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Keygeek Briny Linear Switch
Keygeek is on a rampage with releasing new switches lately. They finally conquered the molding issue that had been bothering them during the past year, and now Keygeek MX-style switches are strong competitors with HMX and BSUN's products. Let's take a look at how Keygeek is different now, and the improvements that can be observed on the Briny switches.
Price
Price:
Premiere Price：0.35USD per switch
Switch Specifications
Switch type: Linear
Designer: XLLAB
Manufacturer: Keygeek
Stem material: U4 (UPE blend)
Top Housings: Modified PA12
Bottom Housing: PA66 with NO glassfiber
Operating Force: 42±5g/52g±5g
Bottom-out Force: 50g±5g/63g±5g
Pre-travel: 2.0mm±0.2mm
Total Travel: 3.6±0.2mm
Spring: 20mm KOS Single-Stage extended spring
Factory Lubed: Yes!
Keygeek Briny
Development Process:
Keygeek Briny switches were developed in collaboration with XLLAB and Keygeek. There were a few rounds of sampling to make sure they turned out to be as expected. As a result, the Briny switches are overall deep sounding with a hint of medium clack; They are also very smooth thanks to the precise molding and materials used. Let's take a better look at the details.
Materials:
Keygeek is a manufacturer that takes materials into serious account. The reason is that the quality of the plastic used in manufacturing hugely impacts the final products; For example, nowadays we see POM, PA66, and POK everywhere, but somehow switches that use these materials vary in price. One of the reasons is that the cost of the "same" material could vary significantly depending on its origin; POK imported from Korea can be almost 10 times more expensive than POK that is synthesized by some unknown local plastic supplier. The same case goes for other plastics such as POM and Nylon.
One of Keygeek's advantages is that they reside in the Zhejiang Province of China which is where plenty of reputable plastic and resin suppliers are located. Keygeek has deep connections with these suppliers who provide them with high-quality materials for switch manufacturing at a fair price. That is why Keygeek is able to produce high-quality switches that come at a reasonable price. All thanks to their mature supply chain management.
Now let's go back to the materials that make up the Briny switches; UPE, PA12, and PA66. They are rather more common materials in the switch market now, but there are a few slight differences here. First of all, The Upe stem that comes with the Briny switch has been modified. The reason is that pure UPE is too soft and can easily be broken or misshaped. The U4 stem Keygeek uses is strengthened and more solid to prevent such issues from happening; Furthermore, a strengthened UPE stem won't make the bottom-out feel soft like pure UPE does.
Secondly, the PA12 top housing is also modified. PTFE was added to make them even smoother. PA12 itself is already a very smooth material which is why they are commonly used to make top housings, but apparently, Keygeek thought they could do better.
There is nothing much to be said about the PA66 bottom housing except that they don't come with fiberglass additives. This guarantees the Briny switches won't be too clacky nor too loud. The UPE stem and the PA66 bottom housing creates a full, solid, and deep bottom-out sound.
Mold:
This is where Keygeek has made the most improvements during the past year. Keygeek's switches that came with dustproof stems have always been fine, but their MX-style switches have been lackluster during the past year. The major reason is the molding needed fixing. I don't wanna get too technical to make this section boring. Overall, Keygeek made adjustments to both the housing and stem molds to fix issues such as stem wobble, noisy bottom-out and top-out, and inconsistent switch sound. Such improvements were made starting from Keygeek Purple Dawn, Y1X, and Y3 switches, and they will be implemented to all future Keygeek switches.
Form of Sales
Time of Sales
August 8th
