Group buy from Homerowco
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Man they turned out nice, definitely a awesome looking switch!
Iām confused, these are not the silent ones that run years ago with Serika?
yep. long delay, mostly from Covid-19. I believe it was about 8 months in all. Could be worse, my Thic Thock Marshmallow switches came in the other day. I forgot I ordered them almost 11 months ago. Lol.
A White Dots Rama cap
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SA Godspeed and GMK Laser were two of the sets that got me super interested into this hobby. Finally own a set!
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Love that pink key.
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ThicThock V2 68g MPās
Looking forward to experimenting with these progressive springs. Any suggestions?
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Nice although I donāt understand how ThicThock can ship springs but not my Marshmallow switches.
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I see. At least they learned from the past mistake of not having proxies.
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Somehow I havenāt tried any aftermarket progressive spring to date and Iām very interested in do so soon. I know there have been write ups on here about them in general but I would be curious how the ThicThock spring compare to the Sprit ones so I know which to pick up. Regardless if youāve tried Sprits, Iām curious how you like and compare these to regular springs.
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Nice! Iām still wating to receive mine. Still a quicker GB than modern model f (which Iām also patiently in it to win it)
Iāve really been itching to get some of these and the 62g MPs. But definitely on the fence on which to purchase. Iād love to hear your feedback on these.
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Looking forward to seeing the finished product 
Whatās your thoughts on using these for big bump tactiles like the Zealios, MX Clears, or even Box Royals? Trying to slow post bump inertia while softening bottom out ping has been my dilemma with these specific switches. Someone recently described tactility as āspeed bump versus potholeā and Iām definitely on team pothole. The reactive force push back on these might be the mod Iāve been looking for.
@fatalruin @AllOfTheMeat @ajoflo
Iām pretty new to springs like this myself, but Iāll definitely share my impressions on them once Iāve tested them in a few different types of switches. I do have some thoughts from just fidgeting with a few un-mounted combos while watching stuff, but itās all very first-impression type stuff.
One thing I learned (or more accurately confirmed for myself) while playing around with individual switches last night is that indeed, progressive springs do have polarity - at least this kind does. Not only does one end have tighter coiling, but the feeling is indeed different depending which end is facing up.
@ajoflo Something else I noticed about this polarity is that putting the tight coil at the bottom (which somoene recently told me is the mfr recommended way) produces more or less the type of curve the marketing describes; weaker at first, heavier towards the bottom. Itās not as dramatic as I expected, but they definitely feel different from similarly weighted linear springs. Anyway the point that I think will interest you is this - putting them in āupside downā seems to facilitate a top-bump ānegativeā tactility thatās prone to bottoming-out, whereas the ārightā way theyāre light-ish at the top with more cushion at the bottom.
I tried one combo that reminded me a lot of that seemingly āmulti-stageā cushioning the Halo U4 has, but Iāll have to re-discover that as I was paying a little more attention to party parrot videos at that moment. (Iād just returned from visiting a family member who recently got an eclectus parrot.)
I have some questions for any spring experts out there. So I understand that linear springs have a mild increase in resistance from top to bottom, with longer āpre-loadedā ones nearly eliminating that. I generally understand that āprogressiveā indicates a notable increase in resistance from top to bottom - but Iām a little less clear about this:
Is a spring āprogressiveā if itās just a much more steep, straight-line increase of resistance compared to a linear, or does the curve need to more closely resemble an exponential one?
Are Halo True springs, which appear to achieve their steep increase in resistance through a shorter if otherwise symmetrical spring, in the same category of springs as the ThicThocks which are on the long side of normal and have distinct sections of coiling? Are they two different approaches towards a similar goal, or are they two totally different types of spring?
The rabbit-hole only deepensā¦
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