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Keycaps Name | Material | Purchase Date | Additional Notes |
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Glorious Aura Keycaps (Black) | PBT Double-Shot | 2019/03/03 | Generic shinethrough PBT pudding keycaps |
HyperX Pudding Keycaps (White) | PBT Double-Shot | 2019/08/12 | Same as the Aura keycaps but White! |
GMK White On Black | ABS Double-Shot | 2021/07/15 | My first GMK set. Still a damn looker 3 years later even though the alphas are shined to hell. |
Akko Neon ASA | PBT Double Shot | 2021/09/03 | Honestly, not bad. Discontinued since they’re basically GMK Lazer clones, but they were at least in a proprietary profile, which doesn’t feel bad. |
XDA Matcha | PBT Dye-Sub | 2021/10/24 | Simple, cost-effective green PBT set. It’s fun, I guess. |
Drop Artifact Bloom Black on White | PBT Dye-Sub | 2021/11/01 | Really underwhelming, but they are dye-subs with really accurate GMK legends minus some mods, so not bad either. Really slippery. |
GMK Arch | ABS Double-Shot | 2022/05/09 | Bought exclusively for my personal project because i use(d) arch btw, already super UV faded, got to me 2022/12/31 before Mechs & Co imploded |
GMK Dots (Dark) | ABS Double-Shot | 2022/09/08 | I should have kept them all in the same spot since I first mounted them. I think. |
OTC 9009 | PBT Dye-Sub | 2022/10/06 | 9009 on a budget. It doesn’t sound bad and the legends are pretty close but still off from GMK, but not a bad alternative. |
GMK Cubed (Novelties, Accents, Spacebars) | ABS Double-Shot | 2023/03/10 | Instantly bought into the GB, fittingly on MAR10. Got to me 2024/01/13. |
MT3 Susuwatari (Spacebars) | ABS Double-Shot | 2023/03/29 | Won a Free MT3 Set + a child kit, looks nice but not great for long-term use IMO |
KeyKobo White on Black | ABS Double-Shot | 2023/11/26 | Lovely WoB GMK look-a-likes with an expansive kit. Bought during BFCM sale for $60. |
KeyKobo Black on White | ABS Double-Shot | 2023/11/26 | Lovely BoW GMK look-a-likes with an expansive kit. Bought during BFCM sale for $60. |
GMK 80082 | ABS Double-Shot | 2023/12/31 | BOOBS FOR $65 |
GMK Awaken (Mainframe Base but Neo Tokyo Alphas) | ABS Double-Shot | 2024/02/08 | Was bought for Christmas but my link didn’t save Neo Tokyo, so traded Alphas with somebody who bought an NK65 Awaken, so missing some pipes/tilde |
GMK Serika 2 (Latin Core) | ABS Double-Shot | 2024/02/08 | Was bought for Christmas but my link didn’t save Hiragana Core |
GMK CYL Color Samples | ABS Double-Shot | 2024/03/16 | Fun reference keycaps |
GMK Zooted | ABS Double-Shot | 2024/03/16 | Bought with B2G1, had a very warped 7U spacebar, fixed with rubber bands. Also got a fix kit for 1.5u mods |
GMK Oblivion (Monochrome Base) | ABS Double-Shot | 2024/03/16 | Basically MoDo but available and without the good accent colors |
GMK Modern Dolch 2 | ABS Double-Shot | 2024/06/13 | Basically my grail keycaps, unvaulted on a random Thursday as Omnitype was moving warehouses. I paid the retail $155 and I’m proud of it. |
JC Studios Runes | PBT Dye-Sub | 2024/08/08 | Beige with Red Norse Runes, simple but a real eyecatcher. Sounds okay, really good print quality, very cheap. |
Swagkeys Beige | ABS/PBT Double-Shot | 2024/08/08 | Weird method of making keycaps, some small inaccuracies to GMK legends, but overall not bad, especially for the price. |
GMK DMG 3 (Hiragana Base, Macros) | ABS Double-Shot | 2024/08/29 | Really wanted these for Hiragana sublegends and to put them on the Class 0413. |
MW Lillith (Base + Numpad) | ABS/PBT Double-Shot | 2024/10/18 | Haven’t opened them yet because I do want to get an accompanying board before I gift it out. |
GMK Hineybeige | ABS Double-Shot | 2024/10/21 | Finally own some GMK beige, very good, very classy, bought from ElQwan for $80 without the box |
PBTfans Serenity blue (Base + Numpad) | PBT Double-Shot | 2025/04/09 | Bought during KBDfans Spring Sale for about $65. |
Switch | Spring | Film | Lube | Quantity | Additional Notes |
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Cherry MX Hyperglide Blacks | SPRiT M2 60g | Deskeys | None | 151 | lovely scratch - 62 are soldered into the Arc60 |
