Corsair Mechanical Keyboard Keycaps

WolfSpinach

This weekend I was giving my Corsair K70 a thorough cleaning. Unfortunately, in my attempts to expedite things, I used a hair dryer to dry the keys after I'd given them a wash. I am now aware that keycaps are far less resilient than my wife's hair is.... A number of the keys melted in on themselves. I was able to pry most of the open to work temporarily, but I need a more permanent solution.

Corsair seem to sell keycap sets (here) but they don't actually say where. The whole thing is slightly complicated by Corsair's specific key layout which is not quite unique, but certainly non-standard. I've found some fancy translucent ones for sale but they seem a bit of a waste, I don't use the LEDs on my keyboard at all. Anybody have any advice?

Venom

Maybe try the Reddit Mechanical Keyboard forum?

Lu Tze

Is it an ansi keyboard layout? Should be able to get replacement ansi key set on ebay, or massdrop

Xenoronin

Overclockers.co.uk have some keycap sets in stock last i checked. Might be worth a look. Don't know how they behave with your layout though.
Might also be worth a look on /r/mechanicalkeyboards as they are generally pretty friendly.

WolfSpinach

Lu Tze wrote: »

Is it an ansi keyboard layout? Should be able to get replacement ansi key set on ebay, or massdrop

Sadly ISO, which complicates things more.

Xenoronin wrote: »

Overclockers.co.uk have some keycap sets in stock last i checked. Might be worth a look. Don't know how they behave with your layout though.
Might also be worth a look on /r/mechanicalkeyboards as they are generally pretty friendly.

Thanks, I was keeping tabs on OC.UK but I didn't see anything that suits my needs. I tried /r/mechanicalkeyboards on your advice, but sadly, no dice either.

Corsair got back to me today and said no UK layout keys exist and AliExpress was doing weird things.

A friend at work has a 3D printer and he seems happy enough to do a few keys for me, so I guess I'll do that. Maybe I can get something really fancy done

Recurve360

These are expensive but great caps(have a set on my Steelseries). not sure how the keyboard spacebar will work but the rest should be good.
http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/keycap-set.html

FobleAsNuck

bought a cheap set on aliexpress around xmas (something like e12 shipped) but they're yet to arrive, will post back when I have them
here's the link: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Colorful-PBT-37-Keycaps-for-Mechanical-Keyboards-cherry-switches-compatible/32671867069.html
btw: these are alphanumerical only

WolfSpinach

I found a set on AliExpress (Corsair and everything : https://www.aliexpress.com/item/108-key-PBT-Double-shot-Translucidus-Backlit-Keycaps-For-Corsair-STRAFE-K65-K70-Logitech-G710-Mechanical/32702357890.html) but it seems to fail every time I try to action payment.

Found this place in Malaysia (https://www.storeuni.com/collections/keycaps/keycap-singles) prices seem okay including shipping. I think I'll Fronkensteen it with another set.

FobleAsNuck

yeah plenty of them, however it's US version (see Enter key) and it's impossible to find a modifiers

here's an example at $33:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Backlit-108-ANSI-ISO-layout-Thick-PBT-Keycap-Double-shot-Backlight-Keycaps-For-OEM-Cherry-MX/32766080696.html?ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_5_10065_10068_10501_10000009_10503_10084_10000025_10083_10000029_10080_10082_10081_10000028_10110_10111_10112_10060_10113_10062_10114_10115_10056_503_10055_10054_10059_10099_501_10078_10079_10000022_10000012_10103_10073_10102_10000015_10096_10000018_10000019_10052_10053_10107_10050_10106_10051-10503_501_503_10501,searchweb201603_2,afswitch_5,single_sort_1_default&btsid=b98e77b3-b65c-43fb-b45c-ec73130adf76

FobleAsNuck

my keycaps have arrived, the colors are not as vivid as on the product page but quality is decent. going to mount them onto my corsair later on and see if there's any issues