DesignerStudio
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“Oh, time and tide will not wait for a man forlorn: With cherry red spring dies, when green banana sighs. 流光容易把人抛，红了樱桃，绿了芭蕉。” – 蒋捷 《一剪梅·舟过吴江》
Retro Lights Switches
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Hi. This DesignerStudio. We are finally back with a new collaboration product with MARS. Universe — Retro Lights Switches.
This switch is inspired by the MW Retro Lights keycap (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=118106.0) set. We aim to create a retro vibe for the keyboards, therefore we choose cement gray housings and RGB-color stems for more customizability and fun! (Sadly, we did not include yellow stem in this run. But you can definitely use our Graphite Gold Stem to Frankenstein one)
A closer look
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Key Characteristic
When we design the switches, we want something different from our previous products. So, we use modified POM top housing and brand-new material bottom housing. The modified POM top housing will be smoother when typing and have a more rounded sound compared to the regular POM material. The new material PM2, on the other hand, is mainly blended with POM and UPE, which was never used by any switches before. Our initial attempt was using PA66 with less glass fiber. However, during our pilot test, some reviewers reflected that the bottom-out sound was too sharp. After rounds of modification, we came out with PM2 material which would result in a less sharp and more concentrated sound. The new combination would definitely form a unique typing experience and sound performance. For the stem, we keep on using our G1 stem which was previously used on Graphite Gold Switches (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=115866.msg3103550#msg3103550)and Peach Bloom Switches (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=116744.msg3118063#msg3118063). You can learn more about it from these sound tests. (Different keyboards and microphones used would result in different sound performance.)
Sound Tests
FOFO Studio: Retro Lights Switches on Trio 65 (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV19g411C7EH?share_source=copy_web&vd_source=0662534419209cbc0decac79d359b528)
Pepper: Retro Lights Switches on Vega 65 (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Rv4y1F7mT?share_source=copy_web&vd_source=0662534419209cbc0decac79d359b528)
AKS: Retro Lights Switches on Class 80 (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1DB4y1V741?share_source=copy_web&vd_source=0662534419209cbc0decac79d359b528)
Exploded View
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Specifications
Linear
Modified POM top housing
PM2mix of POM and UPE) bottom housing
G1 long pole stem (mix of POM, UPE, Paraffin, etc.)
comes with three colorways(Red,Green,Blue) with the same material with a neglectable difference
Spring: 63.5g 18mm gold-plated spring
Actuation Force: 48g
Bottom-out Force: 63.5g
Travel Distance: 3.8mm
Pin Mounting: 5-Pin
Contacts: High-quality gold alloy
Force Curve
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Sample Photos
Credit to DZ,Shipkie,嗯嗯
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Current Vendors List
QwertyQop (https://qwertyqop.com)(Singapore)
Inpad (https://www.inpad.com.tw/product.php?act=list&cid=988)
We welcome more vendors to contact us, especially from NA and EU!
Contact
Please Join Our Discord Channel!
https://discord.gg/3TqZ2M8Hw2
We warmly welcome everyone!