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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: kait03 on Sat, 02 March 2019, 12:49:28

Title: kailh pro purple or box royal?
Post by: kait03 on Sat, 02 March 2019, 12:49:28

so I want my first keyboard to be a realy tactile one so wich of these 2 switches is the best
(I couldn't find much about the pro purple)
I don't have a buget for zealios or something like that

Title: Re: kailh pro purple or box royal?
Post by: Kevadu on Sat, 02 March 2019, 13:45:55

They feel completely different.  Box Royals have a massive tactile bump right at the start and a relatively light spring.  In terms of the height of the tactile bump they're probably the most tactile non-clicky switches on the market.  But this also tends to give them an almost binary feeling in that you're either not pressing the key or you're bottoming out hard.  It's subjective and not everyone is going to like that feeling.

Pro purples are a more conventional tactile switch and feel a bit like a poor man's Zealios.

Title: Re: kailh pro purple or box royal?
Post by: kait03 on Sat, 02 March 2019, 14:06:30

I am a poor man so i think it's ok xD
thx mate

Title: Re: kailh pro purple or box royal?
Post by: algernon on Sun, 03 March 2019, 00:21:39

I haven't tried Box Royals yet, but Pro Purples were a bit of a disappointment, I found them too hard, and not tactile enough. Got some Box Royals incoming, can hardly wait to try them.