| Shikyo Finland. December 07 2011 17:09. Posts 20122 | Profile Blog # |
| At least over here keycap puller costs like 4 euros so I don't think it's worth the trouble personally. |
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| Arnstein December 07 2011 21:36. Posts 2606 | Profile Blog # |
Oh. My. God.
Filco Majestouch 2 is awesome! |
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| nam nam Sweden. December 07 2011 21:47. Posts 4535 | Profile # |
On December 07 2011 17:09 Shikyo wrote:
At least over here keycap puller costs like 4 euros so I don't think it's worth the trouble personally.
The trouble is usually to find one. At least here in sweden I do know they exist somewhere but you need to be a bit lucky to stumble upon one.  Though I guess they could have become more common since the last time I checked or maybe you can find them online more easily now. Last edit: 2011-12-07 21:48:22 |
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| jtype England. December 08 2011 01:44. Posts 1746 | Profile Blog # |
| I don't own a mechanical keyboard so I'm not sure how the caps attach to the switches, but do you really need a keycap puller? I mean, I just use something flat to lever out one key and pull the rest with my fingers. Would this damage the switches on a mechanical? |
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| Shikyo Finland. December 08 2011 01:47. Posts 20122 | Profile Blog # | |
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| Son of Gnome United States. December 08 2011 01:51. Posts 750 | Profile Blog # |
On December 08 2011 01:44 jtype wrote:
I don't own a mechanical keyboard so I'm not sure how the caps attach to the switches, but do you really need a keycap puller? I mean, I just use something flat to lever out one key and pull the rest with my fingers. Would this damage the switches on a mechanical?
think of it like this, the switch goes in to the keycap. If you tried to lever it out, it could snap the switch. The key puller works like this, it goes over the key and pulls up so there is no risk of snapping it unless you do something very very wrong. |
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| jtype England. December 08 2011 01:53. Posts 1746 | Profile Blog # |
Ok, but if you weren't too ham-fisted you could remove keys safely just with your fingers and maybe a lever, just like how I do it on my rubber dome keyboards?
Or are the stems quite fragile?Last edit: 2011-12-08 01:56:48 |
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| Shikyo Finland. December 08 2011 02:00. Posts 20122 | Profile Blog # |
| I wouldn't try it with fingers but you might be able to do it with some iron wire |
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| Son of Gnome United States. December 08 2011 02:00. Posts 750 | Profile Blog # |
| in theory you could, however if you snap a switch which has happened to people. You are out about 100 bucks unless you can find a replacement somewhere and know how to solider it down. I would honestly recommend getting a puller. |
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| jtype England. December 08 2011 02:01. Posts 1746 | Profile Blog # |
Ok, fair enough. Thanks for the replies. I'm sure I could fashion one out of some wire and insulation tape if i ever need one.  Last edit: 2011-12-08 02:02:15 |
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| Balgrog United States. December 08 2011 02:03. Posts 1166 | Profile Blog # |
| Please everyone consider the WASD keyboards, have had mine for a month now, fucking love it and am never looking back. |
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| Blaec Australia. December 08 2011 02:20. Posts 3818 | Profile # |
On December 08 2011 02:01 jtype wrote:Ok, fair enough. Thanks for the replies. I'm sure I could fashion one out of some wire and insulation tape if i ever need one.
Yeh, as long as you are lifting the keys straight up its fine. I used floss until a puller came with one of my boards. |
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| DystopiaX United States. December 08 2011 02:23. Posts 10361 | Profile # |
On December 08 2011 02:00 Son of Gnome wrote:
in theory you could, however if you snap a switch which has happened to people. You are out about 100 bucks unless you can find a replacement somewhere and know how to solider it down. I would honestly recommend getting a puller.
You should be fine as long as you pull it up straight and not off to one side, I've taken out and cleaned my whole board like that several times. You just have to be careful. Ofc you'd be safe with a puller but it's not necessary per se. You just have to be careful to pull out the whole cap at once and not one side at a time. |
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| Shikyo Finland. December 08 2011 02:27. Posts 20122 | Profile Blog # |
On December 08 2011 02:03 Balgrog wrote:
Please everyone consider the WASD keyboards, have had mine for a month now, fucking love it and am never looking back.
Meh, they look ugly and are way overpriced o.O |
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 Leifish December 08 2011 04:46. Posts 851 | Profile # |
I just picked up my Rosewill RK-9000 with MX blue switches.
I'm on a 14 game winning streak. Illusory correlation? Fuck you, this keyboard grants godliness. |
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| Zzoram Canada. December 08 2011 06:30. Posts 6758 | Profile # |
| Anyone here buy a keyboard with blank keycaps like the Leopold Otakus? Do you find it takes long to get used to it? |
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| Boblhead United States. December 08 2011 08:41. Posts 2556 | Profile # |
On December 08 2011 04:46 Leifish wrote:
I just picked up my Rosewill RK-9000 with MX blue switches.
I'm on a 14 game winning streak. Illusory correlation? Fuck you, this keyboard grants godliness.
You get no godly powers until you unlock the topre key.......
On December 08 2011 06:30 Zzoram wrote:
Anyone here buy a keyboard with blank keycaps like the Leopold Otakus? Do you find it takes long to get used to it?
If you know your way around a keyboard it shouldn't be any problem. Otakus are made for people who know every key T_T;; |
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| Stiluz Norway. December 08 2011 10:06. Posts 685 | Profile # |
| Just ordered myself a Steelseries 6gv2 as a Christmas present for myself ^_^ Gonna switch out my laptop keyboard, finally. Can't wait! |
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| Shikyo Finland. December 08 2011 10:17. Posts 20122 | Profile Blog # |
On December 08 2011 06:30 Zzoram wrote:
Anyone here buy a keyboard with blank keycaps like the Leopold Otakus? Do you find it takes long to get used to it?
Well I never look at my keys no matter what I'm doing so as long as you can properly feel the F and J keys you should be fine, of course if you can't touch type you should learn that first before buying a keyboard with empty keycaps.
By the way I changed the order as the new MK-Keyboards came out <_< I would have bought MK-50 but my dad said he could buy MK-85 for my christmas present so actually as I ended up getting that one for free I just decided that it might be fun to try it out. |
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| Kingqway United States. December 08 2011 10:50. Posts 141 | Profile Blog # |
All a keycap puller is, is simply a paper clip attached to plastic, with a nice logo on it. You can use paper clips, just bend it in a way that looks similar to the keycap pullers you see and molds well around the keycap, and you can pull off keycaps the same. Just make sure you use two, so you can stabilize both sides and not snap/pull out the spring, cuz otherwise you're going to need a soldering iron or RMA it back.
EDIT: Puller is a lot more convenient though, and made to make it a lot easier.
EDIT2: I feel like 2 strings could work too.Last edit: 2011-12-08 10:54:32 |
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