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Rise_Chan OP t1_jeg7alo wrote

Reply to comment by Past-Calligrapher-11 in Just built my first mechanical keyboard, was fun :) (momoka zoo65, kailh box jades, durock v2 stabs, matt30 MT3 susuwatari keycaps) by Rise_Chan

Thanks! I was worried I might get murdered immediately for my cable not matching my red keys or something lol.
They're really nice actually, I don't have a ton to compare them to, this is my first keyboard outside of the razer blackwidows and stuff, but they feel super smooth and comfortable, like I actually feel like the keycaps are more than just plastic little bits covering the 'real thing' in this instance, it's great lol, they actually add a lot to the typing/comfort experience while giving that nice IBM aesthetic which I love.

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meshdeath t1_jeg51it wrote

Reply to Hot take: ABS keycaps are more comfortable for typing by [deleted]

I have the same opinion as yours. Textured ABS (like GMK) feels softer to me than textured PBT (which feels almost “gritty” to me, like sandpaper). Keycap texture is actually more important to me than keycap profile and I like smooth textures like you. For that reason, my favorite keycaps are actually ABS SA keycaps.

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NoOne-NBA- t1_jeg3ymt wrote

Reply to Hot take: ABS keycaps are more comfortable for typing by [deleted]

I don't really care about one material over the other.
I care about initial quality, and durability.

That said, I see shine as a badge of honor, rather than a defect.
It shows you actually USE the keyboard in question.
That is provided the keycaps are double-shot, to keep them from losing their legends, like cheap painted-on keycaps do.

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Apprehensive_Park951 t1_jeg1k9g wrote

Reply to Hot take: ABS keycaps are more comfortable for typing by [deleted]

I think you’re a little misguided. Texture has almost no dependence on plastic material, as far as keycaps go. It’s purely the molds used when the keycaps were made. The roughest keycaps I’ve ever used were abs. The smoothest I’ve ever used were pbt. DSS and CannonCaps respectively. In the photo, you can see my CannonCaps is so soft and smooth that my nail rubbing against it during typing has scratched it up pretty bad. In addition, which texture is more comfortable is also purely preference, so there’s really no objective better or worse. Like everything in this hobby, the best is whatever you like the most.

https://preview.redd.it/glrmyr2x16ra1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=d2e5a16e96d32af2929b208e4f53f998f22530bf

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