As a note, you shouldn't be too adverse too shining up your GMK caps that you have on your keycult, if that's what stopping you from using it as much! It turns out that the shine of the keycaps comes less from oil or other debris during use, but more of the friction rubbing off the matte texture on the cap. Some old heads on deskthority have done extensive testing on ABS keycaps down to the model of compressor + media size and discovered that the matte texture can be restored with sandblasting the caps. On the flip side, there are also people who have polished their keycaps to an even shine which actually looks very beautiful. Of course, I can also understand the idea of rotating favorites out and in- I recently acquired a unikorn and it's been all I've been using recently. All that just to say- it would be a shame if that well loved keycult didn't get any more time on the desk!
The keycult will definitely still get some time! But it's been THE keyboard on that desk for the last 2 years. I wanna include some rotation in at home as well, and when I play games I just don't love the feel of those ASWD keys with how shined down they are, and part of that is because my fingers actually do get sweaty so sweat + shine feels like I've been eating a bag of greasy chips haha
You could try GMK demon sword, indigo, deep navy, matrix, pacific, rudy, or trackday if you can get your hands on them. GMK Rudy is pretty available on the aftermarket.
I think I did a poor job at explaining the blue on the keychron. At first glance it almost looks black, in almost feels like they were going for black, but it just has a blue hue to it. I think everything you mentioned is definitely like, trying to be blue and would still not quite match with the keys on top. And Marques is definitely going to favor black!
Not trying to put them against each other, Envoy just happened to have a set of PBT on it because it's what looked best. Those GMK Crimson Cadet caps are just WELL used and when I play games (what I mostly do at my desk at home) the shine + sweaty hands just feels not great. Still think it looks amazing though
You could get some GMK Relegendables for the f-row instead. They provide a bit of an accent and legends can be custom written or printed. Space Cables could probably help out. Edit: I commented this before getting to the part of the stream where this was discussed lol.
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Thanks for the shout there towards the end! 🍻New build for Marques looks sleek 👌🏼
Dude, thanks for all your videos! I've watched so many of your builds, they're so sick
Carry the one
Why is mark zuckerberg in my recommendation and why is he posting a 1.30 hour video on keyboards?
Bro that's your algorithm, aint our fault!
I can't believe he Marques isn't using the Omnitype Taeha collab 🙈 I would kill for that board, it's even designed for him specifically 😳
how fast can you type?
As a note, you shouldn't be too adverse too shining up your GMK caps that you have on your keycult, if that's what stopping you from using it as much! It turns out that the shine of the keycaps comes less from oil or other debris during use, but more of the friction rubbing off the matte texture on the cap. Some old heads on deskthority have done extensive testing on ABS keycaps down to the model of compressor + media size and discovered that the matte texture can be restored with sandblasting the caps. On the flip side, there are also people who have polished their keycaps to an even shine which actually looks very beautiful. Of course, I can also understand the idea of rotating favorites out and in- I recently acquired a unikorn and it's been all I've been using recently. All that just to say- it would be a shame if that well loved keycult didn't get any more time on the desk!
The keycult will definitely still get some time! But it's been THE keyboard on that desk for the last 2 years. I wanna include some rotation in at home as well, and when I play games I just don't love the feel of those ASWD keys with how shined down they are, and part of that is because my fingers actually do get sweaty so sweat + shine feels like I've been eating a bag of greasy chips haha
You could try GMK demon sword, indigo, deep navy, matrix, pacific, rudy, or trackday if you can get your hands on them. GMK Rudy is pretty available on the aftermarket.
I think I did a poor job at explaining the blue on the keychron. At first glance it almost looks black, in almost feels like they were going for black, but it just has a blue hue to it. I think everything you mentioned is definitely like, trying to be blue and would still not quite match with the keys on top. And Marques is definitely going to favor black!
Nothing wrong with ABS shine. PBT gets it too
Not trying to put them against each other, Envoy just happened to have a set of PBT on it because it's what looked best. Those GMK Crimson Cadet caps are just WELL used and when I play games (what I mostly do at my desk at home) the shine + sweaty hands just feels not great. Still think it looks amazing though
For sure I have PBT and ABS sets. There is just a misconception in the community for newcomers that one trumps the other.
I think you did Marques the biggest favor, that old keyboard sounded awful
Within an hour of him using the new one he said "Now I'm gonna hate my keyboard at home" 😅
You could get some GMK Relegendables for the f-row instead. They provide a bit of an accent and legends can be custom written or printed. Space Cables could probably help out.
Edit: I commented this before getting to the part of the stream where this was discussed lol.
It's a great suggestion!
I wonder the same thing, Peter
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why