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Title: A bundle of switches from of all colors for testing purposes?
Post by: Aufwind on Tue, 08 January 2013, 20:14:39

Wouldn't it be awesome if there would be a small bundle of Switches for a low fee which would allow to get a feeling of all those different switches (brown, red and so on)? Or maybe there is one and someone here could point me to it? :-) I find it hard to invest so much money without getting a chance to test the feeling of the keyboards at all...  :eek:

Regards
Aufwind

Title: Re: A bundle of switches from of all colors for testing purposes?
Post by: khaangaaroo on Tue, 08 January 2013, 20:16:55

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/wasd-sampler-kit.html

Title: Re: A bundle of switches from of all colors for testing purposes?
Post by: The_Beast on Tue, 08 January 2013, 20:19:23

Testing switches isn't the same as testing a keyboard

Title: Re: A bundle of switches from of all colors for testing purposes?
Post by: esoomenona on Tue, 08 January 2013, 20:20:14

http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/introducing-the-mrinterface-switch-sample-bag-t3189.html

Title: Re: A bundle of switches from of all colors for testing purposes?
Post by: Aufwind on Tue, 08 January 2013, 20:32:00

Awesome!! I just ordered the sample kit from WASD. Thank you so much for the quick reply!

By the way, esoomenona: I love your "Portal"-Key-Caps. :D Are they self made?

Title: Re: A bundle of switches from of all colors for testing purposes?
Post by: esoomenona on Tue, 08 January 2013, 20:35:14

http://keyboardstory.com/products/category/13-keycaps ^_^

Title: Re: A bundle of switches from of all colors for testing purposes?
Post by: Aufwind on Tue, 08 January 2013, 21:13:25

Awesome, thanks!!

Title: Re: A bundle of switches from of all colors for testing purposes?
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 08 January 2013, 22:01:38

Like Beast said, testing individual switches does not give the same experience as using a keyboard.  At the very least, try to "mount" the switches in a sheet of thin metal or plastic to give an approximation of how they would feel when mounted on a keyboard.

Title: Re: A bundle of switches from of all colors for testing purposes?
Post by: Aufwind on Wed, 09 January 2013, 09:12:33

Thank you for the hint. I will definitely try that out. :-) I am so excited about the switches, to hold them in my hands for the first time and feel what I only could read so far. :D

Title: Re: A bundle of switches from of all colors for testing purposes?
Post by: link_tree on Wed, 09 January 2013, 09:54:32

Quote from: Aufwind on Wed, 09 January 2013, 09:12:33

Thank you for the hint. I will definitely try that out. :-) I am so excited about the switches, to hold them in my hands for the first time and feel what I only could read so far. :D

Same I recently "blindly" ordered a Filco with reds and I just can't wait to actually feel them and see what all this hype is about.

Title: Re: A bundle of switches from of all colors for testing purposes?
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 09 January 2013, 19:48:38

I have the WASD sampler kit, and also a couple of MX keychains, and although you can feel the difference in the individual switches (spring strength, tactile feedback) it is quite a different experience to actually type on a keyboard with that switch.

There was a switch sampler (kinda like a stand-alone keypad with a few different switches built into it) that was doing the rounds last year.  That would give a better indication of how the switches feel on an actual keyboard.  Maybe it will go around again.

Title: Re: A bundle of switches from of all colors for testing purposes?
Post by: dewcorps on Wed, 09 January 2013, 19:56:25

I remember that Hashbaz organized a mx numpad tester about a year ago that had all variations of mx switches soldered on. It would be awesome if we could start up one of those with mx/topres again.