Kaihl
Gateron
Greetech
Razer
Greetech
Red
Brown
Blue
Clear
Black
Gateron
Blacks - 50g Linear
Blues - 55g Clicky
Clears - 35g Linear
Browns - 45g Tactile
Reds - 45g Linear
Yellows - 50g Linear
Razer
Orange - 45g Tactile
Green - 50g Clicky
Kailh
Blue - 60g Clicky
Black - 60g Linear
Red - 50g Linear
Brown - 60g Tactile
Yellow - 50g Linear
Hopefully one of these outfits will wise up and clone the Alps switch and bring back the Alps!
Are the Matias switches like Alps? Im a bit in the dark about those, TBHYes there is, I use some daily
Is there also a Gaote switch?
Are the Matias switches like Alps? Im a bit in the dark about those, TBH
Topre isn't exactly a discrete switch, it's more like a series of switches that are molded together. You'd basically need a whole sheet of cup rubber or someone skilled enough to separate a Topre sheet into their own switch keychains as someone has done with buckling spring.
There is a post on the forums about the Flaretech, and there is also a video of the A4tech switch on Tek Syndicate.Here you go (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=72589.msg1770791#msg1770791).
I'm not so excited. None of them make ErgoClear equivalent switches...I would like a smoother, less wobbly version of the stock Clear. With backlighting in the centre, lower profile, analogue sensing, longer life expectancy and rubber dampers on bottoming down and topping up with the most noise from the key being at actuation.
i will say that i would like to have one of these tester boards...http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=41927489594&spm=2014.12317209.0.0 :DShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/jj73GAw.jpg)
As much as it's nice for lots of switch options to be appearing, I unfortunately fell in love with tactile grey in my daily driver and that's pretty much impossible to find.
iirc, clears have the same stem, and are a bit easier to find (still not all too common though). It might be easier to buy a set of clears and swap in some 80g~ springs if you wanted to fill a board.
Something tells me it would be a bit easier to find grey switches than it would 80g springs :pAs much as it's nice for lots of switch options to be appearing, I unfortunately fell in love with tactile grey in my daily driver and that's pretty much impossible to find.
iirc, clears have the same stem, and are a bit easier to find (still not all too common though). It might be easier to buy a set of clears and swap in some 80g~ springs if you wanted to fill a board.
Something tells me it would be a bit easier to find grey switches than it would 80g springs :p
Something tells me it would be a bit easier to find grey switches than it would 80g springs :p
In my experience it is way easier to find heavier springs than lighter springs.
You can only compress them so much...never say never
You can only compress them so much...never say never
Apple Butterfly
Kailh (Cherry MX clone)
Gateron (Cherry MX clone)
Greetech (Cherry MX clone)
Razer (Kailh) (Cherry MX clone)
Steel Series QS1 (Chrry MX clone)
(Gaote) Outemu (Cherry MX clones)
Is there anything exciting about MX clones? They are MX clones. Cheaper ways to get MX stems. As far as I understand, they tend to be inferior to actual Cherry MX switches... Or is there something I'm missing?
Is there anything exciting about MX clones? They are MX clones. Cheaper ways to get MX stems. As far as I understand, they tend to be inferior to actual Cherry MX switches... Or is there something I'm missing?
Gateron are lauded in the keyboard community and Kaihua Kailh are very good clones. The rest are pretty much junk from what I've heard.
Something tells me it would be a bit easier to find grey switches than it would 80g springs :p
In my experience it is way easier to find heavier springs than lighter springs.
Appreciated more? Do you mean the Tai Hao APC junk or stuff like that? Nah, there's one praised clone (Monterey) and the rest is indeed crap, esp. compared to original complicated Alps switches; even simplified switches are kinda controversial.
Omron, Mitsui, Futaba, Aristotle, Hua Jie...all made decent key switches.Aristotle's Cherry MX clones have a reputation of being brittle.
Omron, Mitsui, Futaba, Aristotle, Hua Jie...all made decent key switches.Aristotle's Cherry MX clones have a reputation of being brittle.
Apple Butterfly
I've checked that out at the Apple Store... Calling that a "keyswitch" is like calling a pair of roller skates a "car". Calling it a "mechanical keyswitch" is like calling them a "sports car". Being excited by it is rather unwarranted.
You know those felt cover / keyboard thingies for the Surface Pro? That's exactly what it feels like. Or the buttons on a remote control from the 80s.Kailh (Cherry MX clone)
Thanks for your thoughts on the Apple Butterfly thingy. I wasnt endorsing any singular new thingy, just listing some of them.
PS - I think the Gateron & Romer G switches have advantages when using LED backlighting of the key caps as well.
So what? Almost anything, including some of the worse domes, is much better than the original rubbery ZX Spectrum keyboard. Does it mean I'll be running around and praising the "almost anything". Not in the slightest.
Not really, because BMW isn't particularly functional/reliable/whatever, compared to some alternatives.So what? Almost anything, including some of the worse domes, is much better than the original rubbery ZX Spectrum keyboard. Does it mean I'll be running around and praising the "almost anything". Not in the slightest.
FYI: You come across as the BMW snob sneering at Hondas & Toyotas.