Im a big linear and tactile guy. I have lubed milky gateron blacks in the ducky, and currently those are my favorite switches. I have NK blueberrys coming in soon so we'll see how those are. Yet to try a lot of switches though since I'm pretty new. I do really love my creams though since they were the first switch I've ever bought.
I haven't felt them myself, but from everything I have heard, NK Creams are a fantastic first switch. Maybe up there with the best linears. I have heard good things about the smoothness of optical linears, since there's literally no contacts to rub against. A lot of people seem to like Gateron inks, Zeal's tactiles and linears, holy pandas, alpacas, tangerines, etc. I'm just rattling off names I have heard though, and I'm sure I have missed some, as I haven't felt any of those myself and wouldn't have much particular interest in them if I had. I found MX clears to be pretty decent tactiles, which surprised me since I don't particularly like anything in the MX family anymore. Kaihua's box tactiles aren't bad, especially if you want something really tactile like box royals. They say they can linearize though, which doesn't surprise me given the weird extra spring their design adds for the tactile event.
Alps linears and tactiles are wonderful, of course, but have been out of production a long time, and aren't compatible with anything MX-like. I hear people like the feel of Matias' "quiet clicks", and I imagine their linears are nice too if they're anything like the old Alps switches I know. Matias' switches are made by Outemu though, and I hear that the quiet clicks, in particular, are more prone than the rest of the family to develop chatter problems. I recently got one of their boards with clickies, and I'm loving it so far.
A lot of tactile guys swear by Topre as well. I can't yet comment on those myself, but I have a board coming at the end of this week.
You might want to post in the
Keyboards section of this forum asking about the best linear and tactile switches that fit your parameters, like spring weight, level of tactility, the specific characteristics of the tactile event, etc. There are people way more into tactiles and linears that could probably help a lot better.
