HWM Singapore – August 2019

THINK

aluminum keycap with a glistening
yellow enamel in ll that looks just like
a fresh sunny-side-up egg.
If you’re a coder, you might even
appreciate GMK Dracula, a homage to
the Dracula Theme color scheme for a
range of code editors and applications.
There’s even a quirky “ERR!” add-on
kit that further references the set’s
coding roots, on top of a brightly
colored Highlight kit with pastel and
neon keys in Dracula colors. I don’t
code, but it’s still a pretty good-
looking and unique set to my eyes.
Unsurprisingly, someone has
drawn inspiration from science
 ction and cyberpunk dystopias as
well. GMK Night Runner is all about
the dark, inky sky hovering above a
neon-drenched metropolis, recalling
scenes from Blade Runner and Altered
Carbon. I’ll admit that this set took
a while to grow on me, and for the
longest time I couldn’t decide if it was
really cool or downright awful. But
together with that mouse pad, I think
it could look super awesome.

If Night Runner isn’t your thing

though, there’s GMK Pulse. It’s

another somewhat futuristic-looking

set, with deep black alphas and

bright turquoise modi ers that really

pop. I have the SA version of the set,

and I think the GMK version with

its Cherry pro le looks even better.

SA and Cherry are different keycap

pro les manufactured by different

companies, with Cherry being the

lower pro le one that’s generally

easier to get used to.

You’re probably also wondering why

all the keycap sets have GMK in front

of their names. That’s because they’re

made by GMK, a German company

known for its doubleshot ABS keycaps

and use of original Cherry tooling.

They’re considered one of the higher

quality manufacturers out there, but

they’re far from the only ones. It just

so happens that many of the best

designers now take their sets to them

for manufacturing, but there are still

many other keycap sets available in

different pro les and from different

factories, if you care to look.

Unfortunately, some of these sets

mentioned here have already run, so

they’re not available to buy right now.

If you want something to get excited

about though, you can probably

check out MT3 Serika, GMK Kaiju,

GMK WoB Hiragana, and even GMK

8008. My point is that there’s almost
      nearly something for everyone. If
      you’re looking to pimp out your battle
      station, one of these custom sets
      will do a far better job than any RGB
      gaming keyboard.

GMK Hammerhead

GMK MT3 Serika

GMK Night Runner

30 HWM | AUGUST 2019