Does aluminum keycap really worth that much?

high end keyboards can cost $1k + easily for certain parts when you are building your own, so it comes down to, is it worth it to YOU...
 
MrGuvernment said:
high end keyboards can cost $1k + easily for certain parts when you are building your own, so it comes down to, is it worth it to YOU...
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to be quite honest, I'm very tempted to buy it. But I already bought a brand new 57" samsung, and now needed a RTX 5060 to go w/ it. So getting a new keyboard and that kind of pricing on key cap seems a lot of spending

I am trying to convince myself as many reasons as possible not to buy it: for e.g., that metal keycap can generate 35,000V of static electricity and can fly my keyboard :D
 
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Happy Hopping said:
to be quite honest, I'm very tempted to buy it. But I already bought a brand new 57" samsung, and now needed a RTX 5060 to go w/ it. So getting a new keyboard and that kind of pricing on key cap seems a lot of spending

I am trying to convince myself as many reasons as possible not to buy it: for e.g., that metal keycap can generate 35,000V of static electricity and can fly my keyboard :D
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Metal is more conductive, so it should build less charge...assuming it is properly grounded (probably not). ;)
 
Happy Hopping said:
the design / idea of hallow metal is very tempting
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I had a set of metal keycaps. Zinc in my case rather than aluminium. They were awful because the high thermal conductivity compared to plastic made them uncomfortably cold in the winter. Aluminium is even more conductive than zinc, and so would be worse.
 
Mr Evil said:
I had a set of metal keycaps. Zinc in my case rather than aluminium. They were awful because the high thermal conductivity compared to plastic made them uncomfortably cold in the winter. Aluminium is even more conductive than zinc, and so would be worse.
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never thought of that. So what happens in the end? are you still using it? if your room temperature is at 20 deg. C, do you still feel the cold when you use the keyboard in the winter?

you know what I can do: I can just buy the numeric keypad for this winter, and see what happens
 
Happy Hopping said:
never thought of that. So what happens in the end? are you still using it? if your room temperature is at 20 deg. C, do you still feel the cold when you use the keyboard in the winter?

you know what I can do: I can just buy the numeric keypad for this winter, and see what happens
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If you wait, I'm sure they'll come out with a temp adjustable electric warming module for all metal key caps that you can buy for your keyboard for an additional $299.

First world problems... 😁
 
okay, on the link where there are some gold plated narrow metal keycaps, since they are gold plated, what would happen in a few yr.? wouldn't the gold plate fade? if so, what do we do in a few yr.?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005013144715140.html

a no. of yr. ago, I went to Sausalito, California on vacation, the store at the bay area sold me a tie base, it's a gold plated metal that slide to the knot of a men's tie. 1 side is shiny gold plate, the other side is mesh gold plated. After a no. of yr., all that gold plated is gone, and it looks ugly, and I paid $250 for it.

so now, same question, what would happen to these gold plated keycap in 3 to 5 yr.? will they oxidate ? if so, what would we do w/ all these fading gold plated?

alternatively, I can go w/ the silver / gun metal set, but I really like the gold / black color set better

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Gold is a very soft metal to begin with and electroplating is typically only a couple microns thick, so yes, odds are it will look like ass within just a few months of constant use.
 
ZeqOBpf6 said:
Must never effect a woman huh
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As kids my sisters were allergic to something in cheap costume jewelry. Might have been nickel, but 30+ years later I'm not sure. Even at the time, it mostly just meant I had to buy some other sort of inexpensive trinkets as gifts once they outgrew toys.
 
DanNeely said:
As kids my sisters were allergic to something in cheap costume jewelry. Might have been nickel, but 30+ years later I'm not sure. Even at the time, it mostly just meant I had to buy some other sort of inexpensive trinkets as gifts once they outgrew toys.
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Yeah nickel is generally what they're allergic to, and gold and silver jewelry have nickel mixed in to make them more durable which is why they people that are allergic need platinum.
 
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