HyperX Pudding Keycaps — Full Set of Keys — PBT — {Black

I love these keycaps, as i play osu! it feels and plays amazingly. It also sounds better then the other keycaps. I made the mistake of getting the US layout but that's not amazons fault thats mine as i didn't read it properly.

I was looking for a keyboard for a gaming setup at my girlfriends house so I didn't have to unplug my main keyboard and mess around swapping it. I was not looking to to spend too much money since this was obviously not my main setup. The criteria was; nice feeling mechanical switches (Preferably browns) and smaller form factor as it would be used primarily for gaming and the desk where it would live is on the smaller side. I saw the Z88 and was impressed with its feature set for the money and decided to gamble on a brand that I'd not heard of before.The only real downside to the Z88 I'd say (which is subjective) is the keycaps / typeface - I think they look a bit tacky but with that said, even though I wasn't sure how they would fit I decided to buy the HyperX Pudding Keycaps to replace them. As you can see from the picture It has made the keyboard look a lot more premium than its price tag would suggest. Due to the fairly unique size since its somewhere between 60% and 10Keyless - it has arrow keys as well as an extra column for HOME, END etc - the right shift key did not fit. As a temporary measure I used a spare key which fit on the right row but is slightly too short - I will figure out a more permanent solution but I am really happy with how it turned out. A nice braided USB C to USB A cable and this setup would really stand out without breaking the bank.

HyperX Pudding Keycaps reviewI bought these keycaps for my UK model steelseries Apex Pro keyboard. The keycaps are US so I knew that I wouldn’t be able to replace 100% of the keys. I was able to replace the majority and only had to retain the original top left key ‘|’ as well as 2 (“ instead of @) 3 (£ instead of $), left shift (replacement bigger than original), ‘\’, ‘@‘, ‘#’ and Return (US key is much smaller. I replaced one of the Windows keys with the ‘menu’ key as only a single Windows key is supplied by HyperX.I do prefer the bigger, bolder font of the original keys, but the illumination effects are definitely improved with the white sidewalls and I prefer the texture of the HyperX PBT keycaps over the original steelseries ABS keycaps.I can happily recommend these, but have given 4/5 due to there not being a full set for UK layout keyboards. I’ve included a couple of photo’s to help illustrate the effect.

Nice key caps, I will warn you if your looking for pure bright white keycaps like the razor Mercury’s, these aren’t that white there more of a slight off white which sucks as a lot of my pc parts are very white so that’s how you can tell they don’t really match the same shade, but the caps are quality made double shot and you can instantly feel the premium difference between a cheap non double shot set, the bleed through for the RGB though is insanely nice as they are pudding caps, specially with white on white, you won’t be disappointed, that’s why there so popular, I would choose these or the razor Mercury caps for sure, nothing else really competes with these 2

I will say firstly I really like these keycaps. I wanted to create some contrast on my HyperX Alloy 65% and it definitely helps create the effect I wanted. The quality seems as good as the original double shot PBT and the extra RGB coming through looks nice.I can't give it 5 stars for 2 reasons.1. One star is dropped because it doesn't work fully with HyperX's own 65% keyboard. It does state its for a full sized keyboard, but I feel like its a bit tight not to include an extra couple of keys that would make it fully compatible. Notably there are a couple of keys such as one shift key. Looking at other keycap sets from competing manufacturers in this gaming keyboard space they do include the extras.2. The keys come packaged shrinkwrapped in the correct positions as they'd go on the keyboard, but when you open the packet, the keys become loose and go everywhere.I'm glad I bought them and its added an interesting individual design to my keyboard, but I would have liked to also do the outer keys. I'd have even paid slightly more to have those extra couple of caps

Pudding key caps fit perfectly on standard HyperX layout. In case you are replacing keys for TKL or some other variant, double check compatibility.

I'm relatively new to mechanical keyboards but I can say with absolute certainty that these are some truly outstanding keycaps. They look, feel and sound like a real premium product without the crazy price tag.Personally I think the white set is best used with a black base as it creates a really nice black/grey/white gradient when the RGB is off and emphasizes the great lighting offered by the keycaps when turned on.My only criticism would be that there's no FN2 button included (I'm using with a Durgod Venus 60%) however I know this isn't standard and wasn't expecting it to be part of the set anyway.Thoroughly recommended for anyone new to mechanical keyboards who wants to get a feel for how different keycaps can completely change the feel and look of a board.

Great keycaps for keyboards with nice RGB, only downside to these is the big HyperX logo on the spacebar.Other than that solid pair of keycaps!