my eroded keycaps

nanu · 23 Mar 2012, 02:03

I've been using these for 28 months(?). Dolch replica from SP, ABS; aka GH ROUND 1.

Left alt vs. right alt, respectively.

This is partly why I'm not very enthused about keyboards anymore. I have some PBT keycaps to try out later when a Phantom arrives

ripster · 23 Mar 2012, 02:41

First Filco, then SP.

Nanu - destroyer of keys.

If it makes you feel any better I got those keys shiny in a month.

However my current keys arrived shiny!

Sent From Brother Ripster's iPad

Gilgam · 23 Mar 2012, 10:35

Mine are shiny very easily too .
This is the way it goes. If you don't want them to be shiny or eroded, don't type

On my GB3 i have the most used letters already shiny .
fortunately i type a lot in english

mintberryminuscrunch · 23 Mar 2012, 13:27

it looks like you need to trim your nails

guilleguillaume · 23 Mar 2012, 17:02

I have no shiny keys in any of my keyboards

feng · 23 Mar 2012, 19:29

guilleguillaume wrote:I have no shiny keys in any of my keyboards

Which means you change your keyboards all the time.

ripster · 23 Mar 2012, 19:41

I will be impressed when you wear a hole in them.

Oh wait, Signature Plastics. Those are so thin I wouldn't be impressed.

Zehkul · 08 Apr 2012, 16:33

Before I got this board, I didn’t know you could do this to PBT. You can’t see it that well but yes, there is a very noticeable dent in it. ;P

ripster · 08 Apr 2012, 17:40

Plastic shrinkage dimple. Most noticeable on black PBT keys but even IBM space bars have it.

But then your stems are probably on a different place. Hmmm..

Wearing out IBM PBT White dyesubs, now That's something.

Zehkul · 08 Apr 2012, 18:52

Probably a shrinkage dimple, yeah, but where the lasered legend was there’s a 100% non shrinkage caused hole now of the same shape of the former legend.

I don’t think you can wear dye subbed IBM keys like that though. Come back at me in thirty years.

ripster · 20 Jun 2012, 17:15

Sure you can.

See this:
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?2959 ... Keys-Guide

F3 "Pylon".

http: //geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=21721

off · 20 Jun 2012, 18:08

nanu wrote:I've been using these for 28 months(?). Dolch replica from SP, ABS; aka GH ROUND 1.
Left alt vs. right alt, respectively.

Youch. So what *are* you using Alt for? I only touch that when hitting Alt-F4, which is rare, or opening the menubar; which is even more rare. Granted, I'm on Windows.
Pretty nasty only seeing this now, after having sunk a *bit* of cash into R4. Oh well, still awesome wallpaper it will make.