Piano Guidance
Piano Guidance
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Typically, there are two ways to purchase keycaps: from a website that has them in-stock and through a group buy. Buying from a website that holds them in-stock is the easiest way to get ahold of keycaps. This is typically how you would order any item from an online.
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Read More »Finding the next set of keycaps for your keyboard can be difficult to do. There are so many different websites out there that sell them, and it can be difficult to figure out which sites are reliable, and which are not. To help you out, we put together a list of well-regarded websites in the mechanical keyboard community that offer a variety of keycaps in unique designs.
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Read More »Drop has a ton of different keycap sets available on their website. They specialize more in the mid-range keycaps, around the $50-100 mark. You should be able to find some higher quality PBT and ABS keycap variants in-stock or available for pre-order. Drop has a decent selection of Mito, GMK, and other interesting brands for purchase, so don’t be afraid to browse their offerings. If you’re looking for the more custom keycaps or the newest sets, I would check out one of the other websites below. You do have to create an account to look at their offerings, but it only takes about 30 seconds to set it up. Mechanicalkeyboards actually has a pretty decent selection of keycaps on their site. The website has several different brands available such as Tai-hao, GMK, and Ducky. We definitely recommend browsing through their selection and finding what interests you. We have been keeping a close eye on the GMK Yoda and Ducky Joker sets as possible future sets for our keyboards. Mechanicalkeyboards focuses mainly on mid-range keycaps, similar to Drop, but they also have a few higher end keycaps as well. The site also has some rubber keycaps available if you’re interested in checking that out. Mechgroupbuys is where you go if you want to check out the latest and greatest group buys. You should be able to find all sorts of brand-new designs by GMK and other vendors. I would only shop here if you’re willing to wait at least nine months for a new keycap set. The website doesn’t actually sell the keycaps, but they’ll direct you to a website that will process your order. Mechgroupbuys is simply a way to track all of the group buys currently in process so you don’t need to check 10+ websites every time you want to look at keycaps. Be prepared to pay at least $100+ for each set, although if you find a good set, you could potentially flip the keycaps for a decent price later on for $300+ on /r/mechmarket. But keycap flipping is a discussion for a different article. On mechgroupbuys I would be a little cautious and do some research on each vendor before you buy from them. Some are more reliable than others. Keycaplendar is very similar to mechgroupbuys, except it focuses primarily on tracking group buys for keycaps. You should be able to see all of the keycaps available for the next year or so. Everything here will fetch a high price, but you are getting the latest and most unique keycap designs, so it makes sense. Just be careful when checking the vendor and do a little research before purchasing. Here is another great site to track group buys from. Very similar to mechgroupbuys and keycaplendar, keycapsets.com is all about looking at group buys and tracking when they end/start. Each keycap set will show the amount of days that are left for the group buy and direct you to where you can enter the buy. Most are available through forums such as geekhack, which typically have the best designs in my opinion.
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Read More »If you’re not aware, the subreddit mechmarket is all about buying and selling aftermarket keyboards and keycap sets. From this forum, you can purchase keycaps that have already underwent the group buy phase and you can find keycaps without needing to wait the long six to nine-month period. Just be aware you’ll often have to pay 2 or 3x the original purchase price of the keycap sets than if you bought it through the original group buy. Convenience has a high price in the mechanical keyboard community, but if you want an exclusive set of keycaps fast, this is the place to go. It’s not uncommon to pay at least $300+ for a set of keycaps. The benefit being you can get the keycaps within a few days from the seller.
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