Hi guys, I just received my Morphling Plum-87 wireless MKB



Nothing interesting about this keyboard, but so far the wireless has been working great, and it feels good too.

One thing which is a little disappointing though, is the font of the key caps, they just don't look nice, so now I am searching for a TKL key caps set to replace this default one. How do I know if the key caps are compatible or not?

Can someone recommending me a good-looking key caps? I like something with white keycaps and blue font

This post has been edited by Xaphier: Aug 21 2013, 03:44 PM

Sorry guys, wasn't active these few days, mood spoiled because my friend was involved in the Genting bus accident

Anyway, I will try to answer as much questions as I can

The parcel took about two weeks to reach Australia, total damage is about 122 USD after including the 10% service charge. Postage fee to Australia is killing me though, I bet you can easily get a RM20 postal fees if you have it send it to Malaysia.

What kind of disassembly you looking for? A full torn down? This is my first mkb so I am not even sure if I am qualify for that, unless you sifus give me some proper guide for that

As for the flaws, there is one thing I notice, the spacebar does get squeaky if I tap them fast enough, I have a pretty fast typing speed, so it gets pretty noticeable when I tap them quick enough. The other thing is the font of keys. To be honest, they looks ugly, I think they look like alphabets written in chinese font, no kidding. I will take more photo when I got the time. That's why I am looking for a new keycaps sets

I thought there is a response time issue when I first got it because I used the wireless mode right away. Keys took longer to register than normal wireless keyboard, disappointed me a little. Thankfully they are quickly resolve by plugging them into the PC first and install the proper drivers.

POM keycaps feels great, it has a matte texture that feels good to touch. However, I never use a ABS or PBT to tell you the difference, sorry.

So....any good keycaps set to recommend?

Thanks, yea he died

I was using TaobaoFocus, decent automated service, but pretty expensive. I will try to apply so grease later.

I just can't take the font, they have inconsistent shapes and case, i.e. "B" key was wrote in lowercase b while most of them are written in uppercase I saw the Raindrops set from geekhack and love them in first sight, too bad the groupbuy has ended and there is no way of getting them now Did anyone of us here manage to get that Raindrop set?

The wireless mode got better once I install the keyboard driver by plugging it into the PC, not very noticeable now, but you might feel a difference if you type really fast ( I have an average WPM of 120 so sometimes I do notice the slight delay )

Yea I will capture some photos once I got home.

Sell me! *jelly*

Sorry if I sound stupid, but TB is an acronym of?

Thanks for informing

EDIT: Ah, stupid me, it's Taobao right?

This post has been edited by Xaphier: Aug 23 2013, 10:47 AM

This one? It's not too bad, but if I were to choose, I would prefer the Raindrop font, and the Raindrop white on blue key is gorgeous. But I will keep this in my list too

Thanks for the link! I am confused by few of the chinese term though. What is 增补组合? The 白蓝87键 should be good enough for my 87 Morphling right?

http://www.pcwaishe.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=512087

Inilah link yang diposted abang Human10

Sorry once again for the late brief review/photo, was too busy with work

Here are some photo of the Morphling Plum 87

Direct Top View




Side View


Front View, along with some of the shortcut key etched under the keycaps. (sorry for the dusts)


Bottom View, uses two AAA batteries


The Brown switches, not as quiet as I was expecting.




Keycaps bottom


The little wireless dongle, no brand no text, nothing special.


So far this keyboard has been serving me well. Wireless mode works without any issue, no noticeable delay even when gaming. Solid build quality, beside the little squeaky sound the space bar made when tapped too fast. Might try rubbing some lube as you said. Still, I dislike the font of the keyboard, and am researching for some new white keycaps now

Let me know if you need any more details/photos of this keyboard.

I have been using it for nearing a month, yet to change battery. I think it can easily lasts for months.

Yea, they are Duracell, come along with the keyboard, not sure if they are fake one or not though since they come from China, LOL

Keyboard itself is 122USD after including the 10% service charge. But shipping is killing me, costing near 40USD to ship to Australia. You can easily have it ship to Malaysia for RM20 I think.

As I mentioned few pages back, I used TaobaoFocus, quite expensive, but the service is pretty decent.

Got wired, I will show you the photo of the wire when I get home. Although I know you will give yaomingdisgusted.jpg face when you see wireless.



Thanks once again for the recommendation bro! I might do a backlit mod, but not so soon, probably after I get a new set of keycaps. I am currently eyeing on this WASD set



Went to the website and check, so many layout, wondering which one is this (Modern, Classic, Dvorak, Colemak, Workman, US International)

Will keep your warning in mind.

There is a backlit version, but there are around 100RMB pricier, and Human01 said it is using a inferior ABS keycaps compare to the POM keycaps in the non-backlit version. Also, do note that the backlit only functions when the keyboard is connected with wired. :/

I see, so I guess the photo I posted from Geekhack is Modern layout? Thanks!

Hi guys, I want to replicate this keycap set from the product selection at WASD online store.



What are the options I should choose? The owner of this keycap said it's a classic, yet I see it looks like a modern layout (from WASD layout guideline). Strange.

Anybody help? Thanks.

I believe it's a Filco.

But the owner said it's from WASD, so I am wondering how do I replicate it :/

Hey Human10, where can I get the IMSTO thick dye sub PBT again? Is there any website for it? Or I have to get them from Taobao again?

Thanks man.