Easy (and free) way to improve bamboo black alps

[RandmoCrystal]

I recently got a dell at101 with the bamboo black alps, and they feel about as mediocre as people say. Very light tactility and pretty scratchy. However, i found that by bending the tactile leaf to a steeper angle you can make these switches feel a whole lot more tactile. The picture shows the leaf after bending and the video hopefully shows the difference in feel. (modded on the left, normal on the right).

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[casualdehid]

I recently got a dell at101 with the bamboo black alps, and they feel about as mediocre as people say. Very light tactility and pretty scratchy. However, i found that by bending the tactile leaf to a steeper angle you can make these switches feel a whole lot more tactile. The picture shows the leaf after bending and the video hopefully shows the difference in feel. (modded on the left, normal on the right).

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Yeah.. done it to my AEK II (which btw had Salmon leaves). I left a few switches untouched, if I ever want to recover them. However, it made it waaay worse compared to tactile Salmon alps. It's distracting. I tried to undo it, but it made a bit uneven, not to mention still tactile, and also altered the tactile feeling of the switches. Not as rounded as it was before. Overall, for older switch versions with the orange-salmon kind of tactile leaf, I'd leave them alone.

But this might be a definite improovement on bamboo switches, but I have absolutelly 0 experience with them (heck, only got my M0118 with Salmons a week ago, and just got used to it).
saé
Also, that's overkill. just saying xD If you do this to your entire board, it's gonna be extremely stiff and unpleasant to type on that.

[RandmoCrystal]

I recently got a dell at101 with the bamboo black alps, and they feel about as mediocre as people say. Very light tactility and pretty scratchy. However, i found that by bending the tactile leaf to a steeper angle you can make these switches feel a whole lot more tactile. The picture shows the leaf after bending and the video hopefully shows the difference in feel. (modded on the left, normal on the right).

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Yeah.. done it to my AEK II (which btw had Salmon leaves). I left a few switches untouched, if I ever want to recover them. However, it made it waaay worse compared to tactile Salmon alps. It's distracting. I tried to undo it, but it made a bit uneven, not to mention still tactile, and also altered the tactile feeling of the switches. Not as rounded as it was before. Overall, for older switch versions with the orange-salmon kind of tactile leaf, I'd leave them alone.

But this might be a definite improovement on bamboo switches, but I have absolutelly 0 experience with them (heck, only got my M0118 with Salmons a week ago, and just got used to it).
saé
Also, that's overkill. just saying xD If you do this to your entire board, it's gonna be extremely stiff and unpleasant to type on that.

I'm a very heavy handed typer so i actually love how they feel, id get 120g switches if i could lmao

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[Rob27shred]

I would suggest using something that you can reliably gauge how far your bending the leaves out so you can get them at least decently close to each other. If you bend them by eye you're gonna end up with a very inconsistent feeling board, i.e. some switches will be more tactile than others & some will feel heavier or lighter than others. I've always been taught it is a no no to try bending ALPS leaves back into shape or into a different angle.

[RandmoCrystal]

I would suggest using something that you can reliably gauge how far your bending the leaves out so you can get them at least decently close to each other. If you bend them by eye you're gonna end up with a very inconsistent feeling board, i.e. some switches will be more tactile than others & some will feel heavier or lighter than others. I've always been taught it is a no no to try bending ALPS leaves back into shape or into a different angle.

well i didnt really care too much about these switches, they felt pretty bad to begin with, and i'm probably gonna swap these out with matias switches anyways, or maybe alps salmons if i find a good deal on them

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[casualdehid]

I would suggest using something that you can reliably gauge how far your bending the leaves out so you can get them at least decently close to each other. If you bend them by eye you're gonna end up with a very inconsistent feeling board, i.e. some switches will be more tactile than others & some will feel heavier or lighter than others. I've always been taught it is a no no to try bending ALPS leaves back into shape or into a different angle.

well i didnt really care too much about these switches, they felt pretty bad to begin with, and i'm probably gonna swap these out with matias switches anyways, or maybe alps salmons if i find a good deal on them

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If you can't find salmons, you can try to hunt down an Ivory AEK II from '89. Mine came with salmon-type leaves. Indistinguishable from salmon. Also they're cheap as chips. But don't expect more tactility from those. But don't expect any more tactility from orange/salmon.