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Recommended sites to buy keycaps? (shipping to USA) (kbin.social)

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Ordered a Keychron K2 which should be arriving next week, but I wasn't really feeling any of the keycap selections on their website

where do y'all buy keycaps?

I'd prefer to get some with MacOS style media keys, but not a deal-breaker

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Aliexpress is good for clone caps. Clone caps are a bit of a touchy subject in the community, but if you realistically weren't going to drop $200+ on GMK caps anyway you can probably live with yourself. Drop also has a lot of sets in their MT3 profile, KBDFans has the PBTFans brand which has some cool sets. For other retailers that sell caps you have:

Cannon Keys
Divinikey
Kono Store
KPRepublic
Mekibo
Novelkeys
Vala Supply

Probably more I'm forgetting. For cheap sets that aren't specifically clones Amazon is probably easiest, but make sure to double check the layout compatibility.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t recommend kprepublic, i’ve had nothing but bad experiences with them. +1 to Divinikey and NovelKeys though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

kprepublic sent me a shipping notification with a fake tracking number (so I couldn't cancel my order anymore) and then waited until I emailed them to tell me the stuff I ordered was out of stock and wouldn't ship for 2-3 months. I ended up having to file a chargeback.

I've had better luck with KBDFans for cheapie keycaps.