Drop DCL Snow Keycap Set

Name: Drop DCL Snow Keycap Set
Brand: Drop
SKU: drop-dcl-snow-keycap-set
Price: 39 USD
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Feb 20, 2024

I love you guys but this one is a bit of a head-scratcher. Laser etched? MSRP @ $50? Maybe if they came with a basic keyboard attached... Just from a branding perspective, I don't think putting Drop's name on these as if they were a flagship product makes a lot of sense. Selling them here, sure totally - there's plenty a time and place for cheap shine thru caps - but in basically every case painted caps are a downgrade. For that price, I could get doubleshot ones that will last forever - I know because I did just this week. If I somehow found myself in a position where painted caps were actually what I wanted, I'd wince at anything over $20 shipped. For anyone unfamiliar, I'm hating on painted caps so hard because the paint can literally wear away from skin oils, exposing the clear plastic underneath - and that looks dramatically worse than simple shine. It's just like pad printing where the letters wear off, but it's the solid color of the cap wearing off instead. Caps like these come with gaming keyboards, and them being awful is half of why we have a keycap aftermarket to begin with. These are the caps that wear out and need replacing with ones that don't. Now. If these were an optional inclusion with the CSTM80 or any of the other Drop boards, maybe at a $20 premium - I'd see that as a legit value-add. I may very well be a keycap snob - but I really think painted caps only make sense as a pack-in.

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Rowdy2026

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Feb 20, 2024

The point still stands. They are painted & therefore susceptible to wear, even with claims of durability. Painted caps are only worth so much, no matter the process, due to the fact they’re not double shot. As per the initial comment, they’ll never be double shot so why expect anyone to pay more?

HoffmanMyster

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Mar 14, 2024

The short answer is yes, but I admit it might be hard to convey that in a meaningful way without adding in a lot of technical and proprietary information. What I can say is that prior to my time in this role, I worked in R&D making coatings, paints, adhesives, and other polymer-based products. You'd be surprised just how different one "polyethylene" can be from another "polyethylene" (different grades from the same manufacturer), and what that can mean for the finished product. That's not even getting into all the additives and other components that go into something, even if the end product is still called a "polyethylene"-based product. There are a ton of modifying additives that can be used to adjust material properties (including wear resistance), all of which ultimately add to the cost of the product. What we've done here is pull a few of those levers to create something with increased wear resistance, while attempting to stay reasonably-priced with the final product.