Hey all,
In order to build on the discussion from the Red Velvet Switch Review about the confusing new world of manufacturers that the switch world is slowly sliding into, I figured it was about time to actually start talking about who some of these newer manufacturers are. This week, we take a shallow look into what little we know about ‘SWK’ and their most recent of releases in the SWK Ripple switches…
Website: https://www.theremingoat.com/
Article: SWK Ripple Switch Review — ThereminGoat's Switches
Scorecard Repository: GitHub - ThereminGoat/switch-scores: PDF Repository of switch score sheets.
Force Curve Repository: GitHub - ThereminGoat/force-curves: PDF and Data Repository of switch force curves.
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As always, thank you all for the continued readership and support week in and out. As a fun little side fact, as I was uploading this to my archive of reviews Google Drive I realize this makes for the 128th long form article I’ve written over the years. It’s absolutely crazy to me to think that you all let me take this this far!
Cheers,
Goat 
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Great review!
I actually picked some of these up after reading the article. I read a bit more of this one than usual, after scrolling and seeing the scores. (I have to admit, I generally check out the scores and look at the wobble before I bother reading the entire article. I detest high wobble).
As always, I wish we could move away from the 3.5mm travel from all of these new switches, and closer to 4mm. Even 3.7mm feel so much more natural to me. It’s such a slight change, but detectable.
I have a feeling the worst of this switch, the sound profile, could be remedied with a spring swap and the perfect case pairing. I’m going to give it a shot!
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Hmm. I got these today but I’m not sure about them. The article seems very accurate. The sound is a pretty big weakness. It’s a strange sound to describe. “Thin” might be the best description. The pitch is higher and there just isn’t any resonance to it. I’m going to try some different combinations of lube and spring swaps but I’m not holding my breath that it will fix the issue.
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205g0 applied liberally on the stem (not the pole though) and extra added to the top housing seemed to clean up the sound some. It’s still thin, but I found that it sounds best in a plastic board.
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