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SGF MonKeys Cap Sampler
SGF MonKeys Cap Sampler
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After your order is processed, you will receive a free store credit equal to your purchase price of the sampler to be used towards a future purchase!!!
See our main MonKeys listing for product details.
Limit 1 of each stem style per customer. All orders for more will be canceled and refunded.
This sampler pack includes:
- 6 button caps total, all Nekkid
- 3x small caps (1 of each shape) in your selected stem profile
- 3x large caps (1 of each shape) in your selected stem profile
No refunds. Exchanges are accepted for damage/failures.
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Tested on: Haute42 C16-S
Tested with: Shadow Hunting Switches (Choc V2), Prevail Epsilon Switches (MX)
I think offering a sampler pack like this in general is a good choice; it's a good way to test which keycaps you prefer before bulk-purchasing them and regretting it.
The material of the caps feel pretty nice; I wish there were glossy buttons offered in the sampler pack just so I could compare it to the unglossed feel, but it's fine. The shapes of the keycaps also feel good (was very curious about how a convex button would feel and the sampler pack seemed to reaffirm my curiosity).
However, I think the biggest problem I encountered on these switches was the stem tolerance. I'm not sure if it's specifically intended for devices like the Kitsune which may have specific switches these caps were designed for, but I'm under the impression these are intended to be used with all MX/Choc V2 switches. The provided keycaps had too thin/small of a stem hole to fit the switches I was using (Shadow Hunting switches). They also did not fit on another, different switch I had lying around, and I feel like it's due to the egregious stem tolerance. The stems of the switches I tested looked very noticeably thicker in comparison to the keycap's hole.
I'm also going to use this opportunity to ask about the keycap sizes (in the context of a Haute C16-S). The normal size (20mm), feels too small for the normal action button holes (23.3mm keycap size, to my understanding), but the large size (25.8mm) is just barely too large to fit those. I feel like these keycaps were intended to fit on more official devices such as the Razer Kitsune, but none of the sizes feel right on my C16-S. Also if it means anything, I was intending to use these on a Mavercade Keebwarrior in the future (normal action button holes = 24mm, large holes = 30mm, to my understanding) Is there a reason the specific sizes of [20mm, 25.8mm] were chosen?
I think if the two above problems were fixed (stem tolerance + relatively unconventional size), these could be pretty good aftermarket keycaps for me to use, but as it stands I can't use/recommend them
Quality button caps… found what I wanted so I bought a complete set.
I was torn on which type of keycap I would like, so I am so glad that they let you buy a small sampler with all of them! Now I can make a more informed purchase in the future.
