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SteelSeries Unveils PrismCaps- New Pudding style Doubleshot PBT Keycaps

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SteelSeries, the worldwide leader in gaming and esports peripherals, today unveiled SteelSeries PrismCaps. The new line of PrismCaps are designed to provide gamers with the ultimate option to upgrade and enhance the gaming experience through their keyboards. Engineered to deliver the widest compatibility available for mechanical keyboards, the universal keycaps are designed for durability, fit, placement, and precision. Additionally, PrismCaps provide a stunning appearance through a "double shot" pudding-style design that emphasizes the brilliance of dynamic RGB lighting.

  • Widest Compatibility - It's about fit, placement, and precision. SteelSeries PrismCaps include two additional sets of alternate bottom row keycaps to fit the widest range of mechanical keyboard brands (SteelSeries, Razer, HyperX, Corsair, Ducky, and more).
  • Extreme Durability - Engineered with PBT, one of the hardest and most durable keycap materials available, SteelSeries PrismCaps retain consistent texture and appearance through extreme use - even for the most hardcore gamers.
  • Enhanced Lighting - With millions of color options, gamers can power up their keyboards with brilliant pudding-style RGB illumination through a specially engineered double shot design with translucent sides and letters.
  • Delivering best-in-class compatibility, durability, and dynamic RGB lighting, SteelSeries PrismCaps are available in both black and white colors in North America for $29.99 | EMEA for €34.99 | APAC for $34.99 at Steelseries.com. Choose from US/UK/NORDIC layouts.



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Not a bad price honestly. The fonts are decent but, I'm not a fan of all uppercase letters on the special keys. I'm sure a lot of people don't mind them though.
 
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is that pudding keycaps, with new name
 
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So bright you can't read the letters on the keys anymore.
 
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That now looks pretty much exactly the same as my roccat Aimo 120?!. Ish.

After another look it has less special function buttons but the caps are same.
 
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i will never understood how people can use a keyboard like that, looks like a christmas tree on drugs
 
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i will never understood how people can use a keyboard like that, looks like a christmas tree on drugs
You can control the lights normally, few use rainbow puke, on mine, off is very easy too, but fair enough it is not for everyone.
 
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So isn't this basically the same as the hyperx pudding keycaps?
 
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So isn't this basically the same as the hyperx pudding keycaps?

In principle, yeah. From a font standpoint, the font on these SteelSeries caps look to be a tad larger, which is great for those of us who have trouble seeing, even with the amount of light this style of keycap gives off.

@VSG @W1zzard, any chance of getting a set of these for review and comparing them side by side with the HyperX pudding keycaps? :D
 
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So isn't this basically the same as the hyperx pudding keycaps?

Which is also the same as the dozens of other pudding keycaps. The difference is going to come in the font, thickness, and material transparency. Most pudding keycaps copycat off 1st gen hyperx puddings (you can tell because they all use the same terrible font which was changed with gen2). Hopefully with the different font being used here there are other improvements as well.
 
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