Cherry retooled stabilizers?

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Hey all

I’ve been hearing recently about how cherry (edit: gmk) has updated their tooling for stabilizers and that they’re now not as good as before. But I haven’t found too much discussion about it so I’m wondering about the details. How much worse are they? What about them is worse? Scratchier, more rattle, etc?

I have a new build on the horizon, and I’m not sure what stabs to get if cherry’s(edit: gmk’s) actually are lower quality now. I’m not interested in paying zeal tax, I heard good things about epbt’s stabs, but I can’t seem to find them for sale anywhere.

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I also have this same question.

Afaik, durock has been making some clones here.

There’s a typing test on a proto Bocc with these stabilizers here.

It’s in the comments but here’s what he (the person who’s used it) says about them :

its pretty similar to zeal’s, pre-clipped, transparent and relatively easy to pop out the wire - it happened once but I didn’t test it further as I wouldn’t want to risk popping it out and reassmeble my board again. Both of the stabs are not 100% structurally identical, but I personally think that it doesn’t really make a difference in term of typing experience.

I’d say this is a solid product, for its price

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I think whoever is saying that Cherry retooled their stabilizers is just blowing smoke. AFAIK GMK produces the genuine Cherry stabilizers so Cherry can’t re-tool something they no longer make.

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Sorry I misspoke. My brain shorted and I typed cherry rather than gmk.

I’m trying to find the build streams I thought I heard it mentioned on, but I’m not sure which one (nathan? jae? tyson? I watch a lot lol). If I’m able to find it again I’ll post a link here :+1:

Hopefully it was just someone blowing smoke though as you say :slight_smile:

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I’m pretty sure it is, although if you heard it from someone that reputable in the community it might not be. I did some searching when I first saw your post & couldn’t find anything about GMK retooling them so hopeful you maybe misheard something on a stream? I’d be really bummed if GMK stabs became noticeably worse since I use the screw in variants exclusively & do not think Zeal stabs are even close to worth the money (I love his switches, but the stabs I’ll pass on, they’re more flash than cash IME).

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We need more info on those Gateron stabilzers that were selling with the new GK64 boards, darnit. Are they selling them anywhere? Do they make more than plate mounted stabilizers? Answers. I need answers.

Oh, and RAMA stabilizers should be here soon, right? There is hope still. right? guys?

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Has indeed been a tooling change for GMK’s screw-in stabs. From the TopClack discord:

730×150 24.4 KB


2700×2700 1.11 MB

2500×2000 831 KB

2800×800 1.46 MB

IIRC it’s also mentioned somewhere that the 7u wires are slightly different length/size now and that’s causing some issues as well.

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Thanks for the heads up @donutcat! On paper they all look like changes for the best, but I wonder if the tighter tolerances are causing them to feel scratchier than old design? I also wonder if the changes cut down on rattle?

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Not to bring up a an old post again but does any one have an idea of when gmk will retool their already retooled stabs?

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Probably not for a while unless something is seriously wrong with them. Why do you ask?

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well i mean they are pretty bad as right now. Heard rumors of 2020 retooling but was wondering if there has been any new info

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From what I’ve heard on streams lately, GMK is aware of the issue and I believe the current estimate for a fix is Q1 2020 :slight_smile:

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I knew about this being a rumor, but had no idea it was actually true. Damn. But its a good thing that I am not in the market for any stabs until the tail end of Q1 2020 so im not complaining. Good to hear otherwise!