So I’ve managed to identify all but two of the switches from my 2024 Oddvent calendar, and was wondering if anyone here had any clues about the last two? The third is a random freebie one that got tossed in with an order from China and I would like to get more of, but I have absolutely no memory of which vendor or what order it came in.
- This first unidentified Oddvent switch is Kalih branded, Box-style, 3-pin, all black, wing-latch housing, and a red, square dustproof slider. LED condenser is not integrated, smooth, and rounded.
- The other Oddvent switch came as a disassembled switch with two different sliders (one linear, one tactile) and has no branding whatsoever – I don’t have a lot of hope ID’ing this one, but figured it was worth asking.
- The random freebee switch is a Roller Linear with a twist – it has silencing pads. I have not seen these anywhere for sale that I’ve looked. Anyone know if it’s at all purchasable or just one-off/prototype thing?
Pictures, in same order as above (left-to-right):
Are you still working on figuring these out? I know the middle one is LCET parts that were included as a DIY frankenswitch - not any particular switch just parts. I didn’t get either of the others, so I can’t quite remember, but you can join the Switch Oddities discord and search the channel on the 2024 Oddvent or ask! The pink one kind of looks like this: Ball Bearing Pink – SwitchOddities and it sounds like from this article Ball Bearing Blue Switch Review — ThereminGoat's Switches that some variants randomly had silencing and some had plastic balls bearings - not sure if that’s changed! I know someone else got the Kailh, but I can’t remember if it was ID’d past a box-style Kailh red…
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Nope!
Oh, cool! That at least helps narrow it down/gives me something to label it; thanks!
Yeah…I’ve been trying to avoid joining a Discord – I don’t game very much and already have too many communications programs to try to keep up with. But given how all the Kids These Days seem to be using it, I probably should just get over my annoyance (can you tell I’m old? 
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Oh yeah, I thought I’d remembered some mention of them somewhere. Yeah, it’s the silenced version, though still seems to have metal ball bearings. I guess they never were turned into a production run?
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Yeah, I resisted Discord and would likely qualify as old! I don’t game - I joined just for keebs and switches, but I don’t necessarily condone that haha
I haven’t seen that the ball bearing switches with silencing went into production, but I’m due to catalogue some switches, so if I come across something I’ll post it. Or maybe someone else here knows 
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