Name for Blues with Clear Spring

[ideus]

How about we come up with a standard naming scheme and post it in the wiki?

Example:

Ghost [nickname for Clear Springs] Blacks

So in this case the first part of the naming scheme will refer to the nickname for the spring being used and second word will always refer to the stem color.

More examples:

Ghost [Clear springs] Blues, Smurf [Blue Springs] Blacks, Lava [Red Springs] Blacks....you get the point.

Than all we will need to do is decide what to nickname the springs.

Aw, a codification system. I like it.

[daerid]

+1

Although, Smurf and Lava (and whatever Browns are) might be confusing, since they all use the same spring.

[do_Og@n]

+1

Although, Smurf and Lava (and whatever Browns are) might be confusing, since they all use the same spring.

We could call it the Harlot spring?

[QuadGMoto]

We already have Ergo Clears, which are a clear using the spring from blues/browns/reds. So why not use that for other switches that receive that spring?

[nubbinator]

We already have Ergo Clears, which are a clear using the spring from blues/browns/reds. So why not use that for other switches that receive that spring?

Well, it wouldn't really be making anything Ergo outside of a White or tactile Grey since it would just be making a linear or clicky switch  that already exists.

[daerid]

Sorry to necro bump this, but I just swapped out the blue springs for clears on one hand of my new ErgoDox, and I gotta say:

Hmmmm


Nowhere near as good as I thought it was going to be. I think the stem mechanism of the blue switch doesn't really work out well with the clear spring. It feels like it requires much more force to actuate than a stock clear.

I think I'm going to stick with the stock blues on this one.

[Grendel]

Heh. Personally I like "Sky Blues", lighter than greens but some bite. For giggles, try a blue switch w/ a grey tactile spring. I call them "Rainy Day"

[QuadGMoto]

Nowhere near as good as I thought it was going to be. I think the stem mechanism of the blue switch doesn't really work out well with the clear spring. It feels like it requires much more force to actuate than a stock clear.

I've been doing the somewhat crude nickel test on various MXs. Since I've been experimenting with putting blue springs in clears, I happened to have some disassembled blues and clear springs lying around. So I threw one together and tested it.

For reference, here is what I had previously found:

11 nickels - stock blue
12 nickels - ergo clear
14 nickels - stock clear

Given that, I expected the clear blue to be somewhere in the range of 13 to 15. (Greens are 15). The actual result is: 17! That's higher than the white at 16.

Your fingers seem to be telling the truth. That's the highest activation force I've seen yet. 

[daerid]

I've been doing the somewhat crude nickel test on various MXs. Since I've been experimenting with putting blue springs in clears, I happened to have some disassembled blues and clear springs lying around. So I threw one together and tested it.

For reference, here is what I had previously found:

11 nickels - stock blue
12 nickels - ergo clear
14 nickels - stock clear

Given that, I expected the clear blue to be somewhere in the range of 13 to 15. (Greens are 15). The actual result is: 17! That's higher than the white at 16.

Your fingers seem to be telling the truth. That's the highest activation force I've seen yet. 

Whew! Glad to know that I wasn't trippin (and nice to see some good old fashioned keyboard science up in here). And yeah, 17 is nuts. Assuming 1 nickel = 5g, that's an extra 15g of actuation force over a stock clear, and 30g over a stock blue.

[mashby]

Ghost is cool. I like that.

[Lastpilot]

Bears. Clues.

Aqua blues? [since aqua -> water -> clear]

[demik]

hard on blues

[tbc]

Nowhere near as good as I thought it was going to be. I think the stem mechanism of the blue switch doesn't really work out well with the clear spring. It feels like it requires much more force to actuate than a stock clear.

I've been doing the somewhat crude nickel test on various MXs. Since I've been experimenting with putting blue springs in clears, I happened to have some disassembled blues and clear springs lying around. So I threw one together and tested it.

For reference, here is what I had previously found:

11 nickels - stock blue
12 nickels - ergo clear
14 nickels - stock clear

Given that, I expected the clear blue to be somewhere in the range of 13 to 15. (Greens are 15). The actual result is: 17! That's higher than the white at 16.

Your fingers seem to be telling the truth. That's the highest activation force I've seen yet. 

someone have a technical explanation of how this is possible?  something is getting jammed?

[TheSoulhunter]

Aquamarine?

[daerid]

someone have a technical explanation of how this is possible?  something is getting jammed?

Doubtful. While I didn't measure mine, I definitely felt that the Blues with Clear springs were stiffer than practically any Cherry MX switch I'd tried. Probably has something to do with the force curve of the clear spring at the actuation point combined with the shape of the blue stem (i.e: the "sharpness" of the tactile point on blues).

[tbc]

^that's kinda disappointing to hear

because the clear spring seems to make the blue switch even louder, which is what I want. :/