🖋️ Type in Style: Where Retro Meets Modern Elegance!
The SOOTOPSteampunk Typewriter Keycaps Pudding Keycap Set features 104 durable round keycaps designed for backlit mechanical keyboards. With a stunning electroplated edge and vibrant RGB support, these keycaps not only enhance your typing experience but also add a touch of retro charm to your workspace. Compatible with keyboards featuring satellite axes, they are easy to install and maintain, making them a perfect choice for both style and functionality.
Brand | SOOTOP |
Item model number | HQ272200OA0 |
Item Weight | 4.2 ounces |
Product Dimensions | 2.76 x 1.18 x 1.57 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 2.76 x 1.18 x 1.57 inches |
Color | black |
Manufacturer | SOOTOP |
ASIN | B08FTFXWY1 |
Date First Available | August 13, 2020 |
D**.
Perfect keycaps for anyone who loves the retro look!
These keycaps fit my keyboard perfectly!!! They are super cute and super easy to type with! I highly recommend!
R**E
Worth the price..
For the price I would give 5 stars, the style is exactly what I wanted and it’s worth the price. I didn’t want to go and purchase a whole new keyboard and have multiple keyboards laying around and to save a couple bucks. The quality is okay. Mine fit great on my MSI keyboard, the spacebar does sit weird and I have to make sure to hit it dead center but that’s my fault for not paying attention to the description.. Some do sink lower than others but it really doesn’t bother me. My only reason to give 4 stars is that the keys themselves don’t light up and that bugs me as I work from home and need the backlit keyboard. I can’t see the colors through the keys like everyone else’s reviews and that bummed me out. Overall it is a great product worth the price.
H**H
PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE PURCHASING! THERE ARE ISSUES TO CONSIDER
I'll start off with the positives and then I'll get into the 'meat and potatoes' of this review. First, these keys look very cool on my keyboard. I have a Corsair Strafe MK2 RGB keyboard. Although the keyboard is sold at Walmart, it is still a Corsair and VERY high quality with Cherry Red MX switches. Second, I'm typing this review on the new/retro keys and they are very comfortable and feel very sturdy on the keys as I type. Third, they really accentuate the RGB lighting on the keyboard because MOST of the switches are a hair smaller than the square keys that came with the keyboard so more of the switch is showing and the lights reflect off the sides of the keys where it is "chromed." With all that being said....there are some problems and they are quite significant.The first and most major problem is that the spacebar won't fit on my keyboard. As you can see in the picture, the 't' or cross notches that are on the bottom of the spacebars that the switches slide into don't line up. There's no way around this. I had no choice but to use the spacebar that came with the keyboard. I could probably shave the plastic down a little bit on the retro spacebar but I fear that if i do that then the key will be wobbly and won't work well when typing. Next, the keys came with an extra shift key (which I suppose is standard if you have a shift key with only one 't'/cross notch on the bottom of your shift key). It does come with 2 other shift keys which have the standard three 't's' on most mechanical keyboards. Third, my keyboard has 2 'Windows' keys on it....the retro keys only come with one Windows keycap....WTF?!?!? You'll see in my pictures that only one Windows key is installed. To combat this, I left the tactical W-A-S-D keycaps on my keyboard and used the retro W keycap for the second Windows key. Fourth, there are spacing issues between the Windows keys and the adjacent keys (see my pictures for details). The keys slightly rub the Alt key and the Menu key which are next to the Windows keys. This doesn't cause both the keys to keypress but I wonder if over the long-term if it will wear out my Alt and Menu keys (albeit I don't use those keys that often). Lastly, as noted in other reviews, the retro keys are more difficult to remove but it's not that bad. You shouldn't be removing your keycaps that often anyway so it's not a huge issue.Overall...I've had my eyes on these keycaps for months. I have put them in my cart and removed them from my cart numerous times but finally pulled the trigger and bought them. If you really want a keyboard with that retro typewriter look, I recommend just spending another $20-30 and buying one of the mechanical keyboards that is made with them. However I am not going to return these keycaps because...I mean...they look cool and there's really no other alternatives on the market. They are comfortable to type with and feel sturdy on the switch. However I could only give them 3 out of 5 stars due to the issues with some of the keys and the spacing on the windows keys. The spacebar is the biggest issue that I have. It seems this could be easily combatted if they sent a couple spacebars with varying cross notches on the back or had the notches on the keycap slide so they could be adjusted to fit your specific keyboard's spacebar. As for the lack of a 2nd Windows key, this is easy to fix.....SEND 2 WINDOWS KEYCAPS!!!All in all, may the buyer beware. The reviews on these keycaps seem to be very accurate. They look cool and feel good but there are issues which you may encounter when you install them.
T**R
Best option for shine-through retro keyboard caps
A few years ago, I bought an Azio Retro Classic BT. It was a gorgeous piece of hardware, but weirdly cheap in some places for how expensive it was. It wore out fast, but I loved that retro typewriter look and feel.I decided to pick up one of the retro-style BT keyboards on here (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRX74JC6), and mod to suit. The keycaps for most of them don't have shine-through--so regardless of how much RGB flair is happening, you still can't always tell what's what by looking. These SOOTOP keycaps not only have shine-through, they're pleasingly concave and feel great under my fingers. Like the Azio's (non-standard, non-replaceable) keycaps, the metal-plated plastic looks great out of the box. And for $16? If they start wearing out in a year, I can just buy another set.I have a full set of genuine Cherry MX Brown switches coming; I can't wait to get to typing once they're swapped in.
T**M
Great price and fun project.
I like the round shape and key separation since I'm not a good typist. Key symbols are slightly lacking in standardized format, stylish good thing and adds to overall visual.
K**.
Aesthetically pleasing, deeply impractical
As soon as I had the caps swapped out, I stopped to play a third person game for an hour or so. Tab has a nasty issue with coming out, as did a few other characters across the alphabet. Something feels as though the molding isn't quite right to fit on a cheap Reddragon that uses as far as I am aware fairly standard red mx switches. A shame as the aesthetic is certainly there, but this feels like a waste of funds.Upon second inspection, these are also two pieces of plastic each, just somewhat snugly fitting. Removing the caps can sometimes cause the inner piece to dislocate. And speaking of removing the keycaps, they are too large and irregularly shaped that even the removed that they came with cannot get a grip on them. The easiest way was the sloppy method of trying to lever them out with the keycap tool, though that might result in damage to the caps if done carelessly. The fact that the remover is so small that it cannot remove the caps it came with is an embarrassment, I've had wider and still cheap plastic removers, one of which I gave up partway through to dig out of my drawers.
C**E
Missing a key
Love the keys. They feel nice and work great. Only issue I had was that I'm missing the tilde key. I'd rate 5 stars if I could get that missing key. I've messaged the business and they haven't replied. If they ever respond and send me that key, I'll update. But for now, missing key and unresponsive means 2 stars.
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