[IC] Gateron Switches

[Ngt]

Sorry guys, I'm wrong.

I swapped the Gateron red and black stem into a Cherry MX housing (black), and they seem to do the same thing as the clear did.

Do you mean the test is worthless?

[hwood34]

Alright, numbers are looking good so far. With the MOQ I'm now getting from Gateron, unless we can come up with another 15k orders per switch , the buy is going to have to come from a vendor. It shouldn't be too hard to find one with the numbers we have so far:

Clears: 6006
Blacks: 3836
Blues: 2864
Browns: 2561
Reds: 1386

[snipars]

Sorry guys, I'm wrong.

I swapped the Gateron red and black stem into a Cherry MX housing (black), and they seem to do the same thing as the clear did.

I'm  not sure I understand,  are the gateron clears linear or tactile?

[Sniping]

They're linear like everyone says. Sorry for the confusion.

[Ngt]

Alright, numbers are looking good so far. With the MOQ I'm now getting from Gateron, unless we can come up with another 15k orders per switch , the buy is going to have to come from a vendor. It shouldn't be too hard to find one with the numbers we have so far:

Clears: 6006
Blacks: 3836
Blues: 2864
Browns: 2561
Reds: 1386

Does it mean the vendor will have to order the 15k missing for each type of switch? Or are so limitations only for order that are not made by professionals?

[hwood34]

Alright, numbers are looking good so far. With the MOQ I'm now getting from Gateron, unless we can come up with another 15k orders per switch , the buy is going to have to come from a vendor. It shouldn't be too hard to find one with the numbers we have so far:

Clears: 6006
Blacks: 3836
Blues: 2864
Browns: 2561
Reds: 1386

Does it mean the vendor will have to order the 15k missing for each type of switch? Or are so limitations only for order that are not made by professionals?

Well, since these vendors already have to order the 20k switches, they should have enough to be able to accommodate our needs already

[Ngt]

Alright, numbers are looking good so far. With the MOQ I'm now getting from Gateron, unless we can come up with another 15k orders per switch , the buy is going to have to come from a vendor. It shouldn't be too hard to find one with the numbers we have so far:

Clears: 6006
Blacks: 3836
Blues: 2864
Browns: 2561
Reds: 1386

Does it mean the vendor will have to order the 15k missing for each type of switch? Or are so limitations only for order that are not made by professionals?

Well, since these vendors already have to order the 20k switches, they should have enough to be able to accommodate our needs already

So we only need to wait for one of these vendors to stock up and make a massive buy to them?

[monotagary]

Alright, numbers are looking good so far. With the MOQ I'm now getting from Gateron, unless we can come up with another 15k orders per switch , the buy is going to have to come from a vendor. It shouldn't be too hard to find one with the numbers we have so far:

Clears: 6006
Blacks: 3836
Blues: 2864
Browns: 2561
Reds: 1386

Does it mean the vendor will have to order the 15k missing for each type of switch? Or are so limitations only for order that are not made by professionals?

Well, since these vendors already have to order the 20k switches, they should have enough to be able to accommodate our needs already

So we only need to wait for one of these vendors to stock up and make a massive buy to them?

That's what it sounds like to me. And I'm sure with this volume any third party vendor would be willing to help us out.

[csnickba]

If you guys are still taking orders I'm down for 61 clears

[Ngt]

If you guys are still taking orders I'm down for 61 clears

AFAIK, it is only an interest check and not a GB.

[Fnzzy]

I am guessing the gaterongs are compatible with cherry top housing?

[csnickba]

If you guys are still taking orders I'm down for 61 clears

AFAIK, it is only an interest check and not a GB.

They still need a count on how many they will need if they go through with a group buy. I misread though so that's my bad.

[hwood34]

I am guessing the gaterongs are compatible with cherry top housing?

