sometimes i wonder why the straightness of epbt's modifier keys and space bars are based on luck, while shenpo's are just always straight.

to prove this, i have tested almost every cherry profile set from shenpo, including their dye-sub pbt and double-shot abs. shenpo's key caps are relatively thicker in many cases (dye-sub especially).

note that there are short comings in shenpo's caps, compared to epbt or crp, so shenpo is definitely still having many rooms for improvement. this is especially true if you talked about details that are related to visual qualities (e.g., sometimes relatively blurred legends; and somewhat deformed caps). however, in terms of typing feel, they are ok imo (there are differences, but only can be observed with side-by-side comparisons)

i think new key set makers like shenpo should just make their own sets, instead of making clones.

yes i have read about shenpo and early xmi sharing the same manufacturer for blanks. yes, the manufacturer should get credit for supplying good blanks.

however, in the case of dye-sub sets, epbt is experienced, while shenpo is still relatively new. since epbt has own facilities for pbt blanks, it should have better controls on qc, and with experience to handle large-scale gbs for years, they should know more on how to handle deformed caps during sorting.

i still get epbt key sets, and i have no issue fixing warped long keys. i just wonder what is happening in the background that proper qc cannot be done for epbt.

perhaps it's really due to the volume of orders that epbt received, while shenpo's still very small.

i have some questions and hopefully some good fellas here would be able to answer me

i quit mech kb around 2014? and recently started feeling itchy again.

my favourite switches then was 62g ergo clears, but then i switched to vintage blacks 58-62g (?) and fell in love with blacks. what are the switches that comes close to them? i also noticed in mechmarket that theres a lot of different switches name now.. im getting old, too many names to remember lah

back when i started collecting mech kb, acrylic custom keyboards were really bad, but nowadays i see a lot using polycarb material, i saw that the lin montage polycarb is really sexy, but seems to be hard to find, anything close to that you guys can suggest?

i am currently using a tecware tkl with gateron yellows (this one got me itching again). also is it still hard to get those 55g topres?