Does aluminum keycap really worth that much?

[Happy Hopping]

this set is of "Hollow Aluminum key cap" from this website has the lowest price, about US$400

https://aulakeyboard.com/product/sp...ute_pa_color=80-layout-spacebar-6-25u-99-keys

but does aluminum hollow metal keycap really worth that much? I know from the past purchase that CNC cut aluminum does cost some $, but a set of keycap costs more than a keyboard, that's really something.

 

[Zepher]

custom low volume products usually have a price premium

 

[kevin1805]

this set is of "Hollow Aluminum key cap" from this website has the lowest price, about US$400

https://aulakeyboard.com/product/sp...ute_pa_color=80-layout-spacebar-6-25u-99-keys

but does aluminum hollow metal keycap really worth that much? I know from the past purchase that CNC cut aluminum does cost some $, but a set of keycap costs more than a keyboard, that's really something.

Because they have limited release

 

[Okatis]

custom low volume products usually have a price premium

Exactly; doesn't necessarily reflect its quality. Endless number of keyboard parts are like this.

 

[Happy Hopping]

the design / idea of hallow metal is very tempting , except the back space key , everything looks very good

 

[MrGuvernment]

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...

 

[pendragon1]

yup that^^^, just like all other oddball, niche products youve asked about.

 

[Happy Hopping]

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...

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

 

[Nobu]

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

Metal is more conductive, so it should build less charge...assuming it is properly grounded (probably not).

 

[Mr Evil]

the design / idea of hallow metal is very tempting

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.

 

[Absalom]

Metal allergies are a thing. That's why ceramic wedding rings/bands exist.

 

[Happy Hopping]

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.

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