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Offline TheSven

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Will we ever get different Kailh switches?
« on: Thu, 12 February 2015, 13:39:38 »
You know like greens, clears, whites, greys, etc? Or would they be copying Cherry too much then?

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Re: Will we ever get different Kailh switches?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 12 February 2015, 13:45:22 »
You know like greens, clears, whites, greys, etc? Or would they be copying Cherry too much then?

Don't see how they could copy cherry anymore than they already have.


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Re: Will we ever get different Kailh switches?
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 12 February 2015, 14:31:04 »
Probably in development. I remember seeing someone with a catalog for them, basically saying that they could do any color/actuation force.

I looked for it again, but I couldn't find it.
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Re: Will we ever get different Kailh switches?
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 12 February 2015, 19:13:11 »
They showed some new ones at some tradeshow.

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Re: Will we ever get different Kailh switches?
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 12 February 2015, 19:20:09 »
who needs more kailh when we already have gateron?
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Re: Will we ever get different Kailh switches?
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 12 February 2015, 19:43:35 »
Kailh are alright. I think people are going wild over Gateron because they made a better first impression, and Kailh really ****ed up when they first came out.

Their switches are intrinsically good, it's just that people don't trust them enough, even with a good backer like Keycool behind them.
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Re: Will we ever get different Kailh switches?
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 13 February 2015, 03:17:42 »
Kailh are alright. I think people are going wild over Gateron because they made a better first impression, and Kailh really ****ed up when they first came out.

Their switches are intrinsically good, it's just that people don't trust them enough, even with a good backer like Keycool behind them.

Could also be they chose Razer as a partner, another company known for poor quality control?

I'd love to try some clone Clears (the Gateron "Clear" is linear) with 62g springs, especially if they're a lot smoother than stock Cherry ones.
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Re: Will we ever get different Kailh switches?
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 13 February 2015, 20:01:13 »
I feel Cherry switch quality isn't that good either. So the existence of competitors isn't bad.