Cool, so sounds like I should spring swap them.
Which exactly TX springs should I use?
I want to be at least as heavy as MX blacks, including bottom out force.
I have 105g0 oil, will bag lube them.
Swapping springs shouldn't affect smoothness of the stem and housings, right?
Medium, 15mm long and 67g? Or heavier? I think heavier, cause when I had Tealios 67g, they were tooooo light.
If these are bottom out force, then I would go for 80g at least.
https://keebcats.co.uk/products/tx-springs-medium-15mm?variant=39466137485473
EDIT:
I found this about Oil Kings:
Specification
Switch Type: Linear Switch
Stem Material: POM
Top Housing: Nylon PA66
Bottom Housing: Ink Housing material
Actuation Force: 55g
Bottom Out Force: 80g
Spring: 20mm Black Spring
If they bottom out at 80g, then I need a 100g...
20mm springs?! So max TX I can get is 18mm, found here.
Oil kings should be 65g bottom out, I looked into it and saw that force curves show around 65g, apparently it was just a typo which was weird.
"Gateron has released updated spring force measurements. Bottom out was originally listed as 80g, it is now corrected to 65g." I heard this quote but don't know where it's from.
Mx blacks are 85g bottom out so If you want that feeling you could go 85g, I would personally go a bit lower 75-80g because cherry springs are very inconsistent when it comes to their springs (Cherry says it's 20±CN on it's tolerances which makes the springs inconsistent, however I'm not sure if this affects bottom out as I believe this refers to actuation force) so you may feel that 85g is a bit too heavy, the thing about aftermarket springs is that they are cheap so you can experiment without it costing too much.
For spring length, If you want something more closer to cherry blacks than go with medium springs as both have the same length of 15mm, but if you want something like the oil kings but a bit longer than go for a longer spring. Also there are other spring manus that you can look at, I know geon does a 22mm spring (though they only go up to 70g and I have heard that recent batches aren't with things like chattering, but they are the cheapest springs on the market) and I have heard sprit makes really good springs but they are more expensive and sprit had a history of scamming, which is why I don't buy them personally. Just make sure you find springs with consistency at least ±1g of force at the minimum.
Also It shouldn't really affect the smoothness that much, certainly not the slider and housing. However I have heard from people who have built a lot more boards than me say that smoothness can vary because of the inconsistency that some springs have, though, I'd imagine the springs would make the "smoothness" have the same consistency if you notice it more and it wouldn't be too much of a difference (but then again I don't really notice it from my one board of cherry silvers w/stock springs, but I do notice how much more consistent some like tx springs are when I tried them for the first time)
I know this is really long but hopefully this helps you somewhat. But I'd recommend trying several options just to see what you like. I'll also update this to if I try oil kings at the meetup and see how similar they are to my 62g creams (in terms of weighting at least)