I ended up cancelling the order for a few reasons:
- I am not sure I am going to stick with the Planck.
I know I want a mechanical keyboard but I am not sure yet whether a 40% ortho is going to be my forever driver. After giving it more thought, I think what I might need is a more spacious keyboard as my typing is actually pretty fast and my qwerty muscle memory is pretty good, it’s just the clumsiness of this (Apple) keyboard that I think is letting me down - the keys are awkward which leads to mistakes.
I also think I am going to be more aesthetic and feel led (including wanting a thocky sound)… and I think due to its size, none of the Plancks will be able to deliver here. This is why I am actually thinking about getting Drop’s Planck too (and doing a head to head comparison of them both) - I want to be sure before going for a larger keyboard (I really like some of the 75% keyboards such as the KBD75V2 - some of these modded sound absolutely amazing).
- The kits I buy would be too specific and no good if I go for a 75% KB later
Even if I add the additional kits required, I think on a larger keyboard other kits, such as the Serika look much better. Plus…
- This keycap set won’t look quite as good on smaller ortho boards
Because the alphas are slanted/italic - I just get the feeling they won’t look as good.
So for all these reasons I have decided to cancel this order and first ascertain which keyboard I actually want to live with before spending so much on keycaps.
If the designer of these keycaps is reading this, the limited scope of each kit/splitting the keys into too many sets unfortunately makes this keycap set more restrictive… or too expensive if you want to keep your options open (like I do) hence being a factor in deciding not to get these (and I think the same might be true for others, esp going by some of the comments I’ve seen on Drop).