Yep, every Gateron part is compatible with every Cherry part and vice-versa

Alright, numbers are looking good so far. With the MOQ I'm now getting from Gateron, unless we can come up with another 15k orders per switch , the buy is going to have to come from a vendor. It shouldn't be too hard to find one with the numbers we have so far:

Clears: 6006
Blacks: 3836
Blues: 2864
Browns: 2561
Reds: 1386

Does it mean the vendor will have to order the 15k missing for each type of switch? Or are so limitations only for order that are not made by professionals?

Well, since these vendors already have to order the 20k switches, they should have enough to be able to accommodate our needs already

So we only need to wait for one of these vendors to stock up and make a massive buy to them?

That's what it sounds like to me. And I'm sure with this volume any third party vendor would be willing to help us out.

Well, right now there's only one or two vendors selling Gaterons, so I'm trying to get in touch with them to gauge their stock

[monotagary]

I am guessing the gaterongs are compatible with cherry top housing?

Yep, every Gateron part is compatible with every Cherry part and vice-versa

Alright, numbers are looking good so far. With the MOQ I'm now getting from Gateron, unless we can come up with another 15k orders per switch , the buy is going to have to come from a vendor. It shouldn't be too hard to find one with the numbers we have so far:

Clears: 6006
Blacks: 3836
Blues: 2864
Browns: 2561
Reds: 1386

Does it mean the vendor will have to order the 15k missing for each type of switch? Or are so limitations only for order that are not made by professionals?

Well, since these vendors already have to order the 20k switches, they should have enough to be able to accommodate our needs already

So we only need to wait for one of these vendors to stock up and make a massive buy to them?

That's what it sounds like to me. And I'm sure with this volume any third party vendor would be willing to help us out.

Well, right now there's only one or two vendors selling Gaterons, so I'm trying to get in touch with them to gauge their stock

Sounds great! Thanks for working to put this whole thing together hwood.

[hwood34]

I am guessing the gaterongs are compatible with cherry top housing?

Yep, every Gateron part is compatible with every Cherry part and vice-versa

Alright, numbers are looking good so far. With the MOQ I'm now getting from Gateron, unless we can come up with another 15k orders per switch , the buy is going to have to come from a vendor. It shouldn't be too hard to find one with the numbers we have so far:

Clears: 6006
Blacks: 3836
Blues: 2864
Browns: 2561
Reds: 1386

Does it mean the vendor will have to order the 15k missing for each type of switch? Or are so limitations only for order that are not made by professionals?

Well, since these vendors already have to order the 20k switches, they should have enough to be able to accommodate our needs already

So we only need to wait for one of these vendors to stock up and make a massive buy to them?

That's what it sounds like to me. And I'm sure with this volume any third party vendor would be willing to help us out.

Well, right now there's only one or two vendors selling Gaterons, so I'm trying to get in touch with them to gauge their stock

Sounds great! Thanks for working to put this whole thing together hwood.

np The masses need to experience the joy of Gaterons

[jacobolus]

If you’re willing to use MassDrop for the distribution, I’m pretty sure they’d be interested in running a “drop” of various Gaterons. Even though they typically aren’t the fastest turnaround, it would be a lot less organizing work than managing a group buy as a community project, and they can probably hit pretty good price points, as they have decent marketing/visibility.

[Findecanor]

I've seen white stabilizers before from an old board.

Cherry-style?

I have some SMK stabilisers that are white - and those are interchangeable with Costar stabilisers - but the plastic has deteriorated so they are a bit brittle. I would also much rather have Cherry stabs so that I wouldn't have to disassemble the entire keyboard and fiddle with tweezers and screwdrivers when changing a keycap.

[hwood34]

If you’re willing to use MassDrop for the distribution, I’m pretty sure they’d be interested in running a “drop” of various Gaterons. Even though they typically aren’t the fastest turnaround, it would be a lot less organizing work than managing a group buy as a community project, and they can probably hit pretty good price points, as they have decent marketing/visibility.

Running something through Massdrop would be pretty low down on things I want to do. The pricing they get isn't ever really stellar, and the times can often be pretty ridiculous, something I fear could happen to a buy like this.

[SpAmRaY]

I've seen white stabilizers before from an old board.

