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Originative Carbon Black Keycaps

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Originative Carbon Black Keycaps

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Taking inspiration from the colorway made famous by Topre keyboards, this ABS doubleshot keycap set gives you an affordable option to get that desired look on your keyboard Read More

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NiftyNate

Nov 27, 2015

This would be quite something if it were PBT material. Absolutely love the look, undecided on the drop.

hyp36rmax

169

Nov 29, 2015

These are nice! Got this for my CM QFR wrapped with 3M Dinoc CF Vinyl:

jcruz689

Feb 23, 2016

hyp36rmaxHow's the thickness and feel compared to PBT or other ABS (like from WASD). They look pretty thick from the pictures.

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LiquidEvilGaming

198

Feb 23, 2016

jcruz689As far as comparing ABS to ABS it's superior feeling to my DCS midnight set from signature plastics (which was 3X the price) and given that it's Doubleshot unlike most of WASD's plastic the legends won't fade of course. But yeah for ABS it's much thicker than most sets,it's also slightly thinner on the sides so that you won't run into Rubbing issues with Costar stabilizers on Modifier keys. I have tested the set with both Cherry and Costar stabs.
Not sure if i am allowed to post this here but i find it's very relevant

I did a video review of these caps and compared their quality and thickness to other brands.
Do bear in mind of course being ABS not PBT they will shine faster as PBT takes forever and a day to shine. That said as far as ABS goes they feel better and i prefer them to most sets i have owned or tried until you get up to really high tier 100$+ GMK Cherry profile ABS sets (Which Originative also carries). But for the price i have not seen anything compare.

Georgios

124

Nov 28, 2015

As Makami already mentioned, I own this set. I bought it directly from the Originative shop. The set it very lovely, it looks very good and it is in deed very dark. The pictures here on MD have heavy light, that's why the set looks brighter.
Only problem I have with this set is the thickness of the caps. The caps are compared to my other sets (which are mostly PBT) very thin. I mounted them on my Novatouch and the noise they produce on the upstroke is hell! I am not able to use them... Maybe on MX Switches the sound is better, have to try...

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sauchuang

237

Dec 10, 2015

Thanks @MrSelkies, yeah I kinda gave up on that after realizing that silencing a Topre board is waaay more difficult than a Cherry one. My Novatouch is barely a month old and I'm not willing to void the warranty just yet.
I still don't understand why CM provides o-rings along with the Novatouch, they are literally useless.

MrSelkies

Dec 21, 2015

sauchuangYeah lol I know, I think I saw somewhere on reddit that a Cooler Master employee responded to someone who brought up the same thing about how the o-rings are useless on the Novatouch and they said that they were gonna stop shipping the Novatouch with free o-rings. But that was months ago, and my Novatouch which I just got a month ago came with them.

Makami

4237

Nov 27, 2015

Good morning,
a german mate of mine owns them, bought at Originative. If you want to look at funny looking german language for you: http://www.computerbase.de/forum/showthread.php?t=1326491&p=18122083#post18122083
Novatouch with these caps (credits to vandread@computerbase):

Have a nice day

Draxor

665

Nov 27, 2015

I was interested then i saw the 16$ shipping price

xSekonda

Feb 17, 2016

Is there going to be an ISO version of this?

Horgath

Feb 18, 2016

xSekonda+1 for ISO Version!

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Gabis

188

Nov 27, 2015

Would LED's shine through these? New to this whole keycap business, though not to mechs themselves.

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NiftyNate

Nov 27, 2015

GabisI'm going to assume no. These keycaps look good on their own, why would you want little lights to go through them?

Gabis

188

Nov 27, 2015

NiftyNateHad you considered, perhaps, that I didn't want them to? I have a few translucent caps that I *do* want to highlight and have a board that is all or nothing in the LED department. So having these block the "little lights", like my current keys, is what I was hoping for.
I asked because, from what I have seen, a lot of the "doubleshot" caps do allow for shine through.