...After my build though I want to see if hot swap is just as nice and maybe do a hotswap board. The idea that you can just swap switches when you want is nice.
What switches are you gonna buy?
So I gotta say I ended up getting Halo Trues and just lubed them up this past weekend. It took maybe 6 hours for a 65%.. It wasnt fun the whole time, but let me tell you... when I put the last switch in and test the whole board its a HUGE difference.
Hotswap actually isnt bad at all because if I mess up buying one switch I dont like, I can always get the other!
Took me about 6+ hours to lube a 75% too. Wait until you find the joys of QMK and start googling "best keyboard macros".
Things I learned the hard way:
1. Make sure the switch housing is closed all the way before pressing into the PCB/tray mount.
2. Opened housings can actually make it difficult to install a switch onto the PCB
2b. This will lead to numerous bent pins
3. Buy a switch puller
4. Buy a solder puller
5. Cheap key caps are definitely cheap for a reason
6. No one around you cares about keyboards the way you care about keyboards and if you find that one person and they end up liking clicky switches; it's ok, let them like clicky switches - you're not going to find another one.
