Sticky stabs?

[esoomenona]

All other mods that require stabs require 2x stabs.

[SpAmRaY]

All other mods that require stabs require 2x stabs.

^^ That's what I was thinking I was beginning to wonder if I missed something.

[oTurtlez]

All other mods that require stabs require 2x stabs.

Ok, sweet. I might have to just go and order some costar.

There aren't 7x Costar wires. You'd have to find someone who could make you one, or bend one on your own. On my Phantom, I went with Costar stabs on everything except the spacebar, where I put a plate mount Cherry stab, which you can see me do in this video:

I could live with the cherry stab on my spacebar, that hasn't given me any trouble whatsoever. Would the 2x wires work for longer keys? I don't have much (any) experience with costar stabs so I'm not 100% if they fit all of the mods except the spacebar.

What longer keys?

And I was talking about how standard right shift is longer than 2 units, but then I realized that the spacing of the stems underneath is the same. My bad.

[esoomenona]

If you're truly interested in the Costar stabs, I will mail you a set. I have a whole extra set I'll most likely never use, plus I'm sending you something anyway, so no cost on shipping!

[oTurtlez]

If you're truly interested in the Costar stabs, I will mail you a set. I have a whole extra set I'll most likely never use, plus I'm sending you something anyway, so no cost on shipping!

That'd be very much appreciated From what I've noticed, you, and a lot of of others prefer costar so odds are it's the better way to go compared to clipped cherry's.

[The_Beast]

I used to love costar, but after clipping my cherry PCB mounts, it's no contest that they are my preferred stabilizer choice

[oTurtlez]

I used to love costar, but after clipping my cherry PCB mounts, it's no contest that they are my preferred stabilizer choice

Pros and cons over the two?

[The_Beast]

I used to love costar, but after clipping my cherry PCB mounts, it's no contest that they are my preferred stabilizer choice

Pros and cons over the two?

I mildly disliked the standard PCB mounts on my poker and the dolch board I'm typing on now, they felt way too stiff. So when I designed my poker plate, I went costar only. It's not bad, but it requires all those tiny inserts and way more time when change caps sets. Clipped cherry stabilizers feel way more smooth than standard/unclipped ones and are on par or better than costar but without the small inconveniences of the inserts

[esoomenona]

The inserts do provide some hassle when changing caps, but that's only a problem if you change them so very often. Also, with Cherry PCB stabs, there are a lot of times when you try to pull caps off that you pull the stab out, which sometimes leads to the wire popping out, so you have to work on getting all those things settled back in. I haven't had that much trouble that people seem to experiencing changing caps with a Costar stabbed board, but then again, I don't change caps all that often.

[The_Beast]

The inserts do provide some hassle when changing caps, but that's only a problem if you change them so very often. Also, with Cherry PCB stabs, there are a lot of times when you try to pull caps off that you pull the stab out, which sometimes leads to the wire popping out, so you have to work on getting all those things settled back in. I haven't had that much trouble that people seem to experiencing changing caps with a Costar stabbed board, but then again, I don't change caps all that often.

Yea, I have had wires pop on me which does suck but it's not that bad.

And I also agree about the costar inserts, they aren't a huge deal if you don't change cap sets all that often. But overall, I'm really loving clipped PCB mount cherries.

[oTurtlez]

The inserts do provide some hassle when changing caps, but that's only a problem if you change them so very often. Also, with Cherry PCB stabs, there are a lot of times when you try to pull caps off that you pull the stab out, which sometimes leads to the wire popping out, so you have to work on getting all those things settled back in. I haven't had that much trouble that people seem to experiencing changing caps with a Costar stabbed board, but then again, I don't change caps all that often.

Neither do I. And either way, if I'm changing stabs or clipping cherry's I'll be desoldering the switches so I might as well try out both. This is why I liked Topre for a solid year! Less things to spend a lot of money on and fewer options. God the cherry life is vast.

[oTurtlez]

So update time

I desoldered all of my stabbed switches to clip them and sure enough, only the spacebar's stabs were "clippable" the other ones were of a different shape that I've never seen before, as in, another cherry stab design. So I clipped the spacebar and that feels amazing now, but all the other ones still felt mush, simply because I couldn't clip them.

Then today, the moose came through with a small package containing some crisp costar goodness! Desoldered once again popped the new stabs on and dear lord am I in love. It makes such a world of difference. I LOVE the extra chatter they produce along side the whites, and they just feel worlds smoother and more crisp. Thanks again to moose!