I am just in the market for a keyboard now, but that doesn't mean it's my hobby. I also think that anything that starts as a hobby, becomes a business when you get good at it to the point that other people also want to have the same keyboard as you made for yourself as a hobby.

It seems like the market has expanded a lot in the past decade or so, because previously I had to import one. It's just unfortunate that the market apparently wants a circus on their desktop.

Will there be content made for this before the GB?

As someone with unsurmountable amounts of hopium, I am big interested.

Quote from: Faraday on Wed, 03 December 2025, 06:46:38

I feel like its just missing too much personality without all the additional function text on each key. This would probably be better as a dyesub set, or maybe even fully uv printed GMK if it has to be with them.

Agree with dyesub so it can have the extra text as well.

In fact, silk-screen printing and special versions have been considered. Let's take a look later

I feel like its just missing too much personality without all the additional function text on each key. This would probably be better as a dyesub set, or maybe even fully uv printed GMK if it has to be with them.

For the combination of novelties, I created a set of rotatable artisans, hoping to perfect the overall outfit

1.

I am perhaps overstating the inconsistency of the AKKO Creamy Purple Pro.

What I mean is, the switches themselves feel and sound consistent. They have a fairly memorable tactility, and rely more on the tactile event than the spring weight. It's not the MX Brown-style 'impression of resistance' via spring-weight.

However, a few switches in my batch were "off." They didn't sound or feel like the others. Maybe a factory-lubing issue. It was about 4% of my switches. Some horror-stories have reported up to 25% of a batch, but that is like one or two samples.

They are on something like V5 now, so Creamy Purple Pro are probably a safe bet, even if you have to discard 4% of your switches like I did.


2. Unikeys is now offering MX Falcon, hand-lubed and filmed, with swapped-springs:

https://unikeyboards.com/products/lubed-filmed-and-spring-swapped-cherry-falcon-tactile-switch-10pcs


I wonder how they compare with yours.


3. There was a thread where a person was looking for lower-pitched medium to heavy-tactiles


https://www.keebtalk.com/t/moderate-weight-smoother-tactiles-with-a-louder-and-deeper-sound-profile/23647


A top recommendation there are the Hojicha Reserve. Not to be confused with the Goji Reserve light-tactile.

I avoided mentioning the switch at first, because of my lack of experience with it, questions about its availability, and it possibly being more higher-pitched than the person desired, but it was the first reccomendation of several people.



4. Interestingly, they are bringing back the Greetech Brown:

https://www.theremingoat.com/blog/greetech-og-brown-switch-review


5. The Cilantro are supposed to be more "punchy" than the Bittersweet. But I've only tried the Bittersweet.

You can find a review here, including a comparison with MX Purple and Everfree Grayish:

https://www.theremingoat.com/blog/akko-cilantro-switch-review