Cherry-style?

I have some SMK stabilisers that are white - and those are interchangeable with Costar stabilisers - but the plastic has deteriorated so they are a bit brittle. I would also much rather have Cherry stabs so that I wouldn't have to disassemble the entire keyboard and fiddle with tweezers and screwdrivers when changing a keycap.

Here you can see white inserts

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=34909.msg1064406.msg#1064406

And I know another member had some/was going to have more white ones (both pieces white) made to sell but I'm not sure what happened with those.

[PunksDead]

great work mr. wood, from the sample switches you sent me i REALLY want a full board of gateron blacks, they are amazing. keep it up

[Ngt]

If you guys are still taking orders I'm down for 61 clears

AFAIK, it is only an interest check and not a GB.

They still need a count on how many they will need if they go through with a group buy. I misread though so that's my bad.

I asked previously if we could take part in the group buy even though we didn't take part in the IC and the answer was positive IIRC.

[greath]

Has anyone done a review on a tactile version of the gaterons (like mx browns, not clicky like mx blues)?

[hwood34]

If you guys are still taking orders I'm down for 61 clears

AFAIK, it is only an interest check and not a GB.

They still need a count on how many they will need if they go through with a group buy. I misread though so that's my bad.

I asked previously if we could take part in the group buy even though we didn't take part in the IC and the answer was positive IIRC.

Correct

Has anyone done a review on a tactile version of the gaterons (like mx browns, not clicky like mx blues)?

I actually haven't seen a review yet for a tactile variant. I had blues and blacks, Zeal had clears, and some guy on reddit had blues, clears, and yellows. Haven't seen someone that bought browns

[greath]

I might have to get 2x orders then

One of clears and one of browns.

[Ngt]

If you guys are still taking orders I'm down for 61 clears

AFAIK, it is only an interest check and not a GB.

They still need a count on how many they will need if they go through with a group buy. I misread though so that's my bad.

I asked previously if we could take part in the group buy even though we didn't take part in the IC and the answer was positive IIRC.

Correct

Has anyone done a review on a tactile version of the gaterons (like mx browns, not clicky like mx blues)?

I actually haven't seen a review yet for a tactile variant. I had blues and blacks, Zeal had clears, and some guy on reddit had blues, clears, and yellows. Haven't seen someone that bought browns

I ordered the varmilio switch tester from massdrop with the Gateron switch. I think it is supposed to include the brown. When I'll receive it I will be able to tell you more.

[hwood34]

If you guys are still taking orders I'm down for 61 clears

AFAIK, it is only an interest check and not a GB.

They still need a count on how many they will need if they go through with a group buy. I misread though so that's my bad.

I asked previously if we could take part in the group buy even though we didn't take part in the IC and the answer was positive IIRC.

Correct

Has anyone done a review on a tactile version of the gaterons (like mx browns, not clicky like mx blues)?

I actually haven't seen a review yet for a tactile variant. I had blues and blacks, Zeal had clears, and some guy on reddit had blues, clears, and yellows. Haven't seen someone that bought browns

I ordered the varmilio switch tester from massdrop with the Gateron switch. I think it is supposed to include the brown. When I'll receive it I will be able to tell you more.

Oh yeah, that. Hopefully we get some more reviews once people start getting them

[Hak Foo]

Why not do bags of a fixed quantity of switches?  This would make packing and materials handling easier... and might help pad up orders.

[jonathanyu]

Count me in for clear, black, and brown 200 each.
Not sure why I am not able to open the Google form right now..

[DrHubblePhD]

I actually put in an a legit order, hopefully there is some love for the tactile switches. Hopefully the browns dont suck 

[FrostyToast]

So how about that girth? Yo. dwag. Swag. YOLO.
What is this even?

[DrHubblePhD]

So how about that girth? Yo. dwag. Swag. YOLO.
What is this even?

Bro I dont know If I can even support switches that dont have the necessary girth to maintain significant actuation force over time.

