Cerakey V2s looking lovely

[radiant basin]

This is by no means complete, still waiting on a case and L45s + lube, but my white Cerakey V2s came in yesterday and I am just enamored with them. No issues with spacebar return or any of that, fortunately!

Let me know if you want me to try other colors and I can get a picture of it

[eager quartz]

Sound test? 👀

[radiant basin]

Didn't see this till a few minutes ago, but here ya go!

I do tend to bottom out keys a lot when typing and slam them kinda hard, worth noting for that test.

[eager quartz]

damn that's deep as hell

I need to get my hands on some when they release a white and black version

[radiant basin]

Gonna do another post in here - and will be sure to include another sound test - once my new case comes in (Brazen Studio Mason60). Hopeful that with the dampeners I'll have I can make it a bit quieter.

But aside from that I am extremely happy with the sound. The little bit of extra... For lack of a better word, ceramic-y sound on that spacebar is immensely satisfying to me.

[brazen ridge]

Sexy caps

[radiant basin]

...Aaaand with the black ones because I'm very sane and very okay

[eager quartz]

And that's how you spend about 400 dollars on keycaps

Keyboard hobbies are truly a fun way to burn your wallet

[eager quartz]

ngl the shine through is very uneven tho

[radiant basin]

Honestly, that looks much worse on the camera. Middle white row is pretty hefty shine through, though - and this is at 70%. Already wondering if there's something I could shove on the bottom part of the keycaps to reduce that...

[radiant basin]

I'm only like $260 in!!

Well, like $300 after the Take Control keycaps, too...

[eager quartz]

😂😂

I love ceramic keycaps, but honestly I don't like the shine through....probably because im not a fan of getting blinded in the night

I might get my hands on some when they release white and black 🔥

[radiant basin]

I definitely wanna experiment with reducing shinethrough on these (will def share any fun findings in the Cerakeys discord), but I love it on the white ones.

Very glad I have the bonus keys not used on a 60% that I can test run with.

though, I'd start with some of the keys that are alt for different layouts, ofc (1U modifiers, and such)

[eager quartz]

oh yeah shine through is definitely the best on the white ones
and as a bonus they thock so hard 🤤

[radiant basin]

The thockity thock thock is like 70% of why I got 'em tbh

[eager quartz]

That's the reason why I would get them too, how does it feel for gaming

[radiant basin]

So far, I like them! Kinda grippy, they've very much got that ceramic feel. Can definitely see how people would describe them as slidey though. It's just. A bit funky. Legendless is definitely a downside for lots of games, but it's a tradeoff I'm willing to make for the sleekness. I don't sweat much, but I could see them getting kinda unpleasant if you did - and very slidey/slick.

I've also only had 'em a couple days, and only done a bit of intermittent gaming, so verdict is kinda up in the air, still.

[eager quartz]

I love black keycaps, I have them on rn! As you've described, they're hella sleek

It's not much of a problem if you know how to touch type

[brazen ridge]

I wonder if they would ever do a “Raw” set unglazed

Blank black is sexy af

[eager quartz]

White + black = sexiest

[brazen ridge]

This post maybe convinced me I need black blank cera

[radiant basin]

For gaming sometimes that can be hard for me. I can touch type just fine but finding "k" with my left hand in the middle of a sea of keys is hard sometimes

[torn vine]

Anura, how often have you questioned where tf a key is?

like, yk i dont really have to look where a key is anymore. But for some wierder keys on my german ISO layout, i still pretty much have to look where it is.

[torn vine]

Now combine it with gaming and your gonna have a hole + points if you also want decent sounding gaming headphones...

[radiant basin]

Every once in a while for f-keys (fn-number keys for me), and other key combos that I don't use terribly often, particularly if I'm pressing a modifier with one hand and the modified key with the other. Also when I need to do right side of keyboard stuff with my left hand, or vice versa. Not very often, though - I've been touch typing for years and years.

[radiant basin]

nervous laughter so about the XM2we I just got... and the as-of-yet-undecided nice headphones I wanna get...

[drowsy cipher]

the dt 990 pro are very nice

[sly mesa]