Bobas seem to still win out, but like twice the price. Zealous is on the list but again, pricey.
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I will say. I bought the zilents a few years back for a travel board to be used in public. I knew I liked the tactiles as I got the zealios for my home board. When I got the Planck I tried the U4S and it is even more enjoyable.
The zealios and zilents, like the clears they are based on, have a small vertical part of the travel before encountering the slant and increasing resistance before the tactile drop. It is constant and steady rising pressure.
The Bobas are more of a round āDā shaped tactile bump with no vertical pretravel so if you donāt mind the crudeness it feels more like a rubber domes build up and release as the pressure drops. It is very nice. Seems to also make them feel over all firmer and more solid somehow. Hard to describe or a credit/verify that last claim.
Iāll do a write up soon. Iām a bit ill right now, and docs is something that requires willpower for me, so yeahā¦
Yeah, I just have a hard time finding quality caps. Iām not about ABS or the GMK meme, and I really like the MD caps. I think Iām gonna bite the bullet and buy their set. 
So Iāve managed to update my fork and itās alive. There are some minor changes in behavior, such as the FUCKING RGB TIMEOUT NOT WORKING, but thatās simple state control, which I should be able to get a handle on. Iām hoping beyond hope that they migrate the HAL like theyāre discussing now, but I donāt have the time or knowledge to help with that level of work, so Iāll be spectating on this one.
In the mean time, Iām going to get my keeb back to the way I like it.
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Oh fu^k yeah, come on over into this dark alley (YouTube) and snort this coke up. The last few days has been long weekend plans destroying, black circles under eye weaponized autism of watching reviews, googling, reading, arguing with hallucinationsā¦ The little sleep I got, I fu^king dreamed about keyboards.
I was avoiding this thread months ago knowing this would happenā¦
But yeah, happy hunting!
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Bro keycaps were dancing in my dreams. Itās bad.
But I mean, it could also be the cough medicine having a partial effect there.
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Interesting that itās said to be āextremely tactileā. I have a Kailh box royal in my tester, but honestly if feels like a linear, with only a faint and inconsistent edge/bump if I really search for it and directly compare it to a Cherry black. I could just have a bad switch, but Iād confirm itās what your expecting before committing.
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Wow that goes against a lot of youtube reviews, interesting. But I get the impression the reviews that say its āway too muchā tactile are linear fans, and then clicky tactile fans are ear to ear grins. Comment section, drop reviews etc have funny comments like āI like my switches to fight meā. To feel within the realm of a brown sounds crazy, maybe you did get a funky one.
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I use Box Whites on my board and they are simply amazing for those who like clicky switches.
Even though mine is just a really cheap chinese board, its switches made it 100% worth buying it. Whenever I have some reason to buy another one Iāll probably just remove them and use in the new one.
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Ah, nevermind, I just took it apart, the little nub inside was misaligned. Hereās it corrected. It was not fun trying to line that thing up correctly. I recommend a toothpick or knife tip to manipulate it.
However, now itās clicky, which is quite the change.
This thread indicates it a lube thing, and can happen to used switches. BOX Royals quickly becoming clicky - major flaw?
The click itself isnāt bad, itās distinct but muted compared to mx blues which are louder, more piercing.
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yeah I want the tactile without the high pitched piercing of the blues. That one review had the royals sounding pretty clicky but lubing them seems to make a big difference. How do you like the weight?
I hate to find out one needs to keep re-lubing them thoughā¦ I donāt know if that is a thing.
The weight feels fairly close to the Cherry clears, but itās hard to tell, the royals have even less pre-travel than the clears, basically as soon as the key has enough force to move it drops, whereas clears feel rounder. To be honest Iām not the best person to describe or rate these kinds things.
The click is most noticeable when slowly activating. It gets mostly covered up by the other sounds when pressing fast like you would when actually typing. Itāll be less āthockyā than clears, especially the kailh hako royal clears.
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Sheesh, almost sounds like aā¦ scissor switch? I kind of like some travel.
Just totally assuming what Iāll like, Iām thinking a little bit of travel, start to hit a wall, then pop, then some travel to bottom out (but stiffer).
I guess pretty much a green which is a stiffer blue- but without the clickyness.
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Dug up the defcon 29 badge for fun, I remember it had very light feeling clicky switches.
My eyes are aging
I read gateron, so Iām assuming these are gateron blues. They are light and very clicky sounding. Iām pretty sure I want to leave this behind (work keyboard not at home has razer greens so kind of the same thing). I want a heavier spring, tactile āwallā and sharp hit I guess, whislt having a nice thocc.
This review is pretty neat:
His review is convincing me that:
- Browns are going to be way too soft + linear feeling for me
- I want box jades but without the clicky sound aspect
- box royals might be the best compromise, would be interesting to test alongside pandas and bobas.
Interesting take, finally someone not raving to no end that pandas are the be-all
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Great, now everglide dark jade moyu black have entered the chat.
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Who needs quiet keys when you have Aristotles?
TICKTICKTICKTICKTICKTICKTICKTICKTICKTICKTICKTICK
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Everyone raving about them basically convinced me that theyāre really not that good.
Iāve got an old board with alps switches around here somewhere and my god, the tactility. Itās a fucking world of difference.
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Found the little key chain thing that came with my razor with greens. To razors credit their green (likened to cherry blues) had a lower pitch click than the gateron. Or itās the housing doing it maybe.
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Iāve been cleaning my md ctrl and while they are fine, i am noticing the worse quality of the keycaps. Iām not really of the ABS type keycaps, they look nice yes, but they donāt really hold up and i donāt like shiny keycaps.
I have a set of Vortex PBT doubleshot keycaps that are pretty nice and durable (my work keycaps for the last 4 years) and for my main home board i have PBT infinikey amalfi which is a really nice set (that i had to wait a year for -_-).
I would recommend something like a Vortex PBT set, i think massdrop sells them as well.
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In case anybody is wondering how my keyb sounds:
How it has 47 views is beyond me 
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Is that the Idobau ID80? Is it backlit?
I donāt have a good mic setup for such things, or I would give a comparo of the few keyboards I have with different switchesā¦ which I guess ultimately wouldnāt be the best way to compare since they would have varying cases and caps also affecting the sound.
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