Author Topic: How are the Speed versions of the Dark Yellows, Navies and Pale Blues??  (Read 1260 times)

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Offline wyz3

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Recently, I got to try some lubed (with 3204) Gateron Yellows . They sounded great but I found that when doing typing tests something was off. It was as if the switch travel was too little but it is around 4mm, which is pretty normal; or it kind of felt the switch actuated too soon and that it was too light for me. Btw, I am coming from a membrane laptop keyboard and on average I get 75wpm, but with the Gateron Yellows i was getting 45wpm. I mean it makes sense because I have to get used to it but even then I thought it was doing really bad. Anyways, I figured that they were too light for my taste so I am going for thinking of trying some more heavy switches. I am looking into Kailh click bar switches and their heavier linears like Pro Berries and Dark Yellows. I saw there was some speed versions to their heavy switches and the navies and I am really interested to know how they are. I am getting these switches to play games but mostly work. I know that the navies and maybe even the jades will feel pretty fatiguing when playing games and so I am prob not going to get the navies. I will still test the jades though. However, are speed navies any better for gaming?? and how are speed pale blues and the speed dark yellows compared to the original ones? Are they smoother, are they heavier? If you have any experience with these switches, I would appreciate a comparison. Thank you.

Offline parablol

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Never heard of the Kailh Speed Dark Yellow until now. For a while I was running bag-lubed Kailh Speed Silvers with 80g springs & enjoying them a lot since they prevented bottom-out. Maybe the Speed Dark Yellow ones will also do a good job of that.

Offline HungerMechanic

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You should know that many switches in Kailh's Speed and Pro lineup have 3.6mm of travel, not 4mm.

It's my understanding that Gateron Yellow has the full 4mm of travel. The constrained feeling that you have may come from the spring, which may not be entirely linear in how it generates resistance.

I use Kailh's Pro tactiles and I don't find the 3.6mm a problem. However, I find that the travel on the BOX Silent Browns may be less than the 3.6mm that is advertised.