Custom cherry keycaps for the last Fn rows of UHK80

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Hi, everyone. I’m thinking about customizing the top row (the function keys) of my UHK80.

However, I’ve noticed that yuzukeycaps.com makes Cherry keys, while the UHK80 has an OEM profile.

Do you think the difference is noticeable to the touch or to the eye? Do you have any examples?

Thanks so much

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They’re actually quite a bit different. Some of the obvious differences:

The Yuzu caps don’t have shine-through legends like the UHK stock caps. You also won’t likely be able to get the colors to match very closely.

The OEM caps are a bit taller than Cherry, so the Cherry F-row will be a bit lower than the rest.

The UHK caps have a rough textured feel, but the Yuzu caps are smooth.

I would suggest making a complete Yuzu set if you want the look and feel to be more normalized. Keep in mind that Yuzu doesn’t do shine-through legends. However, they have a sister company called FK Custom that does make shine-through caps, but they’re very different as well.

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Have you found custom key caps from third party orgs that have the same feel and shine-through caps?

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No, unfortunately not with the same texture and profile as the stock UHK caps. None of the handful of custom shops that I’m aware of have the OEM profile available either.

Something to point out is that the UHK caps are double shot PBT plastic. AFAIK, there aren’t any user customizable double shot caps out there, because that would require creating molds for each new design. That’s not really economically feasible.

The YUZU caps are solid PBT that are colored/printed with a dye-sublimation ink.

The FK Customs are made of a translucent ABS plastic with a PU coating. Then the legends are made by lasering off the coating. ABS is a very light feeling plastic, and the PU coating gets a little sticky after a while.

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Somewhat related: Are there any replacement caps available for the R5 keys of an UHK 80? I know that they are custom made, but it should be available somewhere. I understand the black aesthetic of the key cap set but I’d like to match them with my custom white set :see_no_evil_monkey: The 2 × 1U keys are findable, but the 2U with slanted edge is nowhere to be found.

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