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I think it’s a mixture of molds and being broken in. Apparently these artificially broken in[0] switches with Cherry’s new Hyperglide molds are quite good. I d
by jagger27 5y ago
I think it’s a mixture of molds and being broken in. Apparently these artificially broken in[0] switches with Cherry’s new Hyperglide molds are quite good.
I did try ultrasonic cleaning some of my Alps switches, but it’s hard to replicate the factory lube. The lubes we use for MX switches aren’t ideal.
I would fully expect a new old stock AEK to be amazing. All of my AEKs are indeed electrically reliable, but they are scratchy.
0: https://rndkbd.com/collections/broken-in-switches/products/ultraglide-cherry-mx-black?variant=40320642678936 https://rndkbd.com/collections/broken-in-switches/products/u...
- jacobolus 5y ago> mixture of molds and being broken in Unused new-old-stock MX switches from the mid 1980s have noticeably smoother feel and don’t make the scratchy sound you get with new MX switches from, say, 2010. Artificially wearing in keyswitches with 100s of thousands of robot keypresses seems really silly to me, though I guess it’s easier than disassembling every switch and sanding down the friction points with fine-grid sandpaper or applying fancy aerospace lubricant or whatever the kids are doing these days. YMMV.
- jagger27 5y agoRetooled switches from 2010, yes, but Hyperglides are new moulds as of 2020. Cherry made a fairly big deal out of it at the time. I've heard of people using diamond polishing paste to do something similar.