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[IC]DesignerStudio X MARS.Universe Retro Lights Switches
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Tue, 30 August 2022, 22:36:50 »
Designer
Studio
“Oh, time and tide will not wait for a man forlorn: With cherry red spring dies, when green banana sighs. 流光容易把人抛,红了樱桃,绿了芭蕉。” – 蒋捷 《一剪梅·舟过吴江》
Retro Lights Switches
Hi. This DesignerStudio. We are finally back with a new collaboration product with MARS. Universe — Retro Lights Switches.
This switch is inspired by the
MW Retro Lights keycap
set. We aim to create a retro vibe for the keyboards, therefore we choose
cement gray
housings and
R
G
B
-color stems for more customizability and fun! (Sadly, we did not include yellow stem in this run. But you can definitely use our Graphite Gold Stem to Frankenstein one)
A closer look
Key Characteristic
When we design the switches, we want something different from our previous products. So, we use modified POM top housing and brand-new material bottom housing. The
modified POM
top housing will be smoother when typing and have a more rounded sound compared to the regular POM material. The new material
PM
2
, on the other hand, is mainly blended with POM and UPE, which was never used by any switches before. Our initial attempt was using PA66 with less glass fiber. However, during our pilot test, some reviewers reflected that the bottom-out sound was too sharp. After rounds of modification, we came out with PM
2
material which would result in a less sharp and more concentrated sound. The new combination would definitely form a unique typing experience and sound performance. For the stem, we keep on using our G1 stem which was previously used on
Graphite Gold Switches
and
Peach Bloom Switches
. You can learn more about it from these sound tests. (Different keyboards and microphones used would result in different sound performance.)
Sound Tests
FOFO Studio: Retro Lights Switches on Trio 65
Pepper: Retro Lights Switches on Vega 65
AKS: Retro Lights Switches on Class 80
Exploded View
Specifications
Linear
Modified POM top housing
PM
2
mix of POM and UPE) bottom housing
G1 long pole stem (mix of POM, UPE, Paraffin, etc.)
comes with three colorways(
Red
,
Green
,
Blue
) with the same material with a neglectable difference
Spring: 63.5g 18mm gold-plated spring
Actuation Force: 48g
Bottom-out Force: 63.5g
Travel Distance: 3.8mm
Pin Mounting: 5-Pin
Contacts: High-quality gold alloy
Force Curve
Sample Photos
Credit to DZ,Shipkie,嗯嗯
Current Vendors List
QwertyQop
(Singapore)
Inpad
We welcome more vendors to contact us, especially from
NA and EU!
Contact
Please Join Our Discord Channel!
https://discord.gg/3TqZ2M8Hw2
We warmly welcome everyone!
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Email: designerstudio@126.com
Wechat: DesignerStudio7
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Re: [IC]DesignerStudio X MARS.Universe Retro Light Switches
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Tue, 30 August 2022, 22:46:54 »
Looks amazing! Loved these classic colors and also love my peach blossom switches. Really looking forward to this!
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