Yeah, there’s just a bit of lube on the rails and legs from the factory iirc
They come hairy?
SCNR 
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Enough mochi to start a review blog.
They say not to shop when you’re hungry, but I see no downside to this.
Holiday self gifts are starting to roll in!
Hennessey for my black Moon TKL R2
eventually. Joined Dorp’s keycap club on a whim since I wanted these anyway. It paid for itself with a $50 coupon right off the bat.
I took a chance on a $70 eBay purchase for Laser. Looks opened but completely unused, and there appears to be no missing keys. I’m glad I got it, but I have no idea what to put it on.
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A Chicony KB-5182 with SMK second generation Alps mount switches. My first keyboard purchase of the year! Needs minor cleaning, but works wonders otherwise
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TECSEE Ice Candy Switch
Top Housing: PC
Bottom Housing: PC
Long-Pole Nylon Stem
63.5g Two Stage spring
NO factory Lube
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Those LED lenses are super cool! I must have ignored these completely, I think I would have liked to try those tactiles out.
My initial impression is that these are not great switches. I loved TTC Wild switches and had praised them for being almost perfect in stock form, expect for their more clacky sound profile. I had hoped the Matrix switches, being full nylon, could make perfection. This isn’t the case. The new molds and/or materials are inferior in this switch.
They’re lovely to look at. However, for some reason they don’t sound or feel as good as the TTC Wild switches. They sound clackier and thinner than their Wild counterparts, which is exactly what I was trying to avoid. There also seems to be more wobble in the stem.
Both Wild and Matrix switches say they are factory lubricated. I examined both Wild and Matrix stems and the application looks quite similar. I guess they weren’t able to get the Nylon as refined in these as their Polycarbonate counterparts. Quite unfortunate. I’ve put off building 3 keyboards for months to wait for these switches.
The tactiles are way too sharp for me. Almost totally binary up or down. Clacky on the upstroke. I think they’ll be popular with the medium heavy tactile group, but I prefer something more subtle (As I type this on MX Browns, lol)
I will try to lube them with something different and play with different springs. Not a total loss, but not a perfect stock switch like I was hoping for.
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That’s a bummer. =/
Oh man, that really sucks.
If you want Wilds but less clacky, you might try ACEs. Specs list them as heavier, but they are in-between the two Wilds in terms of spring weight. I’d say they are (slightly) even more smooth, and have a deeper sound than the Wilds as well. Dorp is running some now.
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Yep. I bought some based on your previous reviews and I shoud have them soon!
I’m typing on these now. I really think it’s the wobble that I find so distracting. The lack of wobble was what set the wild switches apart for me. These feel more like I’m typing on a Gateron switch.
Again, it’s not a bad switch… just not the GREAT switch I was hoping for. I was hoping for a 10/10 and these are closer to an 8.5/10 (where I would have put the wild switches at a 9/10). I think once yout get used to the subtle texture of the switch (and the swishy sound that accomanies it) the switch starts to shine more.
Now that I have them in a full board and I’m typing on them, I do have some more praise for them. The spring weight and feel on the linears is really nice. The sound is decently thocky on certain rows. I still wish they had less wobble, especially in the West/East direction.
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The tactiles feel like a Bluish White (BW) stem to me (long rounded bump – I think of them as lower tactility Zealios V2’s). I think you may like them with lighter 2 stage springs like the BW’s come with as the heavier springs in the Matrix made the switch feel much more tactile (possibly the 58g or 53g CannonKeys slow curve?). It would be worth a try before getting rid of them though they will never feel as light or have the same bump position as a brown.
I do agree that the Wilds are a more stable feeling switch (I also agree it’s what made them feel special), but I’m still enjoying the Matrix linear’s sound and spring.
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It’s a good mail day. Nothing crazy, but I’d used the Lavenders previously and loved their smoothness (but not the 68g progressive springs that were swapped into them) and ACEs, which I’m giving a shot based on the good things that I’ve read about them here.
It’s interesting to press the stems of each against one another and seeing the difference in the spring force curves. Like most Durock springs, the Lavenders give first because they’re very light initially. In fact, they travel probably a full millimeter before the ACEs even budge. Once the ACEs start to give, then there’s this back-and-forth between the two with the ACEs eventually bottoming out first.
Not going to install them in a board just yet but definitely excited to have these in the queue to try out.
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you’re right about the tactile spring. I swapped in some 63.5g sprit switches and they feel completely different. If I do a stem to stem press against a stock switch, the 63.5g spring one completely bottoms out before the stock switch is able to overcome it’s tactile bump.
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Yeah, the stock spring on the Matrix tactile is a doozy.