Cherry MX Hyperglide Blacks | Durock 2-stage Long Spring 62g | Deskeys | 205g0 | 84 | Not the best lube job but they feel good enough |
Cherry MX2A Blacks | Geon Single-Stage 22mm 60g | Geon | None | 180 | A very slightly different scratch sound profile to Hyperglides, but suprisingly sounded good fully stock. |
Vintage Cherry MX Blacks (’87) | Kaidi Long Springs 58g | Deskeys | 205g0 residue | 100 | Desoldered from a Wyse 50, had to mix parts so they could be ultrasonic cleaned, most have been broken in 200k center/100k off-center, wiped the lube off later on - 91 soldered into the Class 0413 |
Cherry MX Hyperglide Nixies | Cannonkeys 2-stage 23mm 58g | TX | 3203 | 106 | Definitely my favorite feeling but regular Blacks barely edge out in sound |
Cherry MX Hyperglide Browns | Geon Single-Stage 22mm 60g | Geon | None | 180 | I bought into the meme. They really are not tactile, it’s almost funny. |
Cherry MX RGB Reds | Stock | None | None | 22 | Desoldered from a Ducky Pocket, nothing special just gamer cherry switches |
Cherry MX Hyperglide Clears | SPRiT M2 60g | Wuque | 3203 | 83 | Trimmed by hand with nail clippers because Geon wasn’t restocking the trimmer at the time. Some maybe MX2A as some had prelube |
Durock T1s | Stock | Durock 0.125 | 3204 | 108 | Good feel and look with matching films but leaf ping is hell |
JWICK Blacks | Stock | None | Stock Prelube | 82 | H1 bottom housing copium |
Gateron Black Ink V2s | Stock | Durock 0.125 | 205g0 | 88 | Probably very overlubed as these were my second set of “enthusiast” switches |
Gateron Oil Kings | Stock | None | 205g0 | 107 | very copium switches |
Gateron Optical Blacks | Stock | None | 205g0 | 68 | Not much you can do with them but not bad at all, very solid contactless |
Gateron Silent Clears KS-3 | Stock | None | None | 39 | Honestly not bad stems but otherwise meh |
Geon Raptor HE | Stock | None | Stock Prelube | 11 | way too overlubed |
Lekker Raptor HE Frankens | Lekker60 Stock Spring | None | Stock Prelube | 61 | Scraps from the Raptor Lekker frankens, only used on the capslock for shinethrough |
Raptor Lekker HE Frankens | Raptor Stock Spring | None | Stock Prelube | 61 | Super good sounding in the Tofu Wooting build and way less sluggish because the stems were not overlubed |
Glorious Pandas | Stock | Durock 0.125 | Stock Prelube | 36 | not horrible but still leaf pingy |
Glorious Pandas | Stock | Durock 0.125 | 3204 | 72 | Copium Pandas |
Kailh BOX Reds | Stock | None | None | 98 | basic |
Kailh BOX Whites | Stock | None | None | 62 | loud |
Kailh BOX Jades | Stock | None | None | 61 | louder |
NK x Kailh Creams (V1) | Stock | None | 205g0 residue | 63 | Some may still be fully lubed or stock, most clipped to 3-pin, 7 leftover housings for BCP/creamerons, my first “enthusiast switches” |
Kailh Chocolate Creams (V2) | Stock | None | None | 9 | Leftovers from a previous board |
Kailh Cream Dreams (V2) | Stock | None | 205g0 | 9 | One spare housing for BCP |
Kailh Cream Dreams (V2) | Stock | Stock | None | 23 | meh nothing to write home about |
KTT Roses | Stock | None | 3203 | 148 | very copium springs |
Akko Silent Matcha Frankens | Durock 62g | None | 205g0 | 67 | Akko CS Matcha Green Housings with Gateron Silent Clear stems, very smooth and very silent |
Akko CS Matcha Greens | Stock | None | None | 6 | i used so many before for basically only frankens |
Akko CS Lavender Purples | Stock | None | None | 57 | Some with Matcha Green housings |
Akko Nylon Lavender Frankens | Gateron Clear Stock Spring | None | None | 66 | Gateron Clear Housings with Lavender Purple Stems from scraps from other frankens |
HMX Game 1989 | Stock | None | Stock | 140 | Very 50/50 Factory lube/leaf ping, once lube is spread they’re solid, little too smooth but good feel, bad spacebar switch |
Kailh BCP | Stock | None | Stock | 30 | In contrast, very good factory lube |
BCPs | Cream Stock Spring | Deskeys | 205g0 | 4 | Cream V1 stems, Cherry Hyperglide Black tops, JWICK Black bottoms |
Zenclack Turbulences | Stock | None | 205g0 | 70 | Acquired from an Alexotos giveaway. Half of them were very leaf pingy and a quarter needing a little tweaking on the leaves. Not bad, otherwise. |