And what Cherry switch or Cherry clone should I get?
Some keycap ideas to start.
That is some tough competion. I think that I will lower my expectations. Maybe stick with something classically American obnoxious.Blaise170 wrote: ↑Hahaha! I have a set of those gold keycaps. Matter of fact, take a look at this thread:
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Wow, interesting. Looks like I totally missed that trend. So which type is closest to Cherry Brown, but with a larger tactile bump?zool wrote: ↑new switches... kailh box https://novelkeys.xyz/collections/switches.
The listed 75g of tactility seems like too much to me, but I know things are different in person.
WAY too much!vivalarevolución wrote: ↑The listed 75g of tactility seems like too much to me, but I know things are different in person.
Is than an opinion from experience or just a hunch? Personally, I try to go with the lightest tactile switch I can find, but still had a solid tactile feeling.seebart wrote: ↑
WAY too much!
and in about 3 weeks they will lose hype when people realize they arent that great.
But backlighting.
But flashy and obnoxious.samuelcable wrote: ↑IMO faint underglow between the keycaps looks a lot cooler than shine-through legends, plus you get the benifits of good thickness, profile, ect of og cherry
Hmm, that will be tough to beat, but I am leaning towards rainbow alpha-numerics and metallic modifiers.zool wrote: ↑caps: despite of the contenders it hard to go past:
Do you mean the keys around the trackpoint?kokokoy wrote: ↑Maybe some artisans on GHB
I had some OG Cherry sets that actually had cutouts for a trackpoint. I should have kept those. Oh well.kokokoy wrote: ↑Yup. Saw someone make a set on reddit (not sure if he started a sale though). Guess his intention is to use any keyset and leave those 3 there.
if you need them I can give you some. they are useless to me currently.
Are they the ones that Ascii was selling a while back? That's what I had. Sold them when I got rid of all my Cherry boards.mike52787 wrote: ↑if you need them I can give you some. they are useless to me currently.
Yeah, I would be happy to give you the GHB keys if you need em. I salvaged GHB keys from german sets and have been using those sets for awhile now.vivalarevolución wrote: ↑ Are they the ones that Ascii was selling a while back? That's what I had. Sold them when I got rid of all my Cherry boards.
In that case, I would say Kailh BOX Brown would work pretty okay. Similar weight to Cherry MX Brown but with a more pronounced bump. The bump also starts very close to the top of the keypress.
Awesome, I'll let you know. I am leaning towards backlit keys at this point, but I could change my mind. Keyboard should arrive tomorrow.mike52787 wrote: ↑Yeah, I would be happy to give you the GHB keys if you need em. I salvaged GHB keys from german sets and have been using those sets for awhile now.vivalarevolución wrote: ↑ Are they the ones that Ascii was selling a while back? That's what I had. Sold them when I got rid of all my Cherry boards.
Sounds like those are what I'm looking for. Are Zealios out of fashion now or something? I seem to remember those being all the rage.montydrei wrote: ↑In that case, I would say Kailh BOX Brown would work pretty okay. Similar weight to Cherry MX Brown but with a more pronounced bump. The bump also starts very close to the top of the keypress.
If that's too light, then BOX Burnt Orange should do you fine
Unsure why you WANT to make your board ugly, but sure. anyway no actual good quality shinethrough caps exist as far as I know.vivalarevolución wrote: ↑Awesome, I'll let you know. I am leaning towards backlit keys at this point, but I could change my mind. Keyboard should arrive tomorrow.mike52787 wrote: ↑Yeah, I would be happy to give you the GHB keys if you need em. I salvaged GHB keys from german sets and have been using those sets for awhile now.vivalarevolución wrote: ↑ Are they the ones that Ascii was selling a while back? That's what I had. Sold them when I got rid of all my Cherry boards.
I actually like a subtle white backlighting, which is what this one has. I can always just turn off the lights if I don't like them. I think.mike52787 wrote: ↑ Unsure why you WANT to make your board ugly, but sure. anyway no actual good quality shinethrough caps exist as far as I know.