Need keyboard with letters that will never fade?

[kenchu]

Hey guys, I am planning on building my first computer and I will need a keyboard since currently I'm on an Asus k50 series laptop.
I've had this laptop for over 7 years of gaming and school/uni work and the letters on my keyboard haven't wear off at all (it looks like brand new).

I want to purchase a keyboard wich has letters that will never fade out, since I have a friend that has a gaming pc and the letters of its keyboard are worn out and it looks really horrible and it's just annoying.

I don't want to buy a keyboard and replace the keycaps, plus in my country they only sell WASDEQRF keys and from not so great brands.

I've read online people with DAS, Corsair, or Cooler Master EXPENSIVE keyboards that suffer from this letter-fading problem.

Could you please tell me some keyboard models with letters that will never fade? (Like the one's on my laptop). Preferably cheap, but more expensive or mechanical suggestions are appreciated too.

 

[guanyu210379]

Never...you mean ever?
How about this?
https://www.alexcious.com/products/detail124.html
The letters are carved not printed.

 

[Colif]

why not get a keyboard with backlighting, then the caps shouldn't fade but i guess its possible the transparent part of key might wear eventually and allow light to bleed through.

I like backlit as I am going blind as I get older and having lit keys means I can actually read what the letters say. If i turn light off I can only bearly see what each key is.

 

[kenchu]

Guanyu,
The review in LTT didn't convince me at all, plus the price for shipping it to Argentina and the price of the keyboard itself is insane. I was looking for something more simple like my laptop keyboard, that keyboard manufacturing process can't be exclusive of Asus laptops.

Colif,
yeah in my country masterkeys pro m white edition has a good price amongst mechanical keyboards, the problem is I see various reports online of people with these keyboars with letters fading and looking like a stain of light on the key.

Isn't there a cheap microsoft or logitech keyboard with good keys? I believe my laptop one's are laser etched?

EDIT: btw thank you guys for replying what about your personal experience with keyboards?

 

[guanyu210379]

Meh..I was jut throlling before...sorry about that..
I found out about the keyboard also via Linus Tech Tips.

The best solution for you is to really get a mechanical keyboard with backligthing.
I am using a QPad MK-80 pro (cherry mx brown).
This keyboard is good but ha not fancy stuffs like RGB ligthing.

The letter will still be fading away on those kinda keyboards but it should take longer to fade away.

 

[Colif]

fading doesn't really apply if you have a light shining through the key to show its shape. Only keyboards I have used with baclighting where a Microsoft keyboard they no longer make but that I loved, and a Logitech G910 which I am currently using. Not had any experience with faded keys, since my last keyboard didn't last long enough to fade, and other keyboards didn't have back lighting.

I used to buy keyboards a lot more in the past when I could read them without lighting, most of those were logitech and until I got the Microsoft keyboard, I never found one I wanted to use long enough to fade its keys. I used the Microsoft one for about 5 years until it stopped working.

I have seen faded keys on keyboards before but none of them were mine.

 

[cryoburner]

The letters can't fade if they aren't there to begin with...
https://www.daskeyboard.com/daskeyboard-4-ultimate/

Yes, this probably wasn't helpful. : P

One of the best kinds of keycaps to resist fading are "double-shot injection molded" keys. They use two thick layers of plastic, with the letters molded directly into the first layer.

That said, I've regularly used a keyboard that just has just printed-on letters for over a decade, and they still look nearly perfect. There's a clearcoat layer over the letters though, and the quality of that undoubtedly varies from one model of keyboard to the next.

And while some backlit keys are double-shot using clear plastic letters, others just use a thin, colored coating over transparent keys, with the letters laser-etched through that coating. With those, it can be possible for the thin coating to wear off over time, causing light to show through around the letters. Not all backlit keys will necessarily have durable lettering.

 

[kenchu]

Thanks everyone for your responses. All deserve the best answer but I can only pick one 🙁 .
I might save up for a mechanical with good built quality reputation to see how it goes. If I can't save money then maybe just a microsoft one.
Thank you very much guys!