Some solid linear switch choices:
- MX blacks (any smooth ones -- vintage, 'retooled', etc.)
- Gateron Ink (any linear variant)
- Tealios by ZealPC
- Gateron linears (black and yellow are popular) with Milky tops and Black bottoms
- C3 Tangerine switches (basically similar to an orange Tealio)
... there's probably more, but these are plenty.
Some solid linear switch choices:
- MX blacks (any smooth ones -- vintage, 'retooled', etc.)
- Gateron Ink (any linear variant)
- Tealios by ZealPC
- Gateron linears (black and yellow are popular) with Milky tops and Black bottoms
- C3 Tangerine switches (basically similar to an orange Tealio)
... there's probably more, but these are plenty.
Which are your favorites? At first I heard inks were hype but most of the reviews aren't glowing in comparison to the staples. I love my Zelios v2x, maybe I'll try Tealios.
Some solid linear switch choices:
- MX blacks (any smooth ones -- vintage, 'retooled', etc.)
- Gateron Ink (any linear variant)
- Tealios by ZealPC
- Gateron linears (black and yellow are popular) with Milky tops and Black bottoms
- C3 Tangerine switches (basically similar to an orange Tealio)
... there's probably more, but these are plenty.
Which are your favorites? At first I heard inks were hype but most of the reviews aren't glowing in comparison to the staples. I love my Zelios v2x, maybe I'll try Tealios.
I am personally still a sucker for the usual smooth MX blacks -- mainly due to the sound of Cherry housings being a bit more of my taste upon bottoming out.
But I've tried most of these other ones and I don't really think you can go wrong with them.
Vintage black, always and forever.
Some solid linear switch choices:
- MX blacks (any smooth ones -- vintage, 'retooled', etc.)
- Gateron Ink (any linear variant)
- Tealios by ZealPC
- Gateron linears (black and yellow are popular) with Milky tops and Black bottoms
- C3 Tangerine switches (basically similar to an orange Tealio)
... there's probably more, but these are plenty.
Which are your favorites? At first I heard inks were hype but most of the reviews aren't glowing in comparison to the staples. I love my Zelios v2x, maybe I'll try Tealios.
I am personally still a sucker for the usual smooth MX blacks -- mainly due to the sound of Cherry housings being a bit more of my taste upon bottoming out.
But I've tried most of these other ones and I don't really think you can go wrong with them.
second vintage mx blacks. cleaned, lubed, and filmed = heaven
Some solid linear switch choices:
- MX blacks (any smooth ones -- vintage, 'retooled', etc.)
- Gateron Ink (any linear variant)
- Tealios by ZealPC
- Gateron linears (black and yellow are popular) with Milky tops and Black bottoms
- C3 Tangerine switches (basically similar to an orange Tealio)
... there's probably more, but these are plenty.
Which are your favorites? At first I heard inks were hype but most of the reviews aren't glowing in comparison to the staples. I love my Zelios v2x, maybe I'll try Tealios.Gat Inks are definitely up there with the best. Everyone's who has used them is quite fond of them, and they sound better than Tealios.
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I'm gonna throw FEI R2 switches (https://novelkeys.xyz/products/fei-switches) out into the conversation.
They feel very similar to Tealios switches in terms of smoothness, at least to me.
Which are your favorites? At first I heard inks were hype but most of the reviews aren't glowing in comparison to the staples. I love my Zelios v2x, maybe I'll try Tealios.Gat Inks are definitely up there with the best. Everyone's who has used them is quite fond of them, and they sound better than Tealios.
All cherry switches FEEL linear when you're typing fast, and Cherry MX blues are by far the smoothest of the crop.
Put a large comforter over an MX Blue board and an MX Black board to muffle the click sound.
You'd see that in actuality, BLUE is a much less fricative switch because the blue stem is only going past the very loose white nylon slider, whereas the entire black stem is in contact with the housing and the leaf spring, much more friction.
Which are your favorites? At first I heard inks were hype but most of the reviews aren't glowing in comparison to the staples. I love my Zelios v2x, maybe I'll try Tealios.Gat Inks are definitely up there with the best. Everyone's who has used them is quite fond of them, and they sound better than Tealios.
I saw a thread where gat inks were declared defective by design. On gh.
Which are your favorites? At first I heard inks were hype but most of the reviews aren't glowing in comparison to the staples. I love my Zelios v2x, maybe I'll try Tealios.Gat Inks are definitely up there with the best. Everyone's who has used them is quite fond of them, and they sound better than Tealios.
Seriously though Krepublic should sell them. I shouldn't have to buy them through Novelkeys and go through the painful process of brokerage (obviously under 18 so i cannot sign packages and stuff).
I saw a thread where gat inks were declared defective by design. On gh.
I wouldn't go as far as saying they were declared defective by design, most likely it is just an issue with a certain run of Inks. Although the batch dude got with almost all of the switches having loose leaves was definitely defective & something to think about if you are planning on buying a batch of Inks anytime soon. Here's the thread, https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=102322.new;topicseen#new (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=102322.new;topicseen#new).
All cherry switches FEEL linear when you're typing fast, and Cherry MX blues are by far the smoothest of the crop.
Put a large comforter over an MX Blue board and an MX Black board to muffle the click sound.
You'd see that in actuality, BLUE is a much less fricative switch because the blue stem is only going past the very loose white nylon slider, whereas the entire black stem is in contact with the housing and the leaf spring, much more friction.
HOLY **** TP!? That actually makes a good bit of sense! :p
Can someone explain how MX Blacks and Reds are different besides weight? Because everyone says MX Blacks are best and I know people do spring swap.Vintage blacks had better quality molds and were smoother. There are no vintage reds so they are usually scratchy, also the weighting of reds is a bit too light for people who dont like bottoming all the time.
Thanks