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Chinese stuff/Electronic and computer goods/Keycaps
This article is an effort to catalogue all the decent 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.
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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.
Single Color
NPKC
Mixed Color
White Alphanumeric
Dolch
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)