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wontonotnow
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Aug 7, 2016
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Good to see side-lit keycaps finally, I had to order mine from Taobao a couple months ago. NOTE: these work best with keyboards that have LEDs on the FRONT of the switch. Those with LEDs at the top of the switch will be quite dim because of distance and the switch stem getting in the way. Even though my LEDs are on the front, the Enter and Shift keys are pretty dim compared to the others because the translucent legends are off to the side a bit. If the LEDs are on the top/"back" of the switch these keycaps are pretty much useless imo.
Here's my set (PBT, but probably very similar in look to these):
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Aug 7, 2016
panda_never_die
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Aug 7, 2016
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wontonotnowWhat keyboard do you have? I am looking for one with LED on bottom side.
Aug 7, 2016
wyle27
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Aug 7, 2016
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wontonotnowDo you have the link for the keycaps you bought from Taobao?
Aug 7, 2016
wontonotnow
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panda_never_dievarmilo vb87m. The non-bluetooth version has bottom LEDs as well I believe, and both have been on massdrop every couple months or so lately.
Aug 7, 2016
panda_never_die
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wontonotnowThat's good to know! Does yours come with aluminum case?
Aug 7, 2016
wontonotnow
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Aug 7, 2016
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wyle27I don't have a direct link to the PBT version, but here's a picture of the packaging they came in.
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. Shuffling through taobao trying to find side-lit keycaps was an adventure, that's for sure.
Aug 7, 2016
wontonotnow
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panda_never_dieI bought the aluminum case separately, also here on massdrop. The keyboard is now heavy enough it could probably kill someone if I used it as a weapon. The aluminum doesn't seem to cause any issues with bluetooth either, working smoothly at over 3 meters away. I highly suggest the whole package, especially with these side-lit keycaps...understated, great for working in the dark, and sexy as hell.
Aug 7, 2016
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Aug 7, 2016
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panda_never_dieI have both a VA87MR and a VB87M. Externally the hardware is identical as far as I can tell.
VA87MR – https://www.massdrop.com/buy/varmilo-va87mr VB87M – https://www.massdrop.com/buy/varmilo-vb87m-bluetooth Aluminum case – https://www.massdrop.com/buy/varmilo-87-key-aluminum-case
Aug 7, 2016
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wontonotnowThe following conversation has links to some ABS side-printed keycaps:
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/kb87-bluetooth-cnc-acrylic-mechanical-keyboard/talk/404901
I can read Japanese so I'm able to guess what some of the Chinese means, and I tried using info from the above pages to search Taobao for PBT versions. No luck, even using Google as the search engine. Either the product pages have been removed, or that site is just incredibly cryptic.
Aug 7, 2016
kschang
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Aug 7, 2016
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panda_never_dieIt'd pretty much have to be Varmilos (usually "southward" LED), some GONs customs (have to be ordered that way), and the new Ajazz AK60 from China.
Aug 7, 2016
kschang
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Aug 7, 2016
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wontonotnowThat's because you didn't read my guide on how to search Taobao w/o knowing Chinese. :D
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/49nefq/guide_how_to_search_for_keycaps_and_keysets_on/
Aug 7, 2016
sthsthsthbatman
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Aug 9, 2016
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wyle27I did some research and I believe I may have found a listing for a pbt side-printed keyset on taobao.
This is the link: https://world.taobao.com/item/532653908808.htm?spm=a312a.7700714.0.0.bt1yoa#detail
There are multiple options in the listing including multiple combination of front, side printed (and blank); white and black colored; 61, 87 and 104 keysets. You can just go by the pictures for the first selection/color selection, and I think for the secondary selection: 套餐一 is 61 keys, 套餐二 is 87 and 套餐三 is 104 keys.
Now I need to figure out how to checkout.
Aug 9, 2016
sadeter
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Aug 9, 2016
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sthsthsthbatmanLet me know if you figure it out. I'd like to get a white set.
Aug 9, 2016
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Aug 9, 2016
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sthsthsthbatmanUse a Taobao proxy. I've used Taobao Focus before with decent results. There are several others. Copy the item number (it's the big number after /item/ in the URL) and paste it into the proxy's translated version of Taobao and then you'll be able to check out in your native language. Don't try to buy directly from Taobao unless you're a native Chinese speaker. They probably won't ship to you anyway.
Aug 9, 2016
wontonotnow
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sthsthsthbatmanI setup an account at proxy engtaobao.com, linked to the product page and printed out the instructions on how the process works: it's a bit convoluted. I also had to call my bank to release a frozen purchase since they withdrew direct from Shanghai. It worked out in the end though!
Aug 9, 2016
UnkleAkala
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Sep 3, 2016
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wontonotnowDo you know the link to the shop. Because the only ones on TaoBao seem to be the ABS plastic kind.
Sep 3, 2016
wontonotnow
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Sep 3, 2016
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UnkleAkalaJust the box: -blocked image but I posted it awhile back on this thread- Maybe a google image recognition search will pull something? It's confusing because after I paid (on engtaobao.com) they said it was out of stock, but then the set in the box came in. I'm thinking these are actually ABS but came in PBT box. I only have 1 other set of PBT (vortex) and they feel different. Either way the front-facing shinethrough is really nice.
Sep 3, 2016
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