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Silver ABS Shine Through Keycap Set

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madscientist

Jul 9, 2017

The legend font is OK - not my favorite but better than the gamer font that came on my budget mechanical keyboard's caps. While laser etching is not as desirable as double-shot, I can live with it. These caps are pretty thin, but they seem hardy enough to stand up to routine use. If you have a habit of applying fist to keyboard, these might not last very long for you.
My only major issue with these caps is that there is variability in legend translucency. So, keys are arbitrarily dark/bright relative to one another despite the underlying LEDs having uniform brightness. You can see this to some degree in the first photo and more so in the second photo/overhead view. In particular, G, 7 (R1), 9 (R1), and HOME, are significantly less translucent than the other caps. The variance is somewhat understated in the photo. Also, the arrow legends on the numpad keys do not illuminate due to their location relative to my board's surface mount LEDs and the stems.
They'll do for now. I think I will have to buy a plastics company to achieve my dream of doubleshot, frosted translucent legend keycaps in SA profile.
Photos: 1) Caps installed on my budget mech (E-Element X-2000)