Toabao. So far none available from Malaysia/locally.

Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
Polybutylene terephthalate

uncle google is your best fren.

IOW, they are plastic.

They are not some professional mechanical kb manufacturer, thus they are finding OEM to make their product.
The last mech kb(Quickfire Rapid) is made by Costar. Their upcoming product such as Trigger and Quickfire Rapid Pro are probably from iOne.

You can see that features, aesthetics and structures wise, they look quite identical to Razer BWU and Tesoro Durandale(BWU's clone brother).

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Added on March 11, 2012, 11:04 pmBTW, dafuq is this? A full white storm Trigger? It provoking my "white" fetish lying beneath me...


This post has been edited by Human10: Mar 11 2012, 11:28 PM

Nope, as far as I remember, army group and inpad had always sell it at that price.
Not sure why but many of their items(mech kb) are 200TWD cheaper than global.pchome...

BTW, thats still not the cheapest, the cheapest should be in US. When they had offer, they can go real cheap...
Corsair k60 as low as 80USD.
CM Storm Blue as low as 65USD.

This post has been edited by Human10: Mar 12 2012, 11:21 AM

yup, it is a well known issue.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?24177-L...r-a-closer-look
you can try keycool colorful abs spacebar, it should fit.

This post has been edited by Human10: Mar 12 2012, 06:15 PM

Clear(translucent) ABS coated with black coating.
Replacement should be close to zero. The best you can do is find those colorful abs keycaps that isn't really too suitable for BL.

When free I will list out the compatibility/oddity of most modern board available in market now.

PBT spacebar is consider a rare stuff already. Even HHKB Pro2(a kb that cost over RM1000) having fullset PBT but still need/use ABS spacebar.
As I stated earlier, you can go for those colorful spacebar from Keycool. Each one cost around RM5/6. Consider one spacebar can last at least 2months, you can get all the color(total of 8 including black and white) and change it as it worn.

I thought you want to go for Filco Camo?

If from Xarmor, then it probably will be fully compatible.
But AFAIK, Xarmor don't sell their keycaps separately.

Also, why do you want to change it if it is consider sucks as same...

Come ppl claim that Xarmor is even more sucky than Razer BWU and Teroso Durandale.

Quite funny that they made others' product better while self's suckier...

This post has been edited by Human10: Mar 12 2012, 06:24 PM

CM Storm with brown switch then?

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Added on March 12, 2012, 6:28 pmInfact, BWU come out earlier than BL Xarmor.
May be Razer are the one who prepare the blue-print for iOne to manufacture?

This post has been edited by Human10: Mar 12 2012, 06:28 PM

Leopold FC500R(fullsize): Oddity in term of the spacebar. Keycool's should be similar and compatible.
Ducky: Quite normal and standardized like most other modern board. Just that the windowed keycaps can be hard to found sometimes.
Filco: Should be the most common standard out there. Almost all aftermart keycaps should fit on it.
Cherry: Too fragmentised. The most common issue found with their modern board(3xxx series, including the 3800) is the strange stem placement on "Caps lock". Also do note that Cherry keycaps are lower(shorter) than most modern brands(Ducky and Filco). It should not be too bothersome if you swap off fullset with same height.
Razer/Xarmor/Other iOne board: The bottom row(Ctrl, Alt, Spacebar...) are using the less common layout, which made it hard to find replacement for the whole bottom row...
SS7G/6GV2/Zowie Celeritas: The "big-ass" Enter, short backspace/right Shift are going to be the parts that made your life hard... Also, the spacebar is using a different standard with Filco and Ducky. Should be similar to the one find on Leopold FC200R(not too sure, need confirmation).

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Added on March 12, 2012, 6:36 pmThe more features it offer, the higher the chance of the keyboard will go down...

BTW, to verify the bolded statement. Any white rat want to open up a Stealth Razer BWU for comparison purpose?

This post has been edited by Human10: Mar 12 2012, 06:38 PM

This is your best fren then.

3 possible solution:
1st: Change to otaku(blank with no printing keycaps), then it will had nothing to be worn out.
2nd: Ready to pay for the price of around another 6GV2 and go surf in GeekHack/Taobao for fullset dye-sub thick PBT/DS replacement keycaps. It should last forever.
3rd: Go dig in taobao for those engraved but non-printed/side printed keycaps. There will also be nothing to be worn out...

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Added on March 12, 2012, 6:55 pmThat is carbon fiber, AKA sticker to cover those thing you dislike...
10xx series once are quite sucky, thus giving Ducky the Ducky Sucky reputation in GH...
Some of us here(when in the 1st thread, not sure if still here...) had the 10xx series and is bearable with the not impressive built quality.

The problem now is that why don't you add like another RM100(roti+maggi for a week? ) to get a better piece of KB?

This post has been edited by Human10: Mar 12 2012, 06:56 PM

Ducky 9xxx series are the more refined series.

BTW guys, I suddenly had this idea in my mind.
How would it looks like if this case


cross with this keycaps?


This post has been edited by Human10: Mar 12 2012, 07:01 PM

Not a owner, can't say too much bout it.
Features wise it should be OK, with USB NKRO, multimedia keys, detachable wires and so on.

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Added on March 12, 2012, 7:03 pmtaobao aproximate to:
ebay in US
Mudah in Marehsia

It's called worn out. You rub a thing everyday and it will eventually worn out(and become shiny).
The solution to worn out are:
1. Sandpaper/blasting it after it worn
2. Using PBT keycaps as it is more worn resistant to ABS
3. Using Metal keycaps, it should probably took forever to worn out...

This post has been edited by Human10: Mar 12 2012, 07:05 PM

Not all ducky come with PBT keycaps, ask Storm88 for which model had it.

LOL, first say want Filco Camo, then say cut budget go Ducky 10xx, then say add another bit to G2, now want add more to Shine? Trolol...
Whatever it is, choose the one you like. So that it worth the money spent.

Durability wise I will definitely choose G2 with PBT.
PBT sure pawn coated ABS kao kao...

This post has been edited by Human10: Mar 12 2012, 07:12 PM

Its because the market for Cherry is larger(replacement keycaps, gaming mech keyboard and so on). Back in old day, it is the time when alps rule the world.
But now alps had already consider fallen and most alps switch nowadays are consider "fake" alps, unlike Cherry, still made by Cherry.

This post has been edited by Human10: Mar 12 2012, 11:19 PM

ABS replacement keycaps for Zowie, would probably fit SS6GV2 quite well(just that it is having some windowed keycaps...).

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Added on March 13, 2012, 12:02 amLOL haven enter manufacture state?

This post has been edited by Human10: Mar 13 2012, 12:02 AM

TROLOL, none...

If you visit those western website(wasd, elitekeyboard, keyboardco), each switch is going to be quite pricy, you might as well buy a new china brand keyboard and harvest the switch.
If you visit to those taiwan webstore(inpad, armygroup), their switch are quite cheap, from 10TWD to 13TWD. The problem is that they normally don't do international shipping, LOL.
If you visit China webstore, switch can be quite pricy(average of over 5RMB) too(and can't make sure if it is 1st hand/2nd hand).

So any answer?

arrange the price from lowest to highest.
http://s.taobao.com/search?q=cherry+%D6%E1...ce-asc#J_Filter

Trustable seller:
Vegetable Worm(a moderator at a China forum):
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=13008231633



This post has been edited by Human10: Mar 13 2012, 12:32 AM

Zeo Zelia.
The:
No top case(topless, like Corsair)
PCB mounted tenkeyless
Wireless mechanical keyboard