Just discovered this as well. Loved MT3 on U4T Bobas, not so much on Holy Pandas. Complete opposite situation for the KAT profile for me.
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Nice! What caps did you get?
Some green Topre accent caps (WASD, Esc, and arrows)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMaJf8Znd83
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Congrats! I didn’t like that they asked a ton of info on the raffle entry sheet. Good to know a keebtalk fellow won!
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TIL that Gazzew U4Ts require lube on the top housing to remove the clacky upstroke. BUT that they’re very sensitive to over lubing… if I did more than the lightest coat of 205g0 then there was an audible “stick” noise as soon as the slider separated from the housing.
Really unpleasant lol, I’m slowly finding the perfect balance.
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Not explicitly the top housing, but for me, lubing U4Ts with anything thicker than 3204 added too much friction in the press (even with the thinnest of application). I’m sure it has to do with the tight tolerances in the house which ultimately is a good thing.
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I use 5 ply toilet paper…
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TIL KeebTalk has a logo (I think):
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There have been quite a few submissions in the past before we settled on the final logo
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Oh, I see. The logo in the navigation bar is the KT logo, not a general Discourse logo. My bad. Also, the logo contest thread is pretty cool.
The logo that I posted above is what came up when I turned on 2FA.
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For those of you who were not aware: JWK does not recognize “V1” or “V2” molds by these names – to them, these are simply just alternative mold designs and are not believed to be any better than each other based on the mold designs alone. The reason that switches such as Alpaca V2s, for example, are notably better than the V1s in my and many people’s opinions are the usage of a better factory lubing technique, not a differentiation in molds.
https://www.theremingoat.com/blog/naevy-v15-switch-review
Does anyone else find this statement from Theremingoat super confusing? How did differences in factory lubing techniques improve stem and housing wobble so much with the v2’s or am I totally imagining that?
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Yea, I don’t think it’s super clear, and I had to read it a few times initially. FWIW, I read it as a general statement ( switch x.v1 v. switch x.v2) that’s illustrated by a specific example (Alpacas).
Regarding the Alpacas specifically, I had to reread his Alpaca v2 review, from which I believe he’s saying that in his comparison there is indeed an improvement in wobble and sound from v1 to v2, but the delta is not large because the wobble was already good on the v1. (So, better but not significantly so.)
Additionally, I believe that an unstated assumption is that the two molds are close enough that lubing and filming minimizes many of the stock differences between them, the main one being the quality of factory lubing.
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ICIC. Thanks for clearing that up.
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“I still did it drunk, in bed, and on Saturday morning”
We can tell, Goat. We can tell.
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Ha! Right?!?! The fact that he most likely typed this up on a laptop just makes me giggle a bit.
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I find his reviews in general confusing. Some how he is of the mind that the more you type, the more of a subject matter expert you are.
I don’t think he is wrong, I just take his opinion with a heavy grain of salt. As any one should when his reviews feature two variables that he can heavily manipulate.
EDIT: Forgot all this reviews are on a single switch too. Doesn’t even fill a whole board.
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Sure, but he’s also pretty up-front about this and the alternative would be maddeningly expensive (and impractical) to do as a side gig that creates a free resource for people. Guy’s a grad student, not some loaded influencer.
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If people are getting something out of his reviews, more power to them. You bring up a great point, but to me this is just further evidence that the reviews are iffy.
I think we all know based on evidence, testing a single switch in a tester does not equal a board. If Goat enjoys doing these, awesome, but I think the some in the community have put his reviews on a pedestal that is not deserved.
A grad student would know that “Context” and “Other” are just score padding.
