Index

Keycap index

Keycap sets by profile, plastic and legend method, which together decide how a board sounds, feels and reads.

10 sets listed.

Profile
Brand
Plastic
Legends
Properties

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Cherry profile

4 sets

GMK CYL Arcade

GMK

CYL Arcade

CherryABS

A doubleshot ABS set in GMK's cylindrical Cherry profile, which means every row is a different height and keys cannot be moved between rows. ABS takes a visible shine with use, faster than PBT does, and this set is no exception. Divinikey and KBDfans both quote Cherry profile, ABS and doubleshot, so those figures are cross-checked. Only the base and four child kits are listed, so coverage past a standard ANSI board depends on buying the extension and numpad kits.

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Keykobo Cross Impact

Keykobo

Cross Impact

CherryABS

Three molding shots plus UV print on one set, which is how the milky white base, the metallic gray mods and the star motifs coexist. It is ABS in Cherry profile, so the rows are sculpted and fixed, and the caps will shine with use. The kit list is unusually wide: 40s, UK and Nordic kits mean non-standard layouts are actually covered rather than left to a base kit. Both Divinikey and KBDfans note that metallic ABS produces random flow marks, which they class as normal rather than a defect.

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Keyreative KAP Grey Alert

Keyreative

KAP Grey Alert

CherryPBT

Doubleshot PBT in Cherry profile, an uncommon pairing: most Cherry profile doubleshot sets are ABS, and PBT here means the caps should stay matte rather than gloss up. The profile is sculpted, so rows are fixed in place. CannonKeys and Divinikey agree on profile, material and printing, and both list the same four kits, with Divinikey adding a 1.7 mm cap thickness. A 40s kit is included, so sub-standard layouts are covered.

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PBTfans Thermal

PBTfans

Thermal

CherryABS

Despite the PBTfans name this set is doubleshot ABS, so expect the tops to gloss up over months of use. It is Cherry profile and therefore sculpted, meaning the rows are fixed and a cap cannot be shifted from one row to another. The kit list is blank here because the two retailers do not print the same lineup: KBDfans adds an International kit that Divinikey's listing does not mention, so neither list is reproduced. Both shops warn that the base is opaque and will not pass per-key RGB.

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OEM profile

1 set

Ducky Blue / Coral Pudding

Ducky

Blue / Coral Pudding

OEMPBT

Doubleshot PBT in OEM profile, which is sculpted, so the rows are fixed and slightly taller than Cherry at the back. PBT doubleshot is the combination least likely to shine or fade. This is a pudding set: the tops are opaque and the sides translucent, so an RGB board lights the edges rather than the legend faces. One 108 key set only, so a board with a non-standard bottom row or an ISO layout will be left short.

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DCS profile

1 set

Signature Plastics DCS Cafe

Signature Plastics

DCS Cafe

DCSABS

A Signature Plastics reissue of the GMK Cafe colorway in SP's own DCS profile, in doubleshot ABS with a WYSE and Gorton legend font. The sculpted flag is blank: the listing states the profile but not whether the rows are sculpted, and this index does not fill that in from elsewhere. Being ABS, the caps will shine over time. The kitting is the selling point, with 40s, text mods and a 10U spacebar kit, so unusual layouts are genuinely served rather than assumed.

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SA profile

1 set

Filco Green

Filco

Green

SAABS

A doubleshot ABS set in SA profile, the tall sculpted profile, so rows sit at very different heights and cannot be swapped around. ABS will shine. Read the stabilizer note before buying: the caps come with Costar stabilizer inserts glued in, and Mechanical Keyboards says they can be carefully removed for Cherry stabs, which is work you would not expect from a normal set. Price is blank because the listed figure is not a whole dollar amount.

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KAT profile

1 set

Keyreative KAT Retrobytes

Keyreative

KAT Retrobytes

KATPBT

Keyreative's KAT profile is sculpted, so rows are not interchangeable, and the set is dye-sub PBT rather than ABS, which means the legends are dyed into the plastic and the caps resist shine. CannonKeys gives a 1.7 mm blank thickness, on the thick side for a dye-sub set. Note the kitting: there is no single base kit, so an alpha kit and a mod kit are both needed to cover a board, plus a numpad kit for a fullsize or 1800. No colorway is stated beyond a reference to the CM64 set, so that field is blank.

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OSA profile

1 set

KBDfans OSA Elegant Gray

KBDfans

OSA Elegant Gray

OSAPBT≈ $80

Doubleshot PBT in KBDfans' OSA profile, which the listing names without describing, so the sculpted field is blank rather than guessed. PBT and doubleshot together mean the legends are molded in and the surface should stay matte, the pair of properties that keeps a set looking new longest. This is an in-stock single-purchase listing at one price, not a group buy split across kits, so the eighty dollars covers the whole set as sold. No kit breakdown is given, so what layouts it reaches is not stated.

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XDA profile

1 set

Mechboards Split XDA

Mechboards

Split XDA

XDAABS

XDA is a uniform profile, so every cap is the same shape and rows can be rearranged freely, which is what makes a set like this workable on a split or ortholinear board where the row a key sits in is not fixed. It is dye-sub ABS, an unusual pairing: the legends are dyed rather than molded, but the ABS will still shine with use. The 85 key count is built around Mechboards' own split kits rather than a standard layout. No price is listed here because the set comes in two versions and the shop's figures are not US dollars.

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