Full metal jacket - brushed and shiny 😁

[dark spear]

80HE Raw with Stainless Steel keycaps

[autumn fractal]

Please update us on how the wrist rest ages

[dark spear]

Sure, but be forewarned, I only lightly touch my wrists to it while using it.

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Gottit. Ty

[atomic arrow]

what was the total price?

[timid thistle]

Where did u buy the caps?

[dark spear]

Quite a bit 🤪

[dark spear]

https://kprepublic.com/

[glass minnow]

Hows the sound

[neat dust]

If it helps, I had the white wrist rest for my 60he for a while now, still looks brand new. Even if I get it dirty, it looks brand new after a quick wash. I recommend it!

[strong oracle]

get a metal wrist rest to complete the build 😂 (100% would not comfortable)

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Thing is, I've seen someone's blue or black wrist get shiny over time. Although I'm guessing this is based on your body's PH and prespiration level

[neat dust]

really? I'm surprised

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I also remember wooting replying it's normal

[neat dust]

I see, never notice the issue

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https://discord.com/channels/167181566978555904/1158479816505442457 @neat dust

After 2 years tho

[neat dust]

ahhh okay that makes sense, haven't hit the 1 year mark yet

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[cold anchor]

Nice build

im considering those keycaps for a build im working on right now but concerned about QC issues and spring levels

What spring level force did you use and what were they closest to if I may ask

Also how do they feel as daily drivers?

[dark spear]

I guess the best way to describe the sound is the deepest 'thock' possible (deeper than even the alumina ceramic keys out there - 3.987 g/cm^3 vs ~7.9 g/cm^3 of stainless, presuming similar wall thickness in the key caps). There is also zero rattle or resonance from surrounding keys, too. A little bit of metallic ping is present when you stab at them, but that is barely perceptible, especially when typing normally.
The space bar, on the other hand, does have a metallic ring to it, but sounds exceptionally authoritative to use. I may try to dampen it with foam in the space bar later. I am trying to troubleshoot some metallic noise in the backspace and left shift buttons; it isn't present in the return or right shift buttons, so I'm trying to get parity there. So far I've only tried dental bands around the stems, but they didn't do much at all.
I haven't done any other mods to the board, yet, but we'll see down the line.

[dark spear]

Wooting claims this is made of a "high quality silicone," so hopefully any oil permeability would be minimal, similar to cooking instruments made of silicone. Time will tell...

[dark spear]

I was concerned with the QC as well, as I had seen a review that the stems were too tight. That reviewers remedy was to file the cross in the stem to get them to fit better. I hedged against this by getting an extra set of ABS keys in case this key set wasn't good. Thankfully it worked just fine.
As for the spring levels, I prefer a light key stroke, so the 45g springs works well with most keys. The space bar was the big problem and after successively increasing the spring rate on it, I ended up at 100g. I also increased the rate of the backspace and both shift buttons to 60g, the backslash/pipe button to 70g, and the caps lock button to 80g.

[cold anchor]

Okay thanks

[cold anchor]

And how are they as daily drivers, do you 'miss' anything about plastic keycaps?

[dark spear]

It works great! No regrets at all

The only niggle with these key caps is that there aren't bumps on the 'F' and 'J' keys to get a touch feel of where 'home position' is, but it hasn't been a big issue

[cold anchor]

Noted on that but that issue is zero concern to me

First is build quality, then feel etc

Ty, I may end up getting them depending on how the case turns out

[dark spear]

Some people complain about the corners being "sharp"...I'd say they are sharper than plastic, but not uncomfortable

[cold anchor]

Ive read those too, doest seem like a big deal

[cold anchor]

And thanks again for the heads up on the springs

Im using Raws so will likely be different

[dark spear]

No problem; good luck with yours!

[neat iris]

What keycaps?

[dark spear]

https://kprepublic.com/

[delicate dust]

I want to do this with my 60he+

[dark spear]

@storm bramble @neat dust After a year and a half, my wrist rest is still looking great. I don’t dig my wrists into it, but it has resisted oil splatters when I’m eating at my desk and the like. Overall very happy with it

Time to upgrade my switches