Description
Crystal caps with forged-carbon flake suspended in them. Five shades across two finishes: Pearl White and Forged Black read as solid, while Frost, Rose Jelly and Ice Blue let the backlight through. Cherry height, side-printed legends, 126 caps.
Colour
The five shades
| Shade | What it looks like on a desk |
|---|---|
| Pearl White | Opaque off-white with silver-grey flake. Quiet on a white board, and the flake only shows when light rakes across it. |
| Forged Black | Charcoal with bright grey flake, the closest of the five to real forged carbon. Reads black from a metre away. |
| Frost | Translucent white. Takes the colour of whatever backlight sits under it, so a white LED board turns it parchment and an RGB board turns it whatever the LED is doing. |
| Rose Jelly | Translucent pink, deepest of the light-passing three. Warm without going candy. |
| Ice Blue | Translucent blue with a violet cast in low light. The coolest of the set. |
Finish
Light and the two finishes
The three translucent shades pass light through the body of the cap, not just the legend. On a backlit board the whole key glows and the colour shifts with the LED underneath, which is what the lit photographs in the gallery are showing.
Pearl White and Forged Black are opaque. On those two you get backlight between the caps and around the edges, but not through the plastic. If you are buying for an RGB board and want the glow, pick one of the three translucent shades.
Material
The flake
Every cap is poured with the same carbon flake, but the flake settles where it settles, so no two caps carry the same pattern and no two sets are identical. The spread in the photographs is typical, not a best case.
Profile
Where it sits against other profiles
Cherry is sculpted: every row steps up and tilts back a little, from about 9.4 mm at the front to a taller top row.
Compatibility
Will it fit
| Board | Fits |
|---|---|
| 60 / 61 / 68 key | Yes |
| 75% / 84 key | Yes |
| 87 key TKL | Yes |
| 96 / 98 key | Yes |
| 104 / 108 key full size | Yes |
| Boards with a 7U or 6.5U spacebar | No |
| Topre, low-profile, laptop | No |
MX cross stems, 6.25U spacebar. The 126 caps cover a full-size board plus the extra keys for the smaller layouts above.
Specifications
Specifications
Before you order
Before you order
- Legends are printed, not double-shot. They sit on the surface of the cap. Everyday typing will not take them off, but the keys you hammer can wear over years.
- The gloss shows fingerprints. The caps are polished and the flake catches light, so a black set will pick up every mark. A microfibre cloth sorts it out.
- Translucent means see-through. Frost, Rose Jelly and Ice Blue show the switch and the plate underneath when the light is off. That is the design, not a flaw.
- Colour shifts with the light. The translucent shades change hue with the room and the backlight, and two batches can differ slightly.
- Tray and box. The set ships in a moulded blister tray inside a printed box.
Keycaps only. The keyboards, cables and props in the photographs are not included.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.