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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Exroath on Sat, 22 February 2014, 11:31:48
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I was wondering if anywhere sells a kit to make your own tester? Most places dont seem to ship to the uk. That or they're constantly sold out.
That and most only have 4-6 switches where I would like to try a bunch before grabbing a poker 2 and then swaping switches if I find one I love.
Currently using mx blacks on a 6gv2 steelseries so the idea of blue and brown being lighter kinda worries me. So I would love to try out some white,clear and green switchs and maybe some custom ones to try and find my perfect switch.
Thanks in advance peeps :D
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I recently got a QWER tester via a mass drop. They are apparently located in the UK, which should make it good for you. It included 6 switches: blue, green, white, red, black, and brown. Apparently they're planning an 8 key version which include a clear switch and something else.
It's really easy to pop switches in and out of the board for testing. I bought a few clears and blues to experiment on. (Not sure where you would source those in the UK.) The QWER plate makes a great platform to do it.
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So check it out, TFR made his own switch tester (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=48073.15). You can buy these plates (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=48073.msg1143985#msg1143985) off eBay then just pop MX switches into them. I have one myself.
(http://assets.christopherbuenaventura.com/img/keyboards/fs3/switch-plate-02.jpg)
Picture from cbuen (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44312.msg989199#msg989199)
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Ah CPTBadAss thats exactly what I was looking for :D
Many thanks :D