While I like the zeal switches alot, they are pretty pricey, so perhaps you might want to look into alternatives
Well, by knock off do you mean just like the cheaper stuff, or the more specialized switches which I think are above cherry
if you are into tactility and dont mind clickyness look into kailh box switches
eh I would argue gateron reds and browns feel less scratchy and not as awful as cherries offerings
I got to try some novelkeys kalith box swiches and man those are very clicky. I still prefer my unicomp if I want that tactile and want to piss everyone off at work lol
I think the cherry clones are all pretty good, in some cases preferable to the original. But they get a bad rep for being on cheaper keyboards.
Cheap light weight keyboards feel terrible no matter what switches are in them.
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persoanlly for tactiles im really into topre might grab a topre board for myself as a next keyborad for the communal PC space in my future house asto not piss off my house mates
Yeah I got to try some gateron inks and they were pretty sweet
by Knockoff I mean the copies of the existing ones.
The more specialized ones realy are another subject. Maybe a bit much for someone starting their venture into mechanical keyboards.
IIRC Razer recently started selling a keyboard with optical switches. Stuff like that is super interesting to me.
It is not like you could just lubricate switches and put o-rings on…
I’d try one first, I have a realforce and can’t get along with it.
They are also ugly as all hell.
speaking of optical switches have you tried the wooting one? probably my favorite linear switches right now smooth AF
The steelseries magnet thingy ones look pretty interesting
I tried a realforce and it wasn’t my thing, but then my friend came out with his hhkb pro 2 type s with the BKE domes and I really want one now lol
yeah they are lI like the feel just for typing I really wouldnt game on a topre swtich
Have heared about it.
If you could map key combinations to depth, that would make coding for example much nicer.
Have not had a chance to try one (yet).
I have a varmilo capacitive switch here, and in the tester I really like it, Unfortunately they aren’t compatible with standard keyboard electronics, I might pick up a varmilo with them on, but I own so many keyboards at this point it’s hard to justify.
Interesting, never knew they made a EC switch
pretty sure you can code actuation depth deadzones, and what happens at certain depths of a key press. cant confirm though I have only had the pleasure of trying one not owning one.
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