Hi there,
I’ve bee looking to chnage my current keycaps, but I am not sure what are the better places to get them (as in: send either from Europe, or send to Europe without much hassle).
As a bonus, what are some more popular keycaps for me to check?
Thanks in advance
Get yourself some custom keycaps:
List of keyboard vendors based in Europe:
Many of the vendors ship globally even if they aren’t based in Europe.
Yuzu looks interesting. Lots of options there.
What I mean by no hassle to send is for me not have to worry about customs, because frankly, is a pain in the ass.
Thanks for the input!
@ZeDoTelhado
Indeed great site, YuzuKeycaps: I did these (bought with no custom fees).I also checked fkcaps.com and fkcaps.com/custom and bought at ymdkey.com
@shifty
That looks really cool got to say! I cannot see myself using a split board but I like the style
keeb.io has split traditional keyboards for ergonomics and posture, without you needing to relearn how to type. and the PCBs on boards like the SINC have multiple switch layout options due to very creative design (ANSI and ISO possible on the same board). I’ve been using this for a few months now, mostly because I wanted the split spacebar. The better posture it brings has been great too.
“Delivered Duty Paid” if you have that option with the website. The times I’ve had to deal with import duties, DHL and Fedex baked in the customs fee, so that I just pay upfront with the shipping costs. I’ve done this when receiving orders to Japan and to the US.
Otherwise I agree, its annoying. At least the times I’ve been hit with duties, I could still get my item from the delivery driver, and either pay on the spot, or pay online first and then schedule the delivery.
I’ve ordered quite a bit from keygem (https://keygem.com/) and oblotzky (https://oblotzky.industries/), and a little from candykeys (apparently dead now). They tend to have mostly groupbuy sets, so full set availability can be rough after the runs.
https://www.gmk.net/shop/ / https://www.gmk.net/shop/en/keycaps/ has sets ready to go, while they’re apparently pretty good quality, they do look a bit plain (imo) - but each to their own!
some more mainstream sets can be found from eg. maxgaming (see their country/region specific sites). At least over here (Finland) some smaller computer stuff stores sell keycap sets (glorious, ducky… etc), like jimms.fi - but I’m fairly certain those are awailable pretty much everywhere.
Keygem looks like a cool place. Thanks for the input!
I’m by far no expert but I spend months of trying and testing pudding keycaps from different manufacturers… At the end I stayed with glorious aura keycaps… PBT caps with different layouts.
For glorious stuff it may worth to wait for a sale at caseking (for germans at least)
I think I can order from the Netherlands no problem, would have to double check shipping fees. Thanks for the input!