[swornxin]

I would be interested in 100 blacks for an upcoming build I think.

[FrostyToast]

So how about that girth? Yo. dwag. Swag. YOLO.
What is this even?

Bro I dont know If I can even support switches that dont have the necessary girth to maintain significant actuation force over time.

Stop supporting those Gatorade knockoff switches.
What are they called again? Cherry MX or something?

[DrHubblePhD]

So how about that girth? Yo. dwag. Swag. YOLO.
What is this even?

Bro I dont know If I can even support switches that dont have the necessary girth to maintain significant actuation force over time.

Stop supporting those Gatorade knockoff switches.
What are they called again? Cherry MX or something?

No bro Cherry MY is the real competition.

[nubbinator]

[monotagary]

So how about that girth? Yo. dwag. Swag. YOLO.
What is this even?

Bro I dont know If I can even support switches that dont have the necessary girth to maintain significant actuation force over time.

Stop supporting those Gatorade knockoff switches.
What are they called again? Cherry MX or something?

No bro Cherry MY is the real competition.

Who even wants switches named after a stupid fruit when you could have glorious GatorGolf switches instead?

[Moralless]

Put me down for 100 blacks, clears and browns  Really want to try these out.

[hwood34]

Put me down for 100 blacks, clears and browns  Really want to try these out.

You can put yourself down

[Moralless]

Put me down for 100 blacks, clears and browns  Really want to try these out.

You can put yourself down

I did, just couldn't see where I was suppose to put my name 

[hwood34]

Put me down for 100 blacks, clears and browns  Really want to try these out.

You can put yourself down

I did, just couldn't see where I was suppose to put my name 

Oh sorry, no where for now, at this point it's just a numbers game

[Moralless]

Put me down for 100 blacks, clears and browns  Really want to try these out.

You can put yourself down

I did, just couldn't see where I was suppose to put my name 

Oh sorry, no where for now, at this point it's just a numbers game

Fair enough, shouldn't be too much of a problem reaching MOQ with the price it's at if the reviews by you and Zeal are true 

[Evo_Spec]

Fair enough, shouldn't be too much of a problem reaching MOQ with the price it's at if the reviews by you and Zeal are true 

Maybe their reviews are lies! they've been bought out by Gateron, sell outs i tell you!

[Cottonsox]

When this Gatorade gb goes ahead, would it be possible to add some lube as an addon to the group buy? Even if it is at cost, the saving on shipping alone could be beneficial to alot of people

[monotagary]

When this Gatorade gb goes ahead, would it be possible to add some lube as an addon to the group buy? Even if it is at cost, the saving on shipping alone could be beneficial to alot of people

I would love to lube up my Gatorade.

[greath]

When this Gatorade gb goes ahead, would it be possible to add some lube as an addon to the group buy? Even if it is at cost, the saving on shipping alone could be beneficial to alot of people

I would love to lube up my Gatorade.

[hwood34]

When this Gatorade gb goes ahead, would it be possible to add some lube as an addon to the group buy? Even if it is at cost, the saving on shipping alone could be beneficial to alot of people

definite maybe. If we could source tons of lube, which could present a problem

[Cottonsox]

When this Gatorade gb goes ahead, would it be possible to add some lube as an addon to the group buy? Even if it is at cost, the saving on shipping alone could be beneficial to alot of people

definite maybe. If we could source tons of lube, which could present a problem

Happy enough to source my own, Seems something that alot of people getting in on this gb would be looking at also.

[greath]

I would also go for some springs with the group buy

[Fnzzy]

This slowly turns into a Switch + basic switch modding bundle GB if we keep trying to add stuff

I doubt springs will happen though. Sprit's GB just ended recently.

[strict]

This slowly turns into a Switch + basic switch modding bundle GB if we keep trying to add stuff

I doubt springs will happen though. Sprit's GB just ended recently.

My vote is to keep this simple and offer only switches. If you want lube/springs/tops/whatever there are enough places around that sell that stuff. From the sounds of it, lube really isnt even worthwhile on gatorades.