Or is that ABS?

Oh yeah that pesky spacebar. They should be in ABS

Hahaha some people just can't get over the tiny spacebar found on the JIS variants. Even though they really don't make much difference to a real touch typist they still get to be labeled as something bad. I honestly can't see how it would be the tiny spacebar would be bad.

Also to the OP, fyi elitekeyboards.com isn't the only place where one can order replacement keycaps for Realfroce, HHKB, etc. there are some sellers on amazon and ebay for instance selling Realforce replacement key caps (though notably Japanese legends, but the spare set I believe caters for both JIS/non-JIS keyboards. The only real difference are that the Realforce replacement key caps cannot be sold individually and they come with Japanese legends.

Cheers for the input mate, I'll keep an eye out.

[tuxsavvy]

Anyone know if the replacement Topre keycaps on elitekeyboards.com are PBT?

http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,toprekeys&pid=xf0100kt1

Yes they are

Including the space bar? Or is that ABS?

Oh yeah that pesky spacebar. They should be in ABS

Hahaha some people just can't get over the tiny spacebar found on the JIS variants. Even though they really don't make much difference to a real touch typist they still get to be labeled as something bad. I honestly can't see how it would be the tiny spacebar would be bad.

Also to the OP, fyi elitekeyboards.com isn't the only place where one can order replacement keycaps for Realfroce, HHKB, etc. there are some sellers on amazon and ebay for instance selling Realforce replacement key caps (though notably Japanese legends, but the spare set I believe caters for both JIS/non-JIS keyboards. The only real difference are that the Realforce replacement key caps cannot be sold individually and they come with Japanese legends.

Cheers for the input mate, I'll keep an eye out.

No worries!

I have a wad of amazon links just to give you a bit of headstart I guess. Note that these replacement key caps all have Japanese legends printed on them as well as the English legends. Of course not for all the keys but the majority are.

SA0100KT-1 (white): http://www.amazon.com/Topre-Japanese-Replacement-Realforce-Sa0100-kt1/dp/B004U8IVMC
SA0100KT-2 (blue): http://www.amazon.com/Topre-Japanese-Replacement-Realforce-Sa0100-kt2/dp/B004U8IVPE
SA0100KT-3 (red): http://www.amazon.com/Topre-Japanese-Replacement-Realforce-SA0100-KT3/dp/B004U8IVVS
SA0100KT-4 (yellow): http://www.amazon.com/Topre-Japanese-Replacement-Realforce-Sa0100-kt4/dp/B004U8IW3A
SA0100KT-5 (orange): http://www.amazon.com/Topre-Japanese-Replacement-Realforce-SA0100-KT5/dp/B004U8IWBM

Of course these were meant to be for a specific Realforce keyboard but you can still more or less mix and swap. I've done it already with my HHKB JP (following what jdcarpe did once).

There is wad of links and information if you are curious:

• http://deskthority.net/wiki/Realforce#Keycaps -- Describing what Realforce key caps are made of and all.
• http://deskthority.net/wiki/Realforce#Topre_Keycap_Set_Reference -- For a whole bunch of keycaps I suppose giving one a range to choose from. Of course not as diverse as Cherry MX but... better than nothing. 

[salvanipour]

Sorry to bump an old thread, but I've tried searching and couldn't find an answer. Does any know if EK's non-printed red Topre keycaps are PBT? These are the ones in question:

http://www.elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,toprekeys&pid=hh_redescn

I emailed twice and they never replied.

[Puddsy]

Sorry to bump an old thread, but I've tried searching and couldn't find an answer. Does any know if EK's non-printed red Topre keycaps are PBT? These are the ones in question:

http://www.elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access,toprekeys&pid=hh_redescn

I emailed twice and they never replied.

Rule of thumb: If it's got a Topre stem and isn't a spacebar, 99% chance it's PBT.

[salvanipour]

Awesome, thank you for the reply! Their site doesn't seem to want to take an order for any quantity of the blank red keycaps. I guess I'll have to give them a call on Monday.

[Puddsy]

Awesome, thank you for the reply! Their site doesn't seem to want to take an order for any quantity of the blank red keycaps. I guess I'll have to give them a call on Monday.

You might be disappointed. Custom Topre keycaps are nigh impossible to get anymore. If you're doing custom caps it might be worth looking into 3D printing.

[rowdy]

Although not that shade of red, and almost certainly not PBT, HKP has a sale on at the moment for Topre keycaps.

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=89208.0

These are excellent quality - highly recommended.  And there are some reddish ones there.