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★★★★
A Rail-Bottom-Out (RBO) switch with a distinctive 'shaka-shaka' sound. As you type you can feel the side rails bottoming out rather than the stem center — interesting in that way. The stem isn't lubed, but scratch in sound and feel is barely noticeable; UniKeys notes that only the spring and leaves are lubed. If you wa
★★★★★
On bottom-out there's a faint 'poko' pop — some find it distracting, but others like it as an almost capacitive feel. Either way, it's a very quiet silent switch. It comes in both tactile and linear and has been well-liked for a long time. The internal construction is genuinely unique and worth studying (see the Kailh
★★★★★
The linear member of the Pro Box set. On bottom-out there's a faint 'poko' pop — some find it distracting, but others like it as an almost capacitive feel. Either way, it's a very quiet silent switch, and the Pro Box line has been well-liked for a long time. The internal construction is genuinely unique and worth study
★★★★
A tactile with a strong bump. The stem is long, so it's quite clacky — extremely similar to the BSUN Ocean. The leaf is lubed too, so there's none of the leaf ping tactiles often have; it's a very complete switch. I didn't give it a 5 because it's a bit of a straight-A 'honor student,' but it's an easy one to recommend
★★★★
For me, one of the most strongly tactile silent switches out there. There's no capacitive feel, but if you want to really savor tactility, it's a great pick. The leaf quality might be a touch lacking — there's a slight scratch, in both sound and feel, so opinions may split. That said, it's on the quiet side, so plenty
Photo: splitkb
★★★★
It's supposed to be 55g, but the tactility works so well that you barely feel the weight — you get to enjoy a strange, floaty sensation. It does have weight, of course; you just don't feel it. It's named 'Weightlessness,' and the typing feel really lives up to that — it's fun. Pairing it with tall keycaps like SA profi
★★★★
Genuinely high quality — you feel Gateron's craftsmanship. Despite an orthodox PC/POM/Nylon combo it's incredibly smooth, and the long-pole stem gives a solid, present sound. A shame it's hard to buy, but otherwise excellent. The one catch: the sound is flat, so it can come across as a little uninteresting. (Update 202
★★★★
My first HE tactile switch. Until now HE switches were all linear and sounded nearly identical, so a tactile felt truly one-of-a-kind — I loved it. I'd have given it a 5, but at $0.85 each I had to dock one; around $0.50 it'd be a 5 for sure. I reviewed it alongside the Spark — the Spark's sound is purer, and the Emera
Photo: Divinikey
★★★★
A very long stem, and an LY stem at that, so the sound is enormously loud — noisy, in a sense. It's one of those switches. The bump is big too, so it really lands for people who like strong tactility plus a loud sound. It'd be good on the spacebar, too. Suits clacky boards. It does get loud, so the question is simply w
Photo: LumeKeebs
★★★★
A genuinely clever switch: a magnetic Hall-effect switch built with an electrostatic-capacitive, Topre-style dome, so you get something close to an HHKB typing sound. At 45g bottom-out it's fairly light and easy to press. It isn't a perfect HHKB clone - the dome here feels thinner than HHKB's firmer dome - and I suspec
★★★★
The sound is what makes this one: a soft bottom-out and a clear, transparent tone with a unique clip-clop, almost like riding a horse. It's not literally a galloping horse, but it evokes that, and it's genuinely one of a kind - I really like it. TTC's care and quality in switch-making shows, and I hope they keep sendin
★★★★★
Right now this is far and away the best clicky switch out there. The click is wonderfully clear and clean, and the typing feel is smooth with a cushioned spring underneath. It's on the expensive side at roughly ¥70-80 a switch, and like any clicky it's loud - but that noise comes with the territory. What really impress