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Hi , this Kyle from China. Since a month ago, my team wanted to build a brand to produce the high quality of mechanical keyboard and headset to sell aboard. Now we already got the license to do so, and we can't wait to bring our products to meet everyone. But the products are still in the period of designing, it would take some time :( There are some questions we can't find the ways to solve - how to sell keyboard on Drop, and the details about how Drop charge per product? - Actually I sent an email to Drop Studio for some questions, but I didn't receive the answer.( Drop Studio also mentioned that they can contact me only if they were interested in my design / products ). So I'm here ask for help. If anyone can answer my question, I would really appreciate it :)
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Lead is sometimes used to stabilize and color plastics and paints, and its use is so common in China it's even in makeup.
I have medical training and was not aware of lead increasing risk for cancer. Stroke risk and high blood pressure is well known, but the main concerns are neurological. Lead exposure is definitely not good, and you want to avoid it if you can, but we should also be sensible about it. MOST cases are due to ingestion, but I understand that getting it on your fingers while typing could easily lead to ingestion of small (but significant) amounts if you bite nails/eat with hands etc.
Probably the most important question is whether or not the lead that is used to stabilise plastics has the potential to come off on your fingers in a form that can actually be ingested (if it's 'embedded' in the plastic, it probably wouldn't get into the blood stream). Keycaps are generally made of very durable plastic and don't wear down much (I understand ABS do moreso than PBT), and even if they did, the question remains: would this actually cause lead to be on your fingers in any significant amount?
Lead ingestion is a valid concern, but it sounds to be a bit of a stretch to me in this case. I'm open to the idea that it may be an issue though, and if you can provide some more info on it for myself and others, then that would be awesome!
ON ANOTHER NOTE, KEYBOARD QUESTION: Does this keyboard have plain white back-lighting? And if so, is it one of the 7 colours you can use for individual keys?
Thanks for the links to the other colours with the 87 key versions. I'm keen to see what the top right logo section looks like on the black 104 though! If it's the same as on the black hero then that's cool, found some pics of that.
http://thesoftlanding.com/is-acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene-abs-plastic-toxic/ says ABS is a stable plastic that shouldn't leach any toxic chemicals under normal everyday use, which is reassuring. That site doesn't look terribly scientific and doesn't go into details, but I found that summary repeated in many other places: http://www.quora.com/How-toxic-is-ABS-PLA
The only item of concern they bring up is: "It’s our understanding that flame retardants are often added to the ABS used in kitchen appliances and electronics because they’re plugged into outlets and present a fire hazard. We recommend contacting the manufacturer to find out which fire retardants are being used in your products. Hopefully it’s a non-halogenated/non-brominated retardant (they’re much less toxic), but if not, urge them to switch to a safer option."
Which then lead me to this article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/flame-retardants-in-consumer-products-are-linked-to-health-and-cognitive-problems/2013/04/15/f5c7b2aa-8b34-11e2-9838-d62f083ba93f_story.html
These chemicals have similar effects and vectors as lead, but aren't regulated much at all, so there's no reason to suspect a product intended for the Chinese market would have any more or fewer PBDEs compared to a product intended for the US market. Therefore, my conclusion is this keyboard probably poses no more a risk than any domestic brand, and I'll probably snatch one up, even though the logo is fugly.
Does anyone know if it's easy to change the colour of the lock LEDs? I want them to be white rather than blue, and I doubt they are RBG. Most keyboards have them soldered to the PCB from what I can see...
Also: The review suggests that there is NO WHITE LED BACKLIGHT mode. Can anyone confirm this? If this is true, it's a dealbreaker for me. So pointless having ROYGBIV and leaving white out of the colour options.