【IC】The First Full LY Material Switch

[Aregs Keyboard]

Hello! Here is NLandkeys, I'm Aregs.

First off. Thank you all so much for liking Flower Shadow Switches, they've now been ReStocked three times but once again quickly Out of stock, and after many requests, we've decided to open up a round of Pre-orders and they'll be shipping in September!


Updated(2023/6/29):
New review from Shoobs:

 


Updated(2023/6/10):
LY is a hybrid material with an extremely low coefficient of friction,they are currently the smoothest material, the coefficient of friction can reach 0.02, the coefficient of friction of POM is about 0.3, at the same time just like the special sound that can be brought by the switch of all POM material, all LY material can bring a very unique sound, with an extended spring and Long Pole stem, he will have a very elastic and feedback feeling





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People say LY is the smoothest material, so what if every part of switches is made of LY?

That's really too smooth! And the sound is too clean! Try them!

                                                               

Spec:
Linear
LY Housing
LY Stem
Total travel 3.1mm
Pre-travel 2.0mm
operating force 37g
bottom force 50g
two-stage spring
Manued by Bsun
5PINS
Pre-lubed

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Sound Test and more reviews：

Reviews by GeeKey from South Korea

Reviews by Daihuku Keyboard from Japan

Arpey Keys

THOCCnology

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Lastly, thanks again for all the support and love from my friends! We are a relatively new business, but we are more than happy to listen to suggestions and correct them quickly, and are willing to work hard to make a better product! Thank you all!

[Sissy]

Lets not get too crazy now.

[treypop]

So what is LY?

[Jefff]

Anybody want to clarify what LY is? Is it just some proprietary blend of two or more of the following (PC/nylon/UHMWPE/POM)?

[Klexos]

Anybody want to clarify what LY is? Is it just some proprietary blend of two or more of the following (PC/nylon/UHMWPE/POM)?

Yup, to my knowledge, it's just a marketing name for POM mixed with UPE (UHMWPE) and/or PTFE. 

[stidal]

stickslip time

[herfalerf]

This product is already for sale.  This isn't an interest check, its an advertisement.

[Aregs Keyboard]

Anybody want to clarify what LY is? Is it just some proprietary blend of two or more of the following (PC/nylon/UHMWPE/POM)?

Sorry I didn't explain it,LY is a hybrid material with an extremely low coefficient of friction,they are currently the smoothest material, the coefficient of friction can reach 0.02, the coefficient of friction of POM is about 0.3, at the same time just like the special sound that can be brought by the switch of all POM material, all LY material can bring a very unique sound, with an extended spring and Long Pole stem, he will have a very elastic and feedback feeling. Now more and more people are in love with this feeling!

[KeebRehab]

Anybody want to clarify what LY is? Is it just some proprietary blend of two or more of the following (PC/nylon/UHMWPE/POM)?

Sorry I didn't explain it,LY is a hybrid material with an extremely low coefficient of friction,they are currently the smoothest material, the coefficient of friction can reach 0.02, the coefficient of friction of POM is about 0.3, at the same time just like the special sound that can be brought by the switch of all POM material, all LY material can bring a very unique sound, with an extended spring and Long Pole stem, he will have a very elastic and feedback feeling. Now more and more people are in love with this feeling!

You just wrote the same sh*t like three times.

[Nuap]

Anybody want to clarify what LY is? Is it just some proprietary blend of two or more of the following (PC/nylon/UHMWPE/POM)?

Sorry I didn't explain it,LY is a hybrid material with an extremely low coefficient of friction,they are currently the smoothest material, the coefficient of friction can reach 0.02, the coefficient of friction of POM is about 0.3, at the same time just like the special sound that can be brought by the switch of all POM material, all LY material can bring a very unique sound, with an extended spring and Long Pole stem, he will have a very elastic and feedback feeling. Now more and more people are in love with this feeling!

You just wrote the same sh*t like three times.

Now more and more people are in love with this feeling!

[Aregs Keyboard]

updated the reviews from shoobs

[CONIN]

So what is LY?

I also landed here looking for an answer, only to find out OP is just copy-pasting the same vague phrase over again. I recently bought some Swagkeys' Popcorn switches which are also made from the same material, but neither their site says what "LY" stands for.

[vhaarr]

So what is LY?

https://dangkeebs.com/products/mamba

What is LY?

LY is an UHMWPE blend made by JWK aimed to combine UHMWPE's natural lower coefficient of friction, self-lubricating properties, and resistance to abrasion with enhanced structural integrity. UHMWPE on its own is an extremely soft material prone to deforming in instances of high stress such as when stems are friction fitted into keycaps. This can result in wobble, or in extreme cases keycaps simply falling off. This blend ensures those issues do not occur. Additionally, the increased rigidity will produce a louder, fuller sound on bottom-out than a comparable pure UHMWPE stem.

It's probably a proprietary blend which means we'll probably never actually know what it is. That's just a guess.