RGB Hot Swappable keyboard with blue Alps clones?

[klennkellon]

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/e-element-rgb-keyboard?mode=guest_open

Very interesting and a cool looking board. If I see it drop again I will buy it.

[Wingpad]

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/e-element-rgb-keyboard?mode=guest_open

Very interesting and a cool looking board. If I see it drop again I will buy it.

Interesting - do we know anything about the key feel/weighting of these Outemu switches? I wonder if they'd be comparable to the i-Rocks switches.

The internals looks very Cherry-esque so I can't help but wonder... they're ostensibly kind of like a reverse i-Rocks switch, a Clone Cherry w/ Alps Slider vs Clone Alps w/ Cherry Slider

[emdude]

Do these switches have Alps-style internals with contact plate and tactile leaf, because otherwise I have a difficult time seeing the point of them.

EDIT: Okay, I just looked it up, they do have Cherry MX internals.  The switches are completely pointless then.

[sony]

Lol that's my post. Yeah a friend of a friend got that exact keyboard and I can confirm that it's just an otm mx switch with an alps keycap stem. None of the benefits, all of the struggles.

[FoxWolf1]

As I've said elsewhere, these really aren't meant to be anything like ALPS, except insofar as their rectangular stem happens to be keycap compatible with ALPS rather than needing dedicated keycaps (like Kailh's equivalent switch).

The purpose of the rectangular stem is to have a stem that's the same shape and width as the opening in the housing all the way down, making it harder for debris or even liquids to get into the switches. In theory, this should improve the real-world longevity of the switches, especially for less-than-completely-tidy owners.