Best keycaps

[webwit]

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Nomination rules:
Please suggest nominees for the best keycaps in 2017. Only complete sets may be nominated. Artisans and novelties have their own category. You have to give a short motivation for each suggestion. The keycaps must be newer than November 26, 2016 to qualify for this year's DTAs. You cannot nominate your own made keycaps.

Current suggestions:

• GMK 9009 R2, absolute classic colorway, lots of sales, and the only new keycap set that was able to crack into my wallet yet
• SA Godspeed by MiTo, for how beautiful it recreates old vintage NASA equipment from the same time period as where our beloved spherical keycaps come from. A nice, calm tone of blue paired with creamy alphas, topped off with a few novelties and novelty text caps.
• SA Camping by MonkeySix, not only do the maroon red, forest green and also creamy alphas pair so nicely, it exceeded in the department of novelties. Just lovely icons that bring this colorway to a whole other level.
• MFcaps for the best booty in the game
• MiTo Canvas XDA, I just got mine in last week and they look quite purdy on my ergodox. They are simple, the typeface is nice, they are PBT, and the symbol set makes it a show stopper
• GMK Terminal, can't get enough of it!
• EnjoyPBT Cherry Profile PBT Dyesubs, whether it's their cyan/magenta Hangul legends, or their black/red Cyrillic legends, these keycaps are super popular and very classy looking
• GMK Originative WoB, for bringing back an absolute classic on a wide range of layouts
• Leopold PBT doubleshots for the obvious: stock PBT doubleshot keycaps made to a very high standard in tasteful color schemes
• GMK Burgundy for being colourful but not gaudy
• GMK Honeywell for bringing Round 5 to the cylindrical realm
• GMK Oblivion! The ability to switch out the alphas to make your own version of the classic IDE theme, and make it mono or colored. Putting it on my board today, and I'll post a picture!
• Is this the year of SA Dasher technically? If so, I'll nominate that gladly .

The first round ends on Sunday 26 November, 19:00 UTC.

[mike52787]

GMK 9009 R2. Absolute classic colorway and lots of sales! The only new keycap set that was able to crack into my wallet yet.

[Oblotzky]

The keycap(s) must be newer than November 26, 2016 to qualify for this year's DTAs. You cannot nominate your keycap(s).

To clarify, the keycaps must actually exist (as in shipped out) in this timeframe right? So GMK Laser that is still in group buy phase would not count?

I'd like to nominate SA Godspeed by MiTo. GB was in September 2016, shipped out from Massdrop June 2017.

While it sparked a lot of 'drama' with its long delays and the double shipments later on, it should not be remembered for that but for how beautiful it recreates old vintage NASA equipment from the same time period as where our beloved spherical keycaps come from. A nice, calm tone of blue paired with creamy alphas, topped off with a few novelties and novelty text caps.



and also SA Camping by MonkeySix, GB was in August 2016 and shipped out from KeyClack in April 2017.

Not only do the maroon red, forest green and also creamy alphas pair so nicely, it exceeded in the department of novelties. Just lovely icons that bring this colorway to a whole other level.

[webwit]

Yeah they must exist.

[dreLLin]

+ 1 for Camping it's so beautiful

[dalesnail]

Also nominating MFcaps for the best booty in the game.

[codemonkeymike]

Also nominating MFcaps for the best booty in the game.

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My choice will be "MiTo Canvas XDA". I just got mine in last week and they look quite purdy on my ergodox. They are simple, the typeface is nice, they are PBT, and the symbol set makes it a show stopper

[Myoth]

Nominating GMK Terminal, can't get enough it it !

[andrewjoy]

Wow they are awsome ! , 2 questions , can i still get them ? and do they do alps mount ?

[Myoth]

Wow they are awsome ! , 2 questions , can i still get them ? and do they do alps mount ?

It got shipped in January, so you'd have to get them aftermarket ... and no, unfortunately they were'nt made with Alps mount

[recon8659]

EnjoyPBT Cherry Profile PBT Dyesubs

Whether it's their cyan/magenta Hangul legends, or their black/red Cyrillic legends, these keycaps are super popular and very classy looking.

[kekstee]

If I'm nominating an Artisan, am I the maker? A singular cap?

You seriously misunderstood something.
The maker is whoever designed/produced it.

And the only new keycaps on the market worth a damn are GMK.
Thanks mike for the the great nomination

In that spirit I would nominate GMK Originative WoB, for bringing back an absolute classic on a wide range of layouts.

[davkol]

I nominate Leopold PBT doubleshots for the obvious: stock PBT doubleshot keycaps made to a very high standard in tasteful color schemes.

[Khers]

I would like to nominate GMK Burgundy for being colourful but not gaudy

(Photo credit: DanielT)

[DanielT]

Hey, I have manged to take quite a decent photo there

[Khers]

How could you not take a good pic with TX60 and Burgundy?

[HeroXLazer]

I really like GMK Terminal.

[Khers]

Just remembered GMK Honeywell probably debuted this year:

Image stolen from KeyChatter

I would like to nominate GMK Honeywell for bringing Round 5 to the cylindrical realm.

[sachin3767]

+1 MiTo Canvas XDA

[chuckdee]

+1 Honeywell.

Also GMK Oblivion!



The ability to switch out the alphas to make your own version of the classic IDE theme, and make it mono or colored. Putting it on my board today, and I'll post a picture!

[webwit]

Due to popular demand, I split the keycaps category and created an artisan keycap category.

[_PixelNinja]

Thanks Ol' Duck. I think it's for the best.

[Chyros]

Is this the year of SA Dasher technically? If so, I'll nominate that gladly .

[Oblotzky]

Is this the year of SA Dasher technically? If so, I'll nominate that gladly .

It is, GB was in December 2016 and delivery was in September 2017

Here's a nice pic of it for the nominee gallery.


Also thanks chuckdee for nominating GMK Oblivion I'll try to snap some nice pics over the weekend to really show it off.

[marijan]

/dev/tty obviously

[Oblotzky]

/dev/tty obviously

Excluded due to non-existent. Ships out ~January to current estimates. Also it was designed by matt3o, who is excluded as well since he's running the award. The set itself would surely be a worthy nomination tho for sure, don't get me wrong!

[marijan]

/dev/tty obviously

Excluded due to non-existent. Ships out ~January to current estimates. Also it was designed by matt3o, who is excluded as well since he's running the award. The set itself would surely be a worthy nomination tho for sure, don't get me wrong!

No problem. I understand. Let me just quote it again as it deserves another appearance

[Oblotzky]

Some proper pics for GMK Oblivion, thanks again chuckdee for the nomination

[jkaos92]

XDA Canvas!

I know this is not gonna be a popular opinion because Cherry and other profiles are really liked here. But for who likes flat profiles, XDA is miles better than DSA.

It's a pleasure for me to type on XDA, that is basically a better DSA with a larger surface. This imho is the only new good thing of the year regarding keycaps, the rest of the caps were just new keysets with different colors in the same profile (e.g. GMK, that i like yeah, but nothing new to me, just the typical initial hype when you get them).


EDIT: CANVAS already nominated :/

[scottc]

I really like GMK Honeywell and Oblivion both. Shame I missed them both. Would be happy to see either win.

Not really a fan of any of the others apart from GMK 9009 which is a nice set but isn't novel enough to win a DTA, in my opinion.