I’m thinking about picking up the ePBT 9009 PBT set but I’m worried about couple of things and wanted to hear your feedback on their recent sets.
I have read that ePBT keycaps are notorious for badly warped modifiers, is that a common thing? I imagine due to the volume it natural to see more complaints but the more I read the more issues I see.
Commonly warped modifiers
Short stems that produce interference with the top housing.
Crooked keys
Sits higher than GMK resulting in a gap on some cases.
Are those issues still relevant today?
Another thing that bothers me are sharp edges, does ePBT has soft or sharp? heres a comparison between soft and sharp edges (middle is the softer).
I’m asking as I’ve been thinking about getting another set from a manufacturer I’m already familiar with, basically the same as the middle one without the JP sub-legends.
It’s pretty great quality, it has soft edges and sounds nice, but I’m not sold on the color (WS1).
I’m going to say soft. The NicePBT sets I have from Cannon Keys are definitely edgier than the ePBT x GOK’s – which feel almost XDA-ish.
I think so, but like most things it’ll vary from vendor to vendor. I usually don’t have any warpage or crookedness with IFK or NicePBT sets since their QC is (for the most part) on point.
I have ePBT 9009 and I would give NicePBT Classic Beige a try first if that’s the look you’re going for. My main gripe would be dealing with spacebar warpage which was pretty bad in the set I got. Otherwise, it’s a good set. IMO they most resemble the middle keycap. Never noticed the edges being abnormally sharper or anything (like most clone PBT caps seem to be).
