For 45 dollars, it's difficult to beat the value that these keycaps present. The PBT is nice and smooth (especially when compared to the abominably scratch Tai-hao caps I also happen to own). One notable trait of the caps was that they were very difficult to put on and take off initially, but other than that, I have had no issues with them.
This is a nice looking set of keycaps for the money. Out of the box, I felt the legends could be a bit sharper. The fit on Halo True switches is a bit snug, I broke a stab on my hipro Alt keyboard pulling the Enter keycap. I've never had that happen before, but it gave me a good excuse to spring for a gen set of Cherry plate mount stabs. Fortunately the Alt PCB is hot-swap so I don't have to worry about these keycaps testing solder points when pulling them.
So, these keycaps are very nice. Walls are pretty dang thick and substantial. Cherry profile is probably my new favorite keycap profile now. The texture is smooth and almost silky-feeling. You would think that this would be bad, but it feels incredible. Just different. Still PBT and dye-sub, so I'm still confident in durability. Feels very nice with thinner O-rings, if you want to dampen them you don't need particularly thick ones because of the profile. I didn't have any issue with the light bleeding through on my Drop CTRL at max brightness, but it might be related to the color of the light or possibly brighter LEDs on some keyboards. Overall very very nice, no complaints and actually went above my expectations a little.
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Solid, with some drawbacks
tl;dr: for $45 this is a solid PBT keycap set with smooth tops and Cherry profile (no interference on R3 with LK optical). Great color choices.
I remember seeing this color scheme when Drop first released the stock photos and I knew I had to buy it, either as a gift or for myself. Because it is two tone and has 129 keycaps in the set, it looks nice on any board, including compact form factors.
Drawbacks
the keycaps fit extremely tightly on the stems of the switches. It feels like you are going to break the keyboard taking the keycaps off. Be extremely careful when place on and taking off from stabs
Shine through: dye-sub keycaps, no underglow (as expected); I don't know how you feel about light leaking through... but this is what it looks like. Light only leaks through the orange keys
As somebody else mentioned, the mango color is not as "orange" as you thought. It's a pastel look and the matcha is a little more blue than matcha, but the stock images are pretty close. Just be careful
Obviously, it's harder to find really bright colors on PBT keycaps, but this two-tone look is very nice. I think it's very calming, so long as you don't expect the colors to be as vibrant as real-life matcha and mango. Pretty clean legends. But especially compared to group buy sets that can set you back $100 or even $200+, $45 for cherry profile keycaps is p good
Love the vibe, have a matching cable. The color is as pictured, PBT is good quality and always appreciate a seller that puts out a complete full size set without piecemealing it out. (no media or special keys)
Good quality, no warping, thick PBT keycaps, matte finish.
The appearance in color is a little bit dull compared to the stock photos, however looks great high profile boards rather than low profile. I think it would look better on white cases instead. --- I did put these on my low profile alt, but didn't like how the light shined through making these keycaps blinding.
Very thick PBT keycaps that overall give a somewhat higher tone to my Ducky board than I was expecting. Strangely smooth too, almost like ABS. I could see how that might bother people.
I notice some strange lines that you only really when shining a bright light on the keycaps, so maybe some manufacturing issues with the dye sublimation.
For the price, it's great considering prices of other sets. Only a few minor issues. These caps are relatively soft. I managed to scratch/dent one while pulling off the keycap. Not sure if it's just my set, but the Backspace is actually a taller profile than all the other keys in that same row.
Besides that, I'm happy with the purchase.
Sidenote: as others have mention, the box does come saying "Design: Hami Melon". From what I can tell, these are almost identical with some different modifiers. May be rebranded or reproduced YMDK keycaps.
jcjcstNo problem! If you want my 2 cents, I would buy the YMDK set off Amazon first and see if you like those or compare to the pics on this. Roughly the same price but a much better customer support and return policy from Amazon.