Double Shot OSA PBT Side-Printed Full Keycap Set

all black looks real nice on a black keyboard. no complaints solid product.

I ordered a set of white and a set of black for my Q1 Max and Q1HE. Both arrived today and they look and feel great. SOme people have complained about some of the past Keychron Doubleshot keycaps not being "true" doubleshot. I can say for sure that these are fully doubleshot with nice thick walls and a good solid feel when typing. The OSA profile is quickly becoming one of my favorites with good separation on the keys and a very comfortable height when using a wrist wrest (although a bit tall if you don't use one)

I appreciated them being well packaged by key row for easy sorting. And they fit nice and tight on Gateron Nebula, Baby Kangaroos, and Halo True switch stems. But they are not so tight that they take the switch with them when removing the keycap. Not sure why so many companies get this wrong but Keychron has the dimensions down right and I apprecate it as someone who likes to tinker with their boards a lot.

Sadly though there are two things worth noting that knock a star off overall.

1: The white set are not as really white like the stock key caps on my Q1HE. They are closer to the eggshell/cream color of the white Q1 Max boards. This isn't the end of the world but disappointing none the less. Shinethrough is good. Almost too good since there is a slight glow to them and I may end up darkening most of the inside of the keycaps except around the letters to help alleviate it a bit.

2: Sadly the Black keys have the opposite issue. Shine through just doesn't look as good. The letters are not crisp and give inconsistent lighting. Some almost look like they are cut off in places. It isn't bad from a low angle when looking at the side of the keys but when at a normal typing level it just doesn't look as crisp as something like a Drop DCL Shadow. In fact some keys like the S key or a lot of special characters such as the :; key barely show up at all. The period for the keypad is just black.

The white are a great set as long as you don't expect them to be pure white like the stock keycaps and the black are a good set but the problems with light transmission keeps them from being quite as good in my opinion.

As a final note it would have been nice if the black set were a 2 tone set like the white. With the white set you get grey F5-F8 as well as Backspace, enter, etc. It would have been nice to see something similar with the black set.

So the white are an easy 4.5 but the black are just 3 or 3.5 at best.