I talk about it as much as I can here on Reddit. It's kind of sad because their factory OSA keycaps look and feel amazing! Unfortunately, they wear out super fast. I used the ones that came with my K8 Pro for about 4-5 months before they started to shine and feel slippery. I see them as a disposable part. I guess you can't go wrong getting switches and keycaps for $20 over barebones. Both the G Pro and now K Pro switches are at least better than their keycaps. They aren't top tier by any means, but they're decent enough. Answer from dr_wheel on reddit.com
Keychron
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Double Shot PBT OSA Full Set Keycap Set – Keychron
Compatible with all Cherry MX switches, they come in OSA profile and feature double shot legends for added durability, adding some flair to your setup with these double-shot PBT keycaps.
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OSA Dye-Sub PBT Full Set Keycap Set - New York – Keychron
And it's fully compatible with MX mechanical switches. ... OSA has a sculpted shape similar to the MDA profile, but with a more pronounced curve, which enhances its ergonomics and makes typing more comfortable for extended periods.
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Double Shot OSA PBT Side-Printed Full Keycap Set – Keychron
Compatible with all Cherry MX switches, they come in OSA profile and feature double shot legends for added durability, adding some flair to your setup with these double-shot PBT keycaps.
Keychron
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Black Transparent OSA Full Set Keycap Set – Keychron
The black transparent full-set keycap set comes in OSA profile and engineers black transparent material and stylish yellow legends that aims to bring a unique vibe to your desk setup and a fantastic backlight shine-through effect.
Keychron
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OSA Profile Keycaps File – Keychron
Download OSA Profile Keycaps File PDF Format STP Format
Reddit
reddit.com › r/keychron › are people not realizing (or ignoring the fact) that keychron's "pbt" osa keycaps get shiny just like abs ones?
r/Keychron on Reddit: Are people not realizing (or ignoring the fact) that Keychron's "PBT" OSA keycaps get shiny just like ABS ones?
March 24, 2023 -
I'm speaking from personal experience. I also seem to pick random people also noticing this on Discord or Amazon reviews.
I don't have pics right now, but my own OSA keycaps that I bought separate from my board have already got shiny control and A, S keycaps. Not to mention that it's not fully double shot, only the legend part. I'm questioning if these are really PBT or a PBT ABS mix or something, because I can't believe they are.
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I talk about it as much as I can here on Reddit. It's kind of sad because their factory OSA keycaps look and feel amazing! Unfortunately, they wear out super fast. I used the ones that came with my K8 Pro for about 4-5 months before they started to shine and feel slippery. I see them as a disposable part. I guess you can't go wrong getting switches and keycaps for $20 over barebones. Both the G Pro and now K Pro switches are at least better than their keycaps. They aren't top tier by any means, but they're decent enough.
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I have not noticed this on my OSA caps on my Q1SE but I haven't had it that long. Shiny caps happens even on premium sets, so I'm not surprised its happening. Not sure what is meant by "not fully double shot, only the legend part." Thats exactly what double shot means. The keycap is shot in one color, the legends are shot in a second color. The legends go all the way down for the thickness of the keycap and so they don't wear off like a printed or dye sublimation legend might. EDIT: Ok, just happened to find a pic in another thread which was comparing Akko caps to the Keychron OSA caps and the lightbulb went off. I now know what OP meant about only the legends are double shot. This is not a huge deal as no one looks under the caps during normal use. The functionality and wear of the doubleshot caps is unaffected by this. Here is the photo that shows the comparison: https://preview.redd.it/43n1mhobbrpa1.jpg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=6d4609fcab9bf98a4d42cbf728875475f32bf7f7 From the image the overall thickness of the cap is the same. In the Akko cap on the left they shot the outer color in 1/2 thickness and the inner color in 1/2 thickness. On the stock caps they shot the outer color in full thickness and the inner color is just the stem and the legend itself. There is nothing wrong in the functionality of the keycap by doing it that way.
Mechanical Keyboards
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OSA Profile Keycaps
OSA keycaps are a medium-height keycap with a spherical top for a comfortable typing experience. Clear all filters · Filter and sort · Clear all filters Showing 8 of 8 products · Keychron Blue / White 141 Key OSA Profile Double Shot PBT Keycap ...
