Hopefully my tragic photography “skills” aren’t making people feel like throwing up. But here’s some photos of my favorite obscure switches i own.
Starting with some desoldered Zorro Yellows. One of my most mysterious and interesting ones. They are more on the wobbly and scratchy side, but not too bad. They have a very interesting and unique sound that i haven’t heard with any other switch. I guess i would put it in a similar category as cherry nylon. Still trying to find the name of the Factory who makes these, so if anyone knows 100%, please DM me or something.
Some Yusya Red. They have a very unique type of winglatch system, very narrow compared to others. Maybe a little less wobbly and scratchy as the Zorro, but still quite bad compared to modern Gateron, JWK or similar. Also another switch with an interesting sound.
“FG” branded blue switches. No idea who the manufacturer of those is. They have some similarities to others but not quite something i’d call a match. Really sharp tactility for a clicky switch, but pretty inconsistent. The same can be said about the entire switch. Just in one board alone there were 3 different varieties with different shaped and colored stems.
My collection of “Leobog” switches so far. Definitely one of the most underrepresented brands out there. They deserve a lot more love. Very little wobble, very smooth and very affordable. These “Ice Cream” switches are 100x better than any other full POM switch i’ve tried, including NK Creams.
And my most recent one. “ZDZ” branded red switches. They don’t match up with any of my other switches and not really anything special performance-wise. But they have very strange housing molds and tolerances. The latches latch in very tightly and are difficult to remove, almost like old Aristotles.
