VorTex PBT Sublimation Keycaps

sixty · 20 Dec 2011, 15:08

Coming soon. PBT material with sublimation printing, similar to the Realforce.

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We shall be taking orders soon I hope.

ripster · 20 Dec 2011, 19:22

Are these as THICK as Topre keys?

JesuswasaZombie · 21 Dec 2011, 01:05

These look fantastic, count me in.

cable · 21 Dec 2011, 01:34

That's pretty darn sexy.

nathanscribe · 21 Dec 2011, 14:27

They'd make for a nice Poker refurb, methinks.

yench · 21 Dec 2011, 17:47

are these like the poker pbt caps but sub printed?

RiGS · 21 Dec 2011, 21:17

Yes, but expect to pay an unreasonable premium.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?2499 ... up-round-1
Those are basically the same 25€ keys, yet imsto charges $120 USD shipped for those.

yench · 21 Dec 2011, 22:49

92€... no, just no. i'd really like to know how much of this premium is actually justified by production costs and low demand.

jinhan108 · 24 Dec 2011, 17:11

Not to mention the oversized, italicised fonts too... Not much love for that

002 · 27 Dec 2011, 04:09

I don't like the italicised fonts either, otherwise they are OK.
Just don't put isopropyl alcohol on them and you'll be fine.

RiGS · 27 Dec 2011, 19:26

He probably meant the discoloration of the white legends.

By the way I don't like the italicised fonts either.

Lamaboi · 27 Dec 2011, 23:47

002 wrote:I don't like the italicised fonts either, otherwise they are OK.
Just don't put isopropyl alcohol on them and you'll be fine.

I always thought isopropyl was milder than acetone and hence better for cleaning keycaps without attacking the plastic. Using it all the time to clean ABS caps, but does it react differently with PBT?

002 · 28 Dec 2011, 00:07

Sorry I should have actually pointed out in that post that I was only talking about Filco keycaps.
Filco use some weird 'UV coating' to give their keycaps their smooth texture. It's this coating that reacts very badly with isopropyl alcohol and the reaction causes the keycaps to turn a splotchy grey. I ruined an entire set of keycaps on my Filco because of it

I believe Ripster makes mention of it on the geekhack 'All About Keys' wiki somewhere but finding info on that wiki is like drawing blood from a stone sometimes.

ripster · 28 Dec 2011, 01:15

You don't get to be Number One by making your Wiki easy to understand.

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Lamaboi · 28 Dec 2011, 20:01

Y'know, WIKI's a great thing, unless it's full of hidden malware/trojans.

ripster · 28 Dec 2011, 22:59

I saw that in the 7bit Group Key Buy wiki.

Boy that thing is hard to understand.

sixty · 29 Dec 2011, 06:54

Just be happy you do not need to send PMs to his perl bot to read the wiki

sixty · 02 Jan 2012, 18:24

thickness:

FOR CHERRY 1.5mm
FOR OEM series 1.0mm

ripster · 02 Jan 2012, 19:09

1.5mm? That's THICK!

Lamaboi · 03 Jan 2012, 03:44

Wonder if they'll be selling those with universal spacebars for Filco/Poker/Leopolds etc.?
Also, any source on those thickness measures?

RiGS · 04 Jan 2012, 03:05

The OEM series is only 0.8mm.