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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: acidtrip69 on Tue, 30 September 2014, 16:52:15
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I would like to know if there is 65g trope switches ? I like my switches some were in the mid not too heavy but also not too light. I just got my QWER Keys 9 switch tester its no nice i get to test so many keys and i find i like clears, blues, the whites are nice too. I also for being light i like the browns because the feed back. I wasn't to sure if i like linear but i find the blacks to be my liking they are not to light and not to heavy.I was very surprised i liked them. I want to test trope switches but i can't find a trope tester i also don't know what weights trope switches come in. I would be nice if they came in 35g, 45g, 55g, 65g and maybe 75g
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55g is the heaviest Topre you can get.
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55g is the heaviest Topre you can get.
Do you think people would want a more heavy trope switches like 65g and 75g ?
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Topre's weight doesn't come from a "switch" but the rubber dome that covers the spring. Some people might want heavier domes, but certainly not in enough quantity to make a business case for production. And since it's a patented design, you can't just go and make them yourself.
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the patent is up, but it's still really expensive
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Trope is what's up.
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Topre's weight doesn't come from a "switch" but the rubber dome that covers the spring. Some people might want heavier domes, but certainly not in enough quantity to make a business case for production. And since it's a patented design, you can't just go and make them yourself.
the patent is up, but it's still really expensive
Even if the patent weren't up, it doesn't stop you from making it. You just can't sell it.
In short, I don't think enough people would want it to justify the expense. In other switch types you can increase the weight more easily with different springs, but it's much harder with the rubber dome boards.