Amazon
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Amazon.com: Keychron OSA Profile Double-Shot PBT Keycap Set, 141 Keys Blue and White, Compatible with MX Mechanical Switches, Non-Shine-Through, Fits ANSI Layouts (100%, TKL, 96%, 75%, 65%, 60%) : Electronics
Amazon.com: Keychron OSA Profile Double-Shot PBT Keycap Set, 141 Keys Blue and White, Compatible with MX Mechanical Switches, Non-Shine-Through, Fits ANSI Layouts (100%, TKL, 96%, 75%, 65%, 60%) : Electronics
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Amazon.com: Keychron Double Shot OSA PBT Keycap Full Keycap Set (126 Keys) - Grey : Electronics
Compatible with all MX style switches, these full set keycaps come in OSA profile (similar to OEM height and Spherical Angled looks like) and feature double-shot legends for added durability while providing unique flair to your keyboard desk setup.
Reddit
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r/Keychron on Reddit: OSA Keychron red/black keycaps or Akko ASA?
March 15, 2022 -
Anybody got them and can review them? I have Keychron C2 and was wondering if I should get the Keychron OSA ones or Akko ASA ones
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The keychron OSA is NOT a normal/typical OSA. At all. I have both. “Normal” OSA, indeed has SA tops, shallow spherical dished like SA and same area as SA, but at OEM height. The overall sculpt between rows and row angle that is a bit of a hybrid between SA and OEM, more OEM than SA, except for the top rows which are a bit mor like SA (function row is taller than number row for example in OSA, but are the same in OEM. Keychron OSA are an entirely different sculpt and shape. To me, Calling them OSA is quite misleading in that OSA is already in use (if not often) and these are not that. Or even a close clone of that. The overall sculpt and row angle s are more cherry than OEM from what I can tell. That’s great as cherry is so much better ergonomically than oem in terms of sculpt and row angles. The height is OEM plus however (NOT SA height. Not anywhere close to it). the top function row the same as the number row, as are the bottom two rows. The top of each cap is proportioned and sized like OEM , rectangular and may appear to have what one might call an elliptical dish shape, but Really it it is cylindrical, not spherical. Cherry sculpt, OEM height, cylindrical tops but with SA style curved sides (rather than straight). Like half an egg cut off by a cyclical knife. It’s very specific to keychron and not what I think most think of as OSA. Since they are not spherical toos, which is what the S in SA or other profile stands for, calling these OSA is just plain wrong. Fwiw, I wanted to like what I’m calling normal OSA but the dish was too shallow for me and I’m not a fan of OEM sculpt at all.Keychron OSA tops are better in regards to the top shape but are a bit of a strange appearance. The rounded sides of the Keychron OSA mean they are also relatively large in terms of INTERIOR volume. I suspect the internal volume is more like XDA or even SA OR MT3 than OEM. But they are also relatively thin and brittle pbt so they do funky and unpredictable things with switch sound; they seem more clacky than thocky. They are like megaphones for higher frequency sounds. Any clatter in the switch or stabs are emphasized in both feel and sound to offensive levels of awfulness. Any rattle at all is amplified many fold by the larger keycaps stabilized or not) and in ways that drown out any thock with the higher frequencies that sound like a cheap baby rattle. With gateron pro blues, even the 1u caps emphasize clatter and plastic clackiness l. It should be against the law of keyboard aesthetics to use these with Mx blues…the “click” such as it is to begin with turns into something that sounds like a Lego being tossed around in a keycap size clothes dryer. Honestly it sounds like your switch is broken! With box jades or box pinks or even box mute jades, they are nice, with the thin tops emphasizing tactility of the click bar. And while They emphasize tactility (great) that means the also emphasize unwanted things like scratchiness. So you want smooth linears or silent tactiles. Though they are quite nice with lubed halo trues and glorious pandas, which even lubed can be a bit scratchy. Honestly, depending on the switch they can feel and sound like thin and cheap ($15-25) pbt OEM sets you can find everywhere online. Think rkgaming pudding oem. Depending on the switch they sound worse than the thin and cheap XDA sets you can get for similar prices. They sound “thinner” than the bottom edges look or the 1.3mm spec suggests, as if they thin out to under a mm towards the top. And they feel very brittle, far more so than the thick pbt sets I have in cherry, mda, mt3. have complained that they have caps that cracked near the stem, which indicates they are indeed thin and brittle. Also the keychron legends are unacceptable even for $15-20 double shot pbt. They look like bad or reject dyesub not double shot. The legends