Mechanical Keyboard Sound Isn't That Simple
Figure 1: I couldn't think of a more literal way to represent this article if I tried... Looking back just a few years ago, there’s no doubt that the huge influx of people that joined the hobby at the peak of the COVID pandemic were drawn to keyboards by way of YouTube, TikTok, and other audio-visual content platforms. Even as the output from these content creators has waned in recent months, their collective impact and legacy on the keyboard hobby is rather firmly etched in the history books. As a result of all of their sound tests, build logs, and opinion videos, the message is clear to any new person joining the hobby: mechanical keyboards are all about the sound. Thock this, clack that. Whether it’s keyboards, keycaps, or even singular switches, seemingly everyone new to the hobby meticulously pores over each component of their keyboard not in an attempt to figure out how it will feel in hand, but how it will sound as they’re furiously grinding their way out from...
Mar 27, 2024
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/4ir869/photos_captors_pbt_backlit_key_caps/
They're made by a company called Captors in China, you can do a Google picture search for 捕获者PBT键帽 (Captors PBT keycaps in Chinese), for better pics of them. I've since ordered 2 more sets and will be ordering a couple more sets here from Massdrop, imho these are the best backlit sets available on the market right now.
They also come in all white, and all black sets, but so far there are only pics of them and and I haven't found them for sale yet:
https://world.taobao.com/item/527254599607.htm
Edit: Some better pics with the sky blue and white 2x3x4 LED's I'm currently using under them:
http://imgur.com/a/irmWN