I didn’t realize there was a preorder for MX2A Ergo Clear and Nixies ($1 per switch though, and no full nylon housing for Ergo Clears).
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Misleading vendor’s name (Cherry Xtrfy) and overpricing at $1 a switch are major turn-offs.
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Yes please don’t anyone scramble to get these and pay extra. These will surely be available at all of the major vendors
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Of course I wouldn’t buy it from the start but yeah, I rather wait for someone’s thoughts on the switches first.
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The name is actually one of Cherry’s official site. Xtrfy is a gaming brand and was then owned by Cherry a few months ago. But yeah, obviously the price is awful.
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This reminded me of my analysis of the two-stage spring in the conversation about springs we had a couple of weeks ago:
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I know the KBDFans Tiger Lite board has several fans on this site that were annoyed that KBDfans discontinued it.
I noticed that oddly enough Geon is stocking it (at least for now) with a different PCB and several plate options. I am really liking the Blue Light variant.
If I needed to build a lightweight board to bring to work, this would be it.
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This is seriously a nice board. Do recommend. Can’t speak for the crazy PCB. But the stock one I have from KBDFans is a favorite in my collection.
I feel like the spring would also help with smoothness, as the spring will have less surface to touch when compressed while being more stable.
@pixelpusher Last comment on the Trash Icons over at SP. I can’t decide if they look any better on SA. The SA font is slightly bigger, but I think they still look off.
It hasn’t dawned on me until now that MX2A’s Barrel Spring means my real options are:
- MX Red
- MX Black with MX Brown’s barrel spring.
until 3rd-party barrel springs become available.
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The entire point of red velvet was to fund molds for alpha legends with fatter line weight to match trashcons better - but SP mistakenly made the alphas like 30% smaller than intended. There was lots of drama surrounding that set, and amidst a handful of other fuck ups SP’s reputation in the 40s scene has taken a nosedive.
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That’s a shame. Has the community given up or is there someone still trying to get SP to get it right?
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That ship has sailed for DSA Red Velvet, Signature Plastics and the set’s vendor couldn’t come to an agreement about redoing the small alphas. There’s talk of a rerun in a different profile by a different manu.
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Based on my experience with the 65%, I agree!
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LOL. Loved the “Honeymoon period” bit. So true.
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I think i like it! Seems like a good progression in design.
Now… make walnut accent. PLEASE
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Yes this is an instant order for me. I said I was done with 60% after I ordered the Ladybird from Honey, but the Mode will likely ship first anyway 
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These actually look kind of neat.
Frankly they seem like a combination of NK_ Creams+ and NK_ Cream Clickies; that is, combining a modular stem-pole with a thin membrane that it bottoms-out on (like the snapple-cap rests on in the Clickie).
If they can get the modular poles to stay in place I love it.
But dang if “Panda” isn’t worn-out as a switch name at this point…
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