are very inconsistent in terms of thickness/boldness and size of letters. The legend of my backspace key is noticeably crooked. One control key is wildly off center, the other is centered. How does that happen with double shot keycaps except if the molds for the SAME key themselves have unacceptable variations? These are not minor misalignments but obvious things that should have been caught in quality control of any sort. Apart from QC, in terms of design, most of the modifier legends are too bold and large horizontally relative to the size of the top of the cap while the alphas seem too small and thin relative to the modifiers’ text. It looks like one designer did the alphas and arrows and a different one did the mods, functions and nav and that they did not talk to each other. For $50 including shipping there are better options and if I payed that much for a set I would not be pleased. For $20 including switches on the keychron q series prebuilt vs barebones I guess they are fine. Mainly because the switches are worth at least $10-15 if those are the switches you want (though I think only the linears offered are acceptable with these caps). I’d rather have a good thick pbt CHERRY profile that one can get in that price range by Akko and others. Or even MDA clone pbt which is a lower profile but deep sculpt of with XDA sized and shaped tops. and they tend to be very thick. Not my cup of tea but the $30 including one day shipping shipped pbt epomaker set I have is far better in terms of material, legends, and sound than the keychron funky OSA. MDA is a great profile but I have decided I like caps with a deeper but smaller dish and/or sharper edges. Hence cherry or mt3. Or AFSA, which is an MG/topre Hi-pro style tops (deeply dished spherical but more squared off and larger than mt3) with an SA overall sculpt but at OEM height. Those are so comfortable yet precise. Akko’s ASA (sort of a KAT OSA hybrid) pbt can be had for around the same price once in adds keychron’s crazy high shipping charges, and are better quality and offer far more color ways. Drop is having a 2 for 1 special on mt3 right now, bringing each set down to keychron cap price range if you can go in with a friend. And any of thise, abs or pbt are in an entirely different and higher league. Keychron keycaps are often the weakest link of their boards, normal or low profile. They often get “creative” when it’s either bit needed or I’ll advised without far more research than they seem to be willing to do and thus blow it on quality or quality control or ergonomics. When it’s the stock caps that come with a board built to a price point that might be fine. Though it is increasingly an issue relative to competitors. Compare the keycaps on the K3 to the similarly low profile at nuphy or vissles for example (and you can’t use any other keycaps on keychron low profile boards because of their use of non standard stabilizers positions (to no actual be if it). But I would not buy a stand alone set of keycaps from them. They also to have a tendency introduce new products with problems that are almost at the beta testing stage, but to improve with version 2 of things. Maybe version 2 of keychron OSA will be the same.
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By breaking down the specs, the Keychron OSA Keycaps aren't the thickest, but they're definitely don't seem to be any other major flaws, at least on paper. The OSA profile seems to be a spherical, slightly shortened, and modified version of SA and is taller than OEM and Cherry. ASA Profile is similar but seems to be shorter than OSA (OSA is closer to SA in height, whereas ASA seems to be closer to OEM in height). After shipping, the Keychron OSA Keycaps are around $50. Akko's keycaps are around $60 on Amazon with (presumably) free shipping. I'd say the Keychron OSA Keycaps may be the better value, but you can't really go wrong with either. Just don't expect the Keychron OSA Keycaps to be $30 like it says they are on the website, since Keychron's website hides the shipping costs until you are ready to check out.
Mechanical Keyboards
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Keychron White on Grey 126 Key OSA Profile Double Shot PBT Keycap Set
Keychron White on Grey 126 Key OSA Profile Double Shot PBT Keycap Set
Material: Double-Shot PBT
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Stem: MX style
Legend: Backlight does not shine through
Profile: OSA
126-key keycap set
**Keycaps Only** Keyboard not included
Price $35.00
Reddit
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r/Keychron on Reddit: Cherry or OSA Keycaps?
May 13, 2023 -
Thinking of getting a K8 Pro for mixed gaming and office use. Was going to get the barebones board with cherry-profile keycaps instead of the OSA that come with the board, since cherry is a bit more comfortable. However, I want to make sure the keyboard is as quiet as possible (without going overboard on mods), so my question is, which is quieter? OSA or cherry? Also, which sounds better overall?
