Gaterons wobble too much. Plus there are some small differences from cherry to gaterons, and parts aren't perfectly interchangeable.
Source of your claim?
Parts aren't perfectly interchangeable? This is the maddest claim I've heard within this week as I'm writing to you on a keyboard using a gateron clear slider in cherry case switches.
Wobble? As far as I can tell my setup's wobbliness is same as cherry.
Unless you can give me the side movement degree for each cherry, gateron slide-cherry case, and gateron using good enough sampling numbers, your claim is invalid.
I have not used Gaterons, but someone told me that Gaterons have a "weird feeling" bottoming out compared to MX. Something about Gateron using a softer plastic in their slider? This could just be BS though.
Maybe it's true, maybe it's BS. There are many factors such as case/slider material and thickness, plate/pcb mount, etc. FYI, my daily driver is 50g spring with gateron clear slider in cherry case, that's really far from stock.
I tried using single switch comparison on my switch tester, I can tell that using same environment (SS304 plate, lubed, 45g, cherry case) cherry red and gateron clear gives you different feeling from the start. I can't really comment on bottoming out feeling because I never really pay attention to bottoming out as I practice not to bottom out (my finger is already accustomed to light switches). I won't say I don't bottom out when typing fast (>90 wpm) but to be honest, at that speed, what kind of maniac cares about bottoming out feeling? Me, myself, my mind is already somewhere else.
However, after I saw this thread I got really excited thinking I must have gotten lucky and got a batch of the new smoother stems from switchtop so I checked my switches. I expected to see the angled upper edge and the new "windowed" stems for the mx clears but neither was present. But the switches undeniable do feel slightly smoother and less rattly(?).
Therefore could someone with more experience look specifically into mx clears? I'm really interested in this as the new mx clears that I have on my kbd75 feel absolutely amazing and I prefer them over zealios even. What I might do is ask winkeyless if his new mx clears have angled upper edges/windowed stems or not.
That's pretty interesting. I already consider mx clear's texture to be very smooth, now someone claims there's a smoother version? What a mad world!