thick dye-subbed PBT from China

RiGS · 15 Nov 2011, 01:38

Omg thick dye subbed pbt keys!
I'm glad that I was patient and didn't jump on that SP group buy, not to mention the ridiculously expensive($350 USD) original Cherry dye subbed keys.

The key profile looks identical to Cherry.

RiGS · 15 Nov 2011, 01:42

These look like tatoos.

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=1316 ... id=&pm_id=

litster · 15 Nov 2011, 09:25

They look OK, but I rather have simpler designs. The complicated, busy designs make them look cheap.

RiGS · 15 Nov 2011, 14:50

I agree, but the point is that they can make whatever design we want.
This opens up a whole lot of new possibilities.

mintberryminuscrunch · 15 Nov 2011, 15:28

RiGS wrote:I agree, but the point is that they can make whatever design we want.
This opens up a whole lot of new possibilities.

Sp does dyesubs, too
And when something goes wrong you can communicate with them

RiGS · 15 Nov 2011, 18:13

SP keycaps are very thin and SP can't make a PBT spacebar. Also they are very expensive for what they are.

I prefer the nice & old thick keycap design like Cherry and Noppoo.
I strongly believe these keycaps were from the same mold/factory as the Noppoo keycaps.

ripster · 15 Nov 2011, 18:27

Ooooh! Those ARE thick.

Plus according to my Keyboard Science experiments the spacebar should last at LEAST 6X the $120 Topre ABS ones.

Grond · 15 Nov 2011, 18:55

So do they produce keycaps on request like SP?

RiGS · 26 Nov 2011, 16:56

It appears they can produce custom designs.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?2429 ... post458829
However I'm still not sure whether they can make full sets or just single keys.

Seth · 23 Dec 2011, 19:19

Whats the current status of this seller? Is he able to produce 87 key set at a reasonable price? If he does, this could be a big thing among fellow Koreans.

RiGS · 23 Dec 2011, 20:42

The seller is able to supply blank noppoo key caps, but I don't think he'll be able to do mass order dyesub based on his response.
I tried to organize a group buy to get the full 104 key set of the white blank Noppoo keys from Plum, so I asked another seller(imsto) if he would dye sublimate those keys with the original Cherry font for us.
At first he had agreed to do it later this year, then when I tried to send him a few samples to experiment with he backed out.
So my attempt at this turned to a dead end.
Maybe if we send imsto a lot of request in PM, he will change his mind.

Personally I think the blank keycaps with ninja style metallic stickers would also look great.

http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/3258067#64

Btw as far as I can tell the Noppoo keys are very close, possibly they have the exact same profile as the original Cherry keys.