Good looks, but lettering quickly fades with moderate use
I've had these on my daily board for quite a while now and the lettering is only now beginning to show signs of fading. While I can't exactly get mad at this, I wished there were more of a means to maintain them for longer terms.
The Keysterine's had been in my sight for quite some time. After not knowing what to do with them for quite some time I finally decided to give in to the urge and order a set. HOLY COW. These things look, feel, and sound amazing, the minute I put them on my board they felt like a premium product. The caps themselves have a unique Semi-frost appearance so they are translucent (and slightly transparent) but the frosted look makes them seem all the more premium of a product. These keycaps already have me debating ordering another set for a new build. Not sure how the UV lettering will fair over time but will have to wait and see.
The keycaps were good but the spacebar I got was warped. It’s a little too late to exchange it but I’ll try to fix it myself. The print on the keycaps are clear and it looks great with the rgb.
I really liked the frosted look to the caps and they look great with rgb, but when I removed the caps for cleaning I found that the stem on several caps had broken. I also see that the legends are starting to fade after only 2 months of light use.
Some switches are known for breaking keycap stems due to different manufacturers using non standard measurements for the switch stem cruciform. By any chance, are these switches you are using "box style"/dustproof or something similar? Because if they are there's a good chance their stems are out of Cherry/Cherry clones specs, and they will likely break or at least stretch/deform any keycap set you use with them.
MiToYes they are using a box style. That is good information to know going forward. I'm fairly new to this hobby and made the assumption that stems on switches were standard. Thank you for your response.
I starting using this set on December 29th. It is currently January 25th. Although this is a fairly cheap set, I'm still sad to see fading and crooked keycaps.
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The only reason that I am giving this a 3 star rating is because I love the shinethrough and feel of this set. If I could get my money back, I would.
I bought these key caps to let as much RGB through my keyboard as possible. They do that very well as I got them in frost. These keycaps also feel really nice to type with. My only problem is they do not sound the greatest. But again, I bought them because they are clear. For $39 dollars you get some really good-looking key caps that feel great. If you are on a budget and/or want a lot of RGB then these are perfect for you.
I have the purple and clear caps, and the legends on the purple wore out super quick. Clear seems to be doing okay, but Im only using them as modifiers.
This product is definitely exactly what you see in the pictures but I am a fan of Mito's collabs and this one hits the mark with the look I was going for!