Cheap G80 1800 (winkey) keycaps?

[Dingster]

Having some troubles finding any on my own, so making a seperate thread about it.

Thanks in advance. Have german ISO atm, ISO preffered, but doesn't need to be german or anything specific.

[scottc]

How cheap? And what preference of legend printing? Give us something to go on

[Dingster]

Im talking bottom of the barrel cheap, whatever you can find as long as it isnt lasered or pad printed

[scottc]

Bottom of the barrel cheap isn’t normally doubleshot or dyesub so in that case you should probably try to get some cheap blanks from China...

Maybe something like this: Look what I found on AliExpress
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3278812 ... 23136.html
On top of that you’ll need 8 x 1u, 1 x 1.75u, 1 x 6u (off-centered).

This is some of the cheapest stuff you can get that’s not terrible and it’s probably more expensive than what you paid for the whole board. It’s hard to get a very cheap and compatible kit for this board because it’s ISO and the odd-sized mods.

It might not be worth trying to cover it completely, just deal with the suboptimal caps and save up for something more standard.

[Dingster]

Bottom of the barrel cheap isn’t normally doubleshot or dyesub so in that case you should probably try to get some cheap blanks from China...

Maybe something like this: Look what I found on AliExpress
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3278812 ... 23136.html
On top of that you’ll need 8 x 1u, 1 x 1.75u, 1 x 6u (off-centered).

This is some of the cheapest stuff you can get that’s not terrible and it’s probably more expensive than what you paid for the whole board. It’s hard to get a very cheap and compatible kit for this board because it’s ISO and the odd-sized mods.

It might not be worth trying to cover it completely, just deal with the suboptimal caps and save up for something more standard.

Thanks
I wouldnt mind paying more for printed caps to be honest. Lets say I'd pay a maximum of 60eur for the keyset

[scottc]

Well, search on aliexpress for "Cherry keycaps" and there are plenty of results! If you find something nice and are worried about compatibility, post in here and we can help.

[scottc]

Double post: this might work for you actually, is cheap and dye-subbed: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/kbdfans ... 43018.html

Get the 152-key kit. Don't expect miracles, expect a $60 keyset. But it's dye-sub Cherry PBT, if you ignore legend inconsistencies it's probably pretty good.

[Dingster]

Double post: this might work for you actually, is cheap and dye-subbed: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/kbdfans ... 43018.html

Get the 152-key kit. Don't expect miracles, expect a $60 keyset. But it's dye-sub Cherry PBT, if you ignore legend inconsistencies it's probably pretty good.

Thanks a lot. Actually looks kind of decent

[scottc]

Yeah, it's pretty nice. I considered getting it more than once. The problem is that some of the legends are a bit off or inconsistently placed, but honestly, for the price you can't complain. Let us know how it goes if you decide to go for it.

[scottc]

Was just browsing KBDFans' store again and came across this which will also work if you get the Mac kit for the 1u mods: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/dye-sub ... 88644.html

[Dingster]

Was just browsing KBDFans' store again and came across this which will also work if you get the Mac kit for the 1u mods: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/dye-sub ... 88644.html

these look even better, thanks

[kbdfr]

Note that on the Cherry 1800 keyboards the Delete, End and PageDown keys are Row 1 (instead of the usual Row 2) profile.

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