By the way, to those of you who've spent a lot of time in the keyboard modding community, how do Keychron's cherry keycaps compare to some of the more premium keycaps available from brands like GMK? Is there a big difference in quality? Are Keychron's keycaps made with official cherry tooling? Does that sort of thing even matter?
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If you want to prioritize silence then keycaps won't make any notable difference, you'll have to get silent switches such as Haimu x Geon Silent Reds to achieve the lowest noise. How keycaps sound is preference. Keychron's keycap sets are fine but GMK sets are far higher quality, and GMK has the original Cherry molds. It doesn't matter unless you must have the original Cherry legends. Drop DCX, NicePBT, and PBTfans are good alternatives for high quality keycaps.
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Sound is subjective but I’ll try to help with my experience! I have both. OSA amplifies the sounds I don’t want with tactile switches. Kinda ruins it for me. Keychron stock OSA also sounds a little hollow with red switches. But… with my Gateron G Pro 2.0 blacks… it’s a beautiful combo! Cherry is jack of all trade, master of none for me. If you like tactile, I love Keychron KSA profile. They looked so weird at first and took a couple hours to get used to, but they became my unexpected favorites with my tactile switches. Hope this helps! This is just my take; let me know if you want more detail.
Reddit
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r/Keychron on Reddit: Keychron double shot pbt osa shiny after only a few days
May 26, 2022 - It is strange since their switches (e. g. the phantom browns) are pretty nice, but the keycaps you have to source for yourself. ... Loving the shape of the keys. If they were translucent army green and orange even better. ... The shape of Keychron's OSA keycaps is the best part.
Reddit
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r/Keychron on Reddit: Double Shot OSA PBT Side-Printed Full Keycap Set is back in stock
April 9, 2025 -
I've talked about this keycap set in various posts on this sub, so just wanted to post that this set is back in stock. Go get it now before it runs out again! https://www.keychron.com/products/double-shot-osa-pbt-side-printed-full-keycap-set
Lemokey
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Double Shot PBT OSA Full Set Keycap Set – Lemokey
Double Shot PBT OSA Full Set Keycap Set
THIS KEYCAP SET DOES NOT INCLUDE A KEYBOARD.
Full keycap set (141 keys) are compatible with ANSI layout Lemokey L1, L3, L4, P1, P1 Pro, and P1 HE.
Price $33.99
Lemokey
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Double Shot OSA PBT Side-Printed Full Keycap Set – Lemokey
Double Shot OSA PBT Side-Printed Full Keycap Set
THIS KEYCAP SET DOES NOT INCLUDE A KEYBOARD.
Full keycap set (141 keys) are compatible with ANSI layout Lemokey L3, L4, Keychron Q series (excluding Q60), Q Pro series, Q Max series (excluding Q60 Max), V series, V Max series, 81 Pro, K2, K2 Pro, K4, K4 Pro, K6, K6 Pro, K8, K8 Pro, K10, K10 Pro, K12, K12 Pro, K14, K14 Pro, C1, C1 Pro, C2, and C2 Pro.
Price $32.99
Central Computers
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Keychron PBT-52 Double Shot PBT OSA Full Keycap Set (141 keys) Retro
Keychron PBT-52 Double Shot PBT OSA Full Keycap Set (141 keys) Retro
Price $32.99
Amazon
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Amazon.com: Keychron OSA Profile Double-Shot PBT Keycap Full Keycap Set (141 Keys) - Black on White, Compatible with MX Mechanical Switches, Non-Shine-Through, Fits ANSI Layouts (100%, TKL, 96%, 75%, 65%, 60%) : Electronics
Amazon.com: Keychron OSA Profile Double-Shot PBT Keycap Full Keycap Set (141 Keys) - Black on White, Compatible with MX Mechanical Switches, Non-Shine-Through, Fits ANSI Layouts (100%, TKL, 96%, 75%, 65%, 60%) : Electronics
Keychron
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Keycap Profiles Comparison: Which One Matches Your Style? – Keychron
January 25, 2025 - OSA blends elements of SA and OEM profiles. It’s taller than OEM but has smoother curves, offering a unique and satisfying typing feel.