Five turtle keycaps in a row on a pale studio table: midnight blue, oak, dark oak, brass and jade shells over cream bases, each mint turtle head peeking out with its own face

Turtle Moods Keycap Set

Five turtles for your keyboard. Press one and it pulls its head in.

Five turtles, all looking out.

At rest every head stands 2.2 mm proud of its shell, so each face is on show: sleepy, happy, grumpy, surprised and a wink.

The push comes from you.

Nothing in here is powered. Your finger carries the cap 4 mm down the switch, shell and head with it.

A slanted slot steers the head.

Seen from the side with the shell cleared away: a pin on the head rides a slot in a plate that never moves. Going down, the slot leans back, and the head has to follow it.

Pressed, the turtle hides.

At the bottom of the press the head has slid 3.1 mm back and its face sits just inside the rim of the shell.

Let go and it peeks out again.

The switch lifts the key, the slot walks the pin back up, and the face slides forward. Type across the row and the turtles duck in turn.

Five shells on one row.

Midnight blue, oak, dark oak, brass and jade, each with the same plated pattern across its back.

Five moods, one for every kind of day.

Every turtle has its own face and its own shell. Put the one that suits you on the key you hit most, or run all five along a row.

Up close

The whole row is 3.7 × 0.7 × 0.8 in and weighs 0.5 oz, all five together. Small enough to sit in a palm, made to sit on a keyboard.

The five turtle keycaps on a white wall shelf beside a small succulent and a stack of books, in warm lamp light
Off the keyboard they still make a row worth looking at.
The grumpy turtle keycap resting in an open palm
One turtle is about the size of a fingertip.
The five keycaps seen straight on, each with its anchor frame below it
Straight on, every face is level and every shell lines up.

One slanted slot does the hiding.

Each keycap stands on its own anchor frame, which sits on the keyboard plate around the switch and holds two upright plates. Those plates never move. Each one has a slot cut on a slant, and a round pin on the turtle's head rides in it.

When you press, the shell and the head go down with the key. The slot leans backward as it drops, so the pin, and the whole head with it, is pushed back under the shell. Let go and the same slot brings it forward again.

Key up: the face is out.

Side cut of one keycap: a fixed plate with a slanted slot, and the turtle head's pin riding in it
A cut through the keycap, drawn from its CAD. Cream: the base and the fixed plate with its slot. Mint: the head and its pin.
The grumpy turtle keycap pressed all the way down, its head drawn back inside the dark oak shell
Pressed all the way: the grumpy face drawn back under the shell.

Five turtles in the box.

Turtle Moods Keycap Set: a row of moods that hide when you press them.

5
turtle keycaps, one for each mood: sleepy, happy, grumpy, surprised and wink
5
shell colours, one per turtle: midnight blue, oak, dark oak, brass and jade
Row of five
3.7 × 0.7 × 0.8 in (W × D × H)
Weight
0.5 oz, all five
Fits
Cherry MX-style switches on a plate-mounted keyboard
Spacing
0.75 in (19.05 mm) key to key, a standard row
Press
4 mm of travel; the head slides 3.1 mm back
Colours
Cream bases, mint heads, five shell colours
The five shells seen from above: midnight blue, oak, dark oak, brass and jade, each with its plated pattern

Good to know

Will they fit my keyboard?

They are made for Cherry MX-style switches on a plate-mounted keyboard, spaced 0.75 in (19.05 mm) apart like a standard row. Each keycap's anchor frame sits on the plate around its switch.

What happens when I press one?

The turtle pulls its head back under its shell: 3.1 mm back over a 4 mm press. When you let go, the switch lifts the key and the head slides forward again.

Do they need batteries?

No. There is nothing electric in them. The only thing that moves a turtle is your press, through a slot and a pin.

Are all five turtles different?

Yes. Each has its own face (sleepy, happy, grumpy, surprised and wink) and its own shell colour (midnight blue, oak, dark oak, brass and jade). The bases are cream and the heads are mint on all five.