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moonflower_C16H17N3O t1_ixv1io1 wrote

That is a very satisfying looking keyboard. I'm a fan of 75% keyboards in general. What switches did you go with?

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Gryll79 OP t1_ixv1r30 wrote

Lubed boba u4ts. I've tried a few tactile switches but always seem to go back to these. Though I'm going to try salmon switches soon

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moonflower_C16H17N3O t1_ixv3buo wrote

That is cool. When I set my keyboard up, I just went with Glorious Pandas because they seemed to be one of the default well-liked tactile switches at the time. I also tried Azure Dragons but the pandas won out in the end.

But what you've named, the salmons and the boba u4ts, are the two tactile switches that I'm most interested in currently. I have a solder-only board that's set up with heavy linears on them. I'm debating making the effort to swap all of the switches on that out for salmons. I'm really curious about what difference a long pole switch would make to the feel of typing.

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Truth_Trutle t1_ixxaurm wrote

I recently built a QK60 with some salmons. So far they feel great, also I like the deeper sound of them compared to the glorious pandas. They feel snappier because of the dual stage spring and the long pole. Salmons are a go for sure.

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moonflower_C16H17N3O t1_iy53mit wrote

Did you lube them at all?

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Truth_Trutle t1_iy5c7sv wrote

I did. They’re actually so much better lubed than stock. I used Tribosys 3203 for switches & Krytox 105 on springs.

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Gryll79 OP t1_iy6dt8x wrote

Bobas can be left as stock as most of the switches don't have ping (very few have). But I like them lubed for the feel. I would not use 205g0 for them though. Tried that and ruined the switches once. The salmons don't come factory lubed from what I recall so lubing them is recommended

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