Ah, right, I was speaking about MX. Apologies for (my) confusion.
Yeah, Alps makes everything more expensive. Worse, custom keycaps for Alps is almost a non-existent product category! It is the primary reason why I have adamantly avoided Alps switches. And I strongly suggest that anyone else who likes to customize their keycaps, or prefers sphericals like I do, simply avoid Alps switches all together and spare themselves the misery.
My KBP V60 mini was a low-cost experiment to see how Matias tactiles felt. The switches are pretty nice, but 1. they are quite wobbly, 2. without LightCycle DSA they are worthless to me, and 3. they can't hold a candle to silenced Topre switches. Consequently, I don't think I'll buy another Alps-based keyboard ever again.
This is how I feel, but I'd also add:
4. The actuation point on Matias is very low. Which means if I want to add o-rings to shorten the key travel, the actuation point will be
even closer to the bottom of the keypress.
There is a forum post by E. Matias out there where he defends the wobble:
[10/12/2013 22:36:42] Wellington Diesel: but anyways, why's there so much wobbling with your switches?
[10/12/2013 22:36:51] Wellington Diesel: I mean, the keycaps wobble a lot if you try to move them
[10/12/2013 22:37:23] Edgar Matias: it prevents them from catching if you press the key off-centre
[10/12/2013 22:37:43] Edgar Matias: wobble is your friend
[10/12/2013 22:37:50] Wellington Diesel: hmm... nice to know
[10/12/2013 22:38:07] Wellington Diesel: I just don't want to make some pre-concepts about something that's actually positive
[10/12/2013 22:38:27] Edgar Matias: yeah, never understood why there's so much hate on the wobble
[10/12/2013 22:38:37] Edgar Matias: probably just lack of awareness
What garbage! The whole point of having custom switches is for typing comfort and personal preference. If people don't like the wobble, that's reason in itself that it's a drawback for those users. End of story.
The fact that Alps need wobble to make the click leaf work is not a feature. It's a drawback.
Anyway, I really want to give my Alps board a shot, because I've already spent about $300 on it, and the Matias force curve looks closest to a buckling spring than anything I've seen. I would like to mod the switches with heavier springs though.
Until then... Lightcycle, please happen...