Well, it's official, this is my first quick switch review. I figured it was a good idea to kick it off with a switch that I have come to really quite enjoy using since I got them in. Before we begin, let me remind everyone that these are not in depth reviews, nor will they ever be. These are my quick reviews, and that's that. Now...
Initial Thoughts
Initially, these switches had quite a bad spring ping that was quite hard to get over. Admittedly, the ping was less noticeable when the switches were installed into a board; however, this is not something to gloss over, and these switches need work.
Modding
Firstly, I ran these switches through my DingKey break-in machine at 100% for 16 hours, for around 297,000 actuations. Once that was done, I ran the off-center kit for one hour per side. This appears to have been more than enough break in for these switches but in the grand scheme of things, these switches really didn't need it, and just needed a bit of lube and film care.
For these switches, I used Krytox 205g0 on the switch stem and dabbed a bit of lube on the top of each rail on the bottom housing. I did not manually spread the lube through the bottom housing and instead let the stem spread the lube across the rail when the switch was compressed. For the springs, I used 105g0 and bag lubed them.
Finally, I used TX .15mm films, as these switches did benefit ever so slightly from being filmed as well.
Sound Test
All sound tests recorded in a TKC Portico75, using the stock foam and gaskets, and C3 stabilizers lubed with 205g0 and XHT-BDZ. Sounds tests are biased and numerous factors play into them, please keep that in mind, and you should ideally listen to multiple sound tests from multiple sources.
Overall Thoughts + Rating
Overall, I really, really like these switches. On my completely arbitrary scale that means nothing to anyone but me, I give these a 8.5/10 (after modification). If you wanted my rating stock, 3/10 because that spring ping was awful.