C³ Tangerine Switches R2

Okay, a whole hour now that I’ve had my switches.

Cool colorway! Of course, this is a negative if you want RGB switches that show anything other than red and orange :slight_smile:

The housings are a good size. None of this breaking your damn thumbs to get them into switch plates. No noticeable play between the top and bottom housings.

They’re smooth. Close in feel to inks and tealios, but with more wobble. I really enjoy the sound on bottom out. They is something about the return I don’t like though. It’s too clacky/rattly. Maybe it’s because of the extra wobble. I usually lube the upper housing to fix this sound.

Speaking of lube, they do have factory oil lube in them. A few might have been overlubed in my opinion. But overlube of oil isn’t a huge deal for using them stock.

However, if you were going to lube these with something thick, I’m betting you would have to clean them all off. Ick.

I got the dark green stem (67g). I don’t think 67 is bottoming out. They feel heavier than my 70g laserons for sure. They do feel close to black inks in smoothness and weighting.

Also, like inks, I think they’re a great option for someone who wants a smooth switch without having worry about lubricating (and, someone who doesn’t care about RGB).

I’ll give them an 7.5/10 stock. Guessing some lubrication in the top housing would bring them up to 8.5/10. Or relubing them with 3204 might bring them up to 9/10. I’ve never found a 10/10 switch. Ha.

TLDR: Smooth linear switches. A bit clacky on the upstroke.

@TheKeyDotCompany , please send switches in a better protected package. I only had 1 unusable switch, but it was annoying to have to rebend 1/3 of my switches b/c of poor packaging.

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