Pudding V2 PBT Doubleshot Keycap Set for Enhanced Mechanical Keyboard Backlighting and Customisation

Upgrading your mechanical keyboard’s aesthetics and functionality often starts with the keycaps. The Pudding V2 keycap set offers a direct solution for users wanting to improve the visibility of their keyboard’s RGB backlighting while maintaining a quality typing feel. Constructed from PBT plastic via a doubleshot process, these keycaps are designed for durability and a crisp, shine-through effect. Available in a classic white and black colour scheme, they suit a vast range of keyboard builds and are offered in numerous specific layout kits to ensure a perfect fit for popular models from 60% to full-size layouts, including ANSI, ISO, and various enthusiast layouts like XD64 and XD84.

Features and Construction

The Pudding V2 keycaps are engineered with specific features that address common user requests for customisation and longevity in aftermarket keycaps.

Material and Build

The keycaps are manufactured from PBT plastic, a material favoured in the mechanical keyboard community for its textured surface that resists the glossy ‘shine’ that develops on ABS plastic over time. The legends (the characters on the keys) are created using a doubleshot moulding process. This involves injecting two different colours of plastic to form the legend and the keycap body as a single, inseparable piece. This means the lettering cannot wear off with use, as it is not merely printed on the surface. The sides and top of the keycaps are translucent, specifically designed to allow keyboard backlighting (RGB or single-colour) to shine through brightly, creating the distinctive ‘pudding’ effect where light glows from under and around the keys.

Size and Practical Fit

These keycaps feature an OEM profile, which is the standard shape and height used by many mainstream mechanical keyboard manufacturers. This makes them a direct replacement for most stock keycaps, ensuring a familiar typing angle and experience. The critical differentiator of this set is its extensive compatibility. It is not a single universal kit but is sold in multiple specific layout options (G1 through G13). These options cover precise key counts and layouts for keyboards such as the Poker (60%), Standard 87-key TKL, Standard 108-key full-size, as well as ‘Snake’ and ‘Boat’ layout variants. It also includes kits for ISO layouts and compact enthusiast boards like the XD64 (64-key), XD68 (68-key), and XD84 (84-key). This granular approach ensures buyers receive only the keys needed for their specific keyboard, guaranteeing all modifier keys and spacebars will fit correctly.

Uses and Placement

These keycaps are tailored for users who value both aesthetics and a tailored typing experience, serving needs from casual gaming to professional use.

Event or Professional Use

For streamers, content creators, or professionals working in dimly lit environments, the enhanced backlighting provided by these pudding-style keycaps improves key visibility on camera and for the user. The crisp, non-fading legends ensure important shortcut keys and function labels remain clearly legible during long work sessions or live broadcasts. The professional, clean look of the white and black colour scheme fits well in both home office and studio setups.

Everyday Home Use

For the everyday mechanical keyboard user or gaming enthusiast, this set offers a straightforward way to personalise their setup. Swapping to these keycaps can refresh the look of an older keyboard, match a PC’s colour theme, or simply make typing in low-light conditions easier. The PBT material provides a pleasant, slightly textured feel during typing that many prefer for both gaming and prolonged document work, offering a practical benefit alongside the visual upgrade.

Benefits and Buying Value

The value of this keycap set lies in its targeted design, material choice, and the clarity of its compatibility options.

Reuse and Low Maintenance

The durability of PBT plastic and the permanent nature of the doubleshot legends mean this keycap set is designed for long-term use. They are resistant to the oils from fingers that can degrade other plastics, maintaining their look and feel. Cleaning is simple: the keycaps can be popped off, washed, dried, and reinstalled, offering a low-maintenance solution for keeping a keyboard hygienic and looking new over years of use.

Why Choose This Product

Choosing the Pudding V2 set is a decision based on specific compatibility and material quality. Unlike generic keycap sets that may leave you with incorrectly sized modifier keys, the multiple layout options here ensure a precise fit. The combination of PBT material and doubleshot construction addresses the common complaints of legend wear and shiny keycaps, providing a upgrade that is both visually impactful and functionally durable. It is a product focused on delivering a known solution—enhanced backlighting and a quality typing feel—through a well-specified construction method and clear compatibility guidelines.