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[–]NotYeMK 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Lights stock switch, probably. Any switch can be pretty light with swapped out springs.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

Sounds pretty legit... decent price. I think this is the lightest Hako switch, not necessarily the lightest switch ever.

[–]Snow 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

I don't think the price of that is decent... I remember that I saw 100 Gataron clear switches selling ~ 7 USD. The cost of these switches is very low, they manipulate the price. I have few hako violet, it feels not that light might because the tactile. Linear switches feels lighter.

Which is the lightest switch ever?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

Oh wow, hell of a deal. The cheapest I ever got Gaterons for was about $0.33 each (and I had to wait for shipping from China).

I'm a newbie at all of this, I'm not sure what the lightest switch is. Oh, this looks promising: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/6eytxf/whats_the_lightest_key_switch/

So what are your favorite switches? Mine are probably the clicky Cherry blue but I went with Browns so I could use the same switches at work and at home. I think I'm ready to get out there and experiment some more though.. maybe I'll get the blues, I have an OK from my work to get them.

Lighter switches sound nice.. I do get some fatigue sometimes.

[–]Snow 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

Oh wow, hell of a deal. The cheapest I ever got Gaterons for was about $0.33 each (and I had to wait for shipping from China).

They are not going to give you a good price since racism.

So what are your favorite switches?

Gaterons clear and hako violet.

Mine are probably the clicky Cherry blue but I went with Browns so I could use the same switches at work and at home. I think I'm ready to get out there and experiment some more though.. maybe I'll get the blues, I have an OK from my work to get them.

If you are a newbie, get the Brown first, the clicky switches is the type most people feel regret to buy them since they are noise.It sounds nice for someone is new though.

Get a hot swappable keyboard to replace the key you want it to be noise to be blue. Like the "del"key.

Lighter switches is for long term use. Once time you used to it , Lighter =More efficient.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

They are not going to give you a good price since racism.

Hahaaa.

The blues feel satisfying to me, and the sound doesn't drive me crazy, but I was for sure worried about being rude at work with very loud switches.

The browns don't feel so good to me anymore after a couple of years on them... the tactile bump is really small so they just end up feeling cheap and mushy for the tactile bump part. But yeah I need to try lighter and tactile for sure. Lighter sounds great.

Get a hot swappable keyboard to replace the key you want it to be noise to be blue

That's a great idea. I need to use those swappable plugs on one of my next kbs. I've been digging this one, it fits together perfect: https://keeb.io/collections/keyboard-pcbs/products/quefrency-60-65-split-staggered-keyboard?variant=16032981385310

[–]Snow 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Hahaaa.

I am serious, if you don't know how to read Chinese and buy it from there, the price won't be good, I saw people buy mechanical keyboards from China all met the same problem: they deliberately sell them far expensiver outside China.

They suck.

The blues feel satisfying to me, and the sound doesn't drive me crazy, but I was for sure worried about being rude at work with very loud switches.

Then get the blue. Most people felt satisfy for linear switches at the end.

That's a great idea. I need to use those swappable plugs on one of my next kbs. I've been digging this one, it fits together perfect: https://keeb.io/collections/keyboard-pcbs/products/quefrency-60-65-split-staggered-keyboard?variant=16032981385310

Remember get swappable sockets look like this one.

https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/2761166631/TB2VkPzjFcJL1JjSZFOXXcWlXXa_!!2761166631.jpg

But not this one:

https://img.alicdn.com/imgextra/i4/2761166631/TB2VLqtBipnpuFjSZFIXXXh2VXa_!!2761166631.jpg

The circle sockets is for outemu switches only.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Thank you so much for your tips man. I've never seen this new kind of hot swappable socket before. I'm going to build a board with them, and then I'm going to experiment with bottoming out linear switches! I certainly type terribly and bottom out always, so it might be a great fit. You've lifted my keyboard funk.

I am serious, if you don't know how to read Chinese and buy it from there, the price won't be good, I saw people buy mechanical keyboards from China all met the same problem: they deliberately sell them far expensiver outside China.

I believe you, I just don't see people coming out and admitting it very often. And us Americans are conditioned to believe that only white people are racist. Or we're just culturally dumb.

I have seen tutorials for buying stuff in Chinese... I'll think about that. I'll probably just stick to AliExpress though.

[–]Snow 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

You can buy this with the correct sockets, so you don't need to build it yourself, this is the cheapest one with the correct swappable socket:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32952663095.html

Buy they selling this china with this price: https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a312a.7700824.w4002-21764443711.41.10316a1bXv5iMb&id=582404204488

It's the same store....

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Holy shit, $60 vs. $3.40, that's nuts. I think you just blew my mind.

I'm in the market for a 60% or ideally split 60% though. That is a good idea just to buy one and not solder in the swappable sockets. I do alright with the soldering though, I've made 4 or 5 boards so far.

[–]Snow 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It's $60USD VS $258CNY (36 USD).

Hard to find 60% keyboards...then you should DIY it.