@tenpapa
★★★
The 'T5' stem material is a bit of a mystery, but Akko's own hardness scale lists it as the softest of their stem compounds, so it's clearly a soft material. Manufactured by HMX, so wobble is tight. Lube felt fine, but there's a very faint raspiness, possibly from the material combination. Interestingly, it's quiet sta
Photo: Akko
★★★
Quite clacky! Might be down to the stem length being different from Rosewood.
Photo: Akko
★★★★★
I really like this one — the spring is long and gives a cushioned feel, and the 60g bottom-out is just right. It tends to produce a thocky sound. Listen closely and there's a bit of spring scratch/ping noise, but lubing it yourself clears that up. If I were designing my own switch, this is the kind I'd want to make. I
★★★★
It's lubed more thoroughly than the Hyperglide, and the wobble is tighter, so it holds up fine without a film. Spring ping can show up depending on the batch and the individual unit — if that happens, swapping the spring is worth doing. Personally I rank them Vintage Brown > MX2A Brown > Hyperglide Brown, so this one
★★★
Without lube it stays scratchy — the friction noise sticks around. Lube it and it turns into a smooth, creamy switch. With the nylon and POM combination, it tends to produce a lower-frequency sound.
Photo: Divinikey
★★★
Good points: the stem lands solidly against PA12's soft material, giving an interesting sensation of striking something soft, and while not quite as much as the Y3, it still delivers a satisfying clacky sound. Bad point: aside from the feel, if you called it 'just an ordinary clacky sound' I wouldn't have much of a com
Photo: Divinikey
★★
Good points: you can choose both weight and spring length, and the hard stem material gives a firm, crisp attack on bottom-out. Bad point: the sound itself isn't especially distinctive — it's the usual clacky character. Overall, the sound feels like something I've heard before, so it doesn't feel particularly new. As f
★
Despite the buzz calling it a "thocky" switch, it completely missed my expectations — just an ordinary switch. I tried it in both a QK65 and a Brutal, and both felt lackluster, so I gave it 1 star. I'd hoped it might shine on its own, but once it was in a keyboard, it ultimately fell flat. If anything, it pairs best wi
Photo: Divinikey
★★★
Pros: for a magnetic switch it gets fairly close to a koto-koto clatter, though still far from what a true mechanical switch produces; it's light, so typing is quick and snappy; and like a good HE switch it's very smooth. Con: there's some dissonance in the sound, so it isn't a truly clean tone — a shame; I prefer the
★★★★
Seriously quiet! I really liked this one — pricey though, lol (around 0.57 dollars a switch). It's the closest thing to an electrostatic-capacitive (Topre-style) feel, so I'd recommend it to anyone who wants an HHKB- or Realforce-like feel on a mechanical board.
★★★★
The P3 stem is apparently a nylon-and-fiberglass blend. The PC-and-nylon housing combination gives a pretty smooth stroke with an almost creamy, gentle clack.
Photo: Qwertyqop
★★★★
The spring isn't a long one, so you don't really feel the double stage. Being all-LY, it's fairly quiet — a bit of extra lube would probably make it quieter still.
Photo: Mechbox