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Man I'm jealous of this.
Where exactly do the switches come from? Just wondering if I have to pay Finnish import fees for these.
Received my switches Can confirm they are pcb mount in case people were still wondering.Thanks George for organising the GB, and the fast turnaround!
Quote from: ojrask on Sun, 03 December 2017, 19:47:36Where exactly do the switches come from? Just wondering if I have to pay Finnish import fees for these.If you order from Optic Boards (VicareyG) then it's shipped from UK so you should be fine.
Another 56 packages ready for the post office tomorrow. That will make the GB 99% complete. 3 packages left and those are for people who ordered other things alongside the Silent Blacks.
silent clacking
Quote from: funderburker on Wed, 06 December 2017, 13:08:50silent clackingwat
Any updates for US shipments?
Cherry Silent Black GB UpdateSwitches are still in transit to me. They got help up in customs, but I have an estimated delivery date of Friday. If they come to me on Friday, I will have all orders shipped out by Tuesday.Once group buy orders are shipped out, the remaining stock (which is a ton) will be put up for sale on the site. They will most likely be around .50/switch.
the springs appear to be a lot lighter than the old MX Blacks, very very similar to Gateron Yellow
My switches arrived today, thanks for organizing the group buy!Edit:Quote from: Chromatrope on Wed, 06 December 2017, 07:32:56 the springs appear to be a lot lighter than the old MX Blacks, very very similar to Gateron YellowI also noticed this, they really seem to be lighter. I bought a couple Silent Blacks from reichelt.de just to play around with and they actually have different springs than the Silent Blacks from this group buy.Show ImageLeft is from a Silent Black from reichelt.de and right is from this group buy.
Quote from: Choppersuey on Thu, 07 December 2017, 05:39:33My switches arrived today, thanks for organizing the group buy!Edit:Quote from: Chromatrope on Wed, 06 December 2017, 07:32:56 the springs appear to be a lot lighter than the old MX Blacks, very very similar to Gateron YellowI also noticed this, they really seem to be lighter. I bought a couple Silent Blacks from reichelt.de just to play around with and they actually have different springs than the Silent Blacks from this group buy.Show ImageLeft is from a Silent Black from reichelt.de and right is from this group buy.Interesting. Since I haven't had any experience with retooled/silent blacks before and I have only a single non-retooled black in a tester here, I assumed it was something that changed with the retool, not with this batch. Is it a slight or significant difference between the two? To me the silent vs the old black feels like as big a difference as red to silent black.
Quote from: gipetto on Thu, 19 March 2020, 09:55:18Maybe they're waiting for gasmasks and latex to get sexy again.The world has become a weird place.
Maybe they're waiting for gasmasks and latex to get sexy again.
Interesting. Since I haven't had any experience with retooled/silent blacks before and I have only a single non-retooled black in a tester here, I assumed it was something that changed with the retool, not with this batch. Is it a slight or significant difference between the two? To me the silent vs the old black feels like as big a difference as red to silent black.
somebody just do the nickel test jeez
I'm starting to wonder if they maybe gave us reds instead. I'll crack mine open once my switch openers turn up.
Those seem MX reds springs, and BTW they are the same springs that you can find in blues and browns. Probably also in clears?
You don't need no switch opener to open a switch without damaging it.
I'm happy if these are Mx reds springs, that I really like more than blanks. Surely those aren't Mx black springs: the higher the number of coils in a spring (don't know the exact word), the softer the spring.
Except the spring, which is exactly all the worry here. It feels much lighter than my current MX black, and I haven't even broken them in yet
Until someone posts irrefutable proof by actually putting nickels on the two different switches proving that these springs are definitely lighter, I would hold off on getting your panties in a bunch about this. You can't tell a spring weight by looking at them side by side with another spring.
Quote from: wholypantalones on Fri, 08 December 2017, 07:08:58Until someone posts irrefutable proof by actually putting nickels on the two different switches proving that these springs are definitely lighter, I would hold off on getting your panties in a bunch about this. You can't tell a spring weight by looking at them side by side with another spring.I don't have enough coins, is this good enough? (compared to a normal black, silent black is bottomed out while normal black is a bit over 50% depressed)Show ImageEdit: I could have swapped the spring to make it lighter so everyone freaks the **** out, if you don't believe what I'm saying providing pics with coins on top of a switch proves nothing
Quote from: kawasaki161 on Fri, 08 December 2017, 07:47:51Quote from: wholypantalones on Fri, 08 December 2017, 07:08:58Until someone posts irrefutable proof by actually putting nickels on the two different switches proving that these springs are definitely lighter, I would hold off on getting your panties in a bunch about this. You can't tell a spring weight by looking at them side by side with another spring.I don't have enough coins, is this good enough? (compared to a normal black, silent black is bottomed out while normal black is a bit over 50% depressed)Show ImageEdit: I could have swapped the spring to make it lighter so everyone freaks the **** out, if you don't believe what I'm saying providing pics with coins on top of a switch proves nothingIs holding two switches together enough? Maybe I'm just dim, but what does that accomplish?
Is holding two switches together enough? Maybe I'm just dim, but what does that accomplish?
Could be a mixup, or could be their design. My silent reds always felt much heavier than regular reds. Maybe the added silencing bumpers on the slider make the switch feel a slightly heavier, and they decided to change the springs to compensate? Pulling this out of my ass but it seems possible.If these feel somewhere between reds and blacks, they'll probably be perfect in my book