Chinese stuff/Electronic and computer goods/Keycaps

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This article is an effort to catalogue all the decent or better keycaps you can find on Chinese shopping sites. Whether the keycaps are Chinese in origin or not, if you can buy it from China, it belongs here. If you want to contribute, consider having a quick look at Template:Keycaps and familiarising yourself with it (not necessary though).

For general Chinese mechanical keyboard shopping advice, see Chink shit general/Electronic and computer goods#Mechanical Keyboards.

Buying

Generally, most of the keycaps you find across the different stores on AliExpress all come from the same manufacturer, so that shouldn't be anything to worry about. Most of the the 20-40 USD PBT keycaps you find from Chinese stores can be assumed to be made by NPKC, which is extremely reasonable quality for the price you're paying.

Stores to keep an eye on are Shenzhen YMD, KBDFans, Shenzhen E Sali and EZ MANDARIN SHOPPERS. The guy from Shenzhen YMD speaks better English than most Ali sellers and is pretty quick to respond in comparison. KBDFans is helpful in customer service too.

Mixed Color

Dolch

A Dolch PBT keycap set from AliExpress on a 60% keyboard. Presumably manufactured by NPKC.

Type	PBT
Legends	Top-printed, Side-printed, Blank
Profile	OEM
Stem type	MX
Thickness	1.5mm
Legend backlight support	No
Backlight bleed	Only on red Esc key; can be fixed with electrical tape
In production	Yes

Purchasing

• KBDFans Store on AliExpress (Side-printed, Blank) (ANSI)
• Shenzhen YMD on AliExpress (Top-printed, Side-printed, Blank) (ANSI, ISO)
• KeyboardParadise (Taiwanese, expensive boards, sells Tai-hao Double-shot ABS sets through Massdrop, otherwise on boards only)

Olivette

Olivette keycaps on a KBParadise V60

Type	Doubleshot ABS
Legends	Top-printed
Profile	Unknown
Stem type	MX
Thickness	Unknown
Legend backlight support	No
Backlight bleed	Unknown
In production	Yes

Purchasing

• KeyboardParadise (Taiwanese, expensive boards, sells Tai-hao Double-shot ABS sets through Massdrop, otherwise on boards only)

Miami

NPKC Miami keycaps in blank.

Type	PBT
Legends	Top-printed, Side-printed, Blank
Profile	OEM
Stem type	MX
Thickness	1.5mm
Legend backlight support	No
Backlight bleed	Lighter NPKC keys tend to bleed, so presumably, there is
In production	Yes

Purchasing

• Shenzhen YMD on AliExpress (Top-printed, Side-printed, Blank) (ANSI)
• Shenzhen YMD on AliExpress (Numpad only)
• Shenzhen E Sali on AliExpress (Top-printed, Side-printed, Blank) (ANSI)

1976

NPKC 1976 keycaps with top-printed legends.

Type	PBT
Legends	Top-printed, Side-printed, Blank
Profile	OEM
Stem type	MX
Thickness	1.5mm
Legend backlight support	No
Backlight bleed	Lighter NPKC keys tend to bleed, so presumably, there is on the cyan keys. Possible quick fix is electrical tape.
In production	Yes

Purchasing

• Shenzhen E Sali on AliExpress (Top-printed, Side-printed, Blank) (ANSI)
• Shenzhen YMD on AliExpress (Top-printed, Side-printed, Blank) (ANSI)
• EZ MANDARIN SHOPPERS on AliExpress (Top-printed, Side-printed) (ANSI)

Accessories

Dusters/Air-compressors

• Metro Vacuum DataVac (Comes with different attachments, easiest solution for cleaning keyboards, browse your preferred non-chink website and purchase)
• Chink compressors and blowers are expensive and have high shipping fees, it's probably better to buy local.