Are Cherry stabilizers supposed to not depress?

[Pseudo]

I have a Leopold White Tenkeyless with MX clears.  The keys with stabilizers don't depress like single letter keys do.  Also, when I took off the keycap for the left Shift and tried to manually depress the stabilizers, they don't press down.  At all.

It's irking me, but it doesn't really bother me since I don't notice that much.

I'm definitely not buying a Leopold again.

[alaricljs]

Once you have removed the keycap, the stabilizers are down.  If you lift the stabilizer stem then it should go up at least 4mm.  The switch spring is the only force used to raise the keys, stabilized or otherwise.  You can confirm the position of the stabilizer with a straight edge across the switch stem.

[pitashen]

A pic or video clip would be nice.

My understanding is, if the stabilizer stem doesn't move, so would the entire key be stuck and not functional.

[civet]

I have a Leopold White Tenkeyless with MX clears.  The keys with stabilizers don't depress like single letter keys do.  Also, when I took off the keycap for the left Shift and tried to manually depress the stabilizers, they don't press down.  At all.

It's irking me, but it doesn't really bother me since I don't notice that much.

I'm definitely not buying a Leopold again.

That's very weird. Perhaps it doesn't use cherry brand stabilizers. The genuine ones on my g80-3000 with clears don't change the feel of the big keys at all (i.e. ctrl feels exactly the same as alt, maybe the sound differs a bit but that's it)

[kaiserreich]

I found Cherry Stabilizers to be awful on MX Browns and Clears.
Using them on MX blacks, they feel rather nice.

[RiGS]

I thought they would feel nice with Clears.

[Findecanor]

Cherry-style stabilizers cushion the stroke a little bit. This is what some people dislike about them, compared to Costar-style stabilizers. However, if you don't bottom out or if you use some kind of dampening ("soft landing pad", O-ring or orthodontic band) then you won't notice any difference.