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keyboard_arrow_downxwilliammeex
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Sep 16, 2021
These look interesting. Does anyone have experience with this profile? I know Cherry, OEM, MT3 and like those. I have an SA set that I don’t love the profile of (at least it’s the most unfamiliar).
what say you all about MA?
Joey_Spacebar
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Sep 16, 2021
I've never used MA, but from what I can tell, it looks like a taller XDA. Uni-profile keys aren't my favorite since I'm more used to sculpted sets like Cherry and OEM, but they aren't bad by any stretch. I know Hipyo Tech has used the "Blue Cat" colorway of this set on several boards and refers to it as a "cheat code for thock", so you may want to check out some of his videos for reference.
blawlog
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Nov 25, 2021
Joey_SpacebarYeah, to me MA is very much “XDA with lower/better sound, but you need a wrist rest” or “MT3 without the excess sculpting.” Liked to the point of getting a second set.
xkcd308
38
Sep 16, 2021
If you can adjust to all of the keys being the same profile, the other consideration is that these things are several mm taller than any other keycap I've used. It doesn't sound like much, but it did take some getting used to learning to hold my hands just a little higher over the board. I've been using the Blue Cat set on a custom board I built, and it only took a couple of days for me to be comfortable with it. YMMV. I'm a bit OCD, and am motivated to adjust to whatever keycaps allow me to fill out a weird layout with as few different sets as possible, and without profile issues. I'm going to be building an odd board soon using 3D printed parts to combine a split board back into a single keyboard, and the first row is going to be a nightmare of 1.5U and 1U modifiers with a spacebar split into two 3U bars. The best I've come up with is the Idobao 9009 kit for most of the board, leftover modifiers from Blue Cat on the first row, and XDA profile 3U spacebars ordered from AliExpress.
PancakeGoon
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Sep 16, 2021
Okay, so assuming these are the same version KBDfans has listed on their site (with the HHKB-specific kitting option), and I've been trying to get an amswer to this for a while now, but are these actually the sort-of "Ice Frost" Blueish-White that these appear in most of the renders? Or is it a more standard, warm/neutral, WS1-like White, as seen on MT3 BoW, for example?
Because, and it's even more exaggerated in the renders (pics?) featured on KBD, but it almost looks closer to the KAT Dice set's "Ice" color, and I love how it looks. It'd be perfect for a build I want to do, but I can't figure out which pictures to believe!
Idobao's own site makes them look closer to WS1/neutral, but in some of the shots here (and KBDfans - IF it's the same set...) are back to the more "Blue" shade. So which is it, and does anyone have IRL shots‽
xkcd308
38
Sep 16, 2021
Sorry, I don't have the BoW set, so I can't give a definitive answer. What I can say is that Drop's picture of two keyboards with one of each set looks accurate to me as far as the WoB assuming very diffuse lighting, and their other pics don't try to hide the glare issues the WoB keys have. I can also say that Idobao's pictures are probably not entirely accurate. Their pics of the WoB look to me like they were done in low light or had the exposure adjusted in software to help the legends stand out better, so I would not be surprised if they manipulated the BoW pics to get what they thought was a more flattering look.
rowaihi.11
23
Nov 17, 2022
Does this set arrive in its own box with some trays or are they all just packed up in a bag?
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