Currently, there are gaming keyboards on the market in different formats and with different types of switches depending on the needs. All are characterized by plastic keys, of higher or lower quality. Well they developed ceramic keychain compatible with any type of mechanical switch that can be found in tsplatter set.
Keycaps or key covers are usually made of plastic due to their low cost and ease of manufacture. It looks like someone thought of making ceramic keycaps for gaming keyboards. This project had a minimum of $6,000 to achieve on Kickstarter, well that’s it. exceeds $170,000 in funding.
ceramic keycaps for keyboards available on Kickstarter
Surely you have never given the keys more importance or not to the point of wondering why they are only made of plastic. You would think that there are other materials, like aluminum or cardboard, that you could make them out of, and you’re right. But for cost and manufacturing time, plastic is the best option.
We now have an alternative from a Hong Kong manufacturer who has launched a Crowdfunding and Kickstarter. They developed a game ceramic type keycaps, of those that guarantee, offers high resistance and durability. They claim that these keys offer more durability than plastic and are compatible with all gaming switches on the market.
Within the project page, we can read that they are made in industrial grade alumina ceramicI. They used this material because it offers very good resistance to wear and shocks. It is also noted that this material is lighter than conventional ceramics.
They indicate that this material offers a warm feeling similar to jade and a smooth and silky texture, with which no other material can be compared. They point out that we could feel a solid writing feeling like we never felt before.
Regarding the weight, the letters have a weight of 3.5 grams. The 2.25U shift keys weigh 7 grams and the 2.75U shift keys weigh 8.6 grams. Additionally, we have the CapsLock which weighs 6 grams, the backspace which weighs 8.5 grams and the spacebar which weighs 32 grams.
Get out of the monotony with a ceramic keyboard
The creators of this crowdfunding offer a wide variety of colors that we can choose as we want. It should be noted that all enamels are cast at temperatures between 1140°C and 1280°C, to provide a long life.
What is very interesting is that they offer better transmission of the RGB lighting. It stands out that it allows to offer a brighter light, therefore a more vibrant RGB is generated without affecting the structure of the key.
If you’re interested, the simplest kit costs around $123 and they ship worldwide. This kit includes a total of 113 ceramic keys from which the color can be chosen. They are all compatible with the Cherry profile, or what amounts to the same, compatible with any mechanical switch on the market. The delivery date is not indicated, but it should be in the same year 2022.
