Shine-through keycaps for Gateron LED switches?

[Ruthalas]

Hey GH, I have a question you may be able to help with.

I just got in the current Massdrop for a Varmilo VA87MR, which has backlighting.

I notice that the Gateron switches have the LED portion on the southern/bottom portion of the switch (opposite the LED positioning on LED Cherry switches as far as I can tell).

Do I have any options for shine-through keycaps?

The Vortex PBT sets that show up on Massdrop occasionally look great, but I suspect would have issues due to the LED placement.

If anyone could give me some guidance, or even try this if they have a similar board and caps, I'd be very appreciative!

[Sygaldry]

LED placement depends on PCB not the switch.

[tbc]

if you look closely at the cherry switches you're talking about, you'll notice that the cherry branding is upside down. 

[Ruthalas]

Hmm. Ok, well the Gaterons are mounted such that the LEDs are below the switch stem:



Wouldn't that cause issues for typical shine-through caps?

[nightdriver]

yes, for the vortex keys, you'd probably only get the number row illuminated.  i haven't seen any standalone shinethrough keys with that layout.  they mostly only come with the keyboards that have the bottom LEDs.

[Ruthalas]

Ah, that's too bad. Thank you for the information though!

(If anyone sees this thread and knows of a set that'd work, I'd love to hear about it!)