I give these five stars because for what you are getting, Idk how you can beat the price, especially when these are on sale.
Not only do you get a tremendous stand-alone mechanical switch on its own, but you also are getting the stems (the most coveted part of these switches) if you ever decide you want to make some frakenswitches. I would agree with others that these definitely need to be lubed. They are scratchy stock.
One warning is they are heavy. I would stay away if you plan to type a lot on these. I use these mainly for gaming and want a heavy, tactile press to my buttons when I activate something and want to avoid accidental presses. I think these are perfect for that.
I purchased these to make Holy YOK Pandas. Fair warning, these are Kailh-style switch housings, so you will need a Kailh-style opener for any switch mods. I would still suggest buying Holy Pandas or other switches over these, as they are a bit scratchy and the housings don’t hold lube as well as MX-style.
One of the better feeling tactile switches I've used, with a very nice weight and bounce to them. You should lube them though, as they're super scratchy.
I am not a fan of these switches in their stock form, but have been very happy harvesting the stems to give other switches the halo bump and long pole bottom out sound.
Great packaging, smooth and heavy, would recommend lubing as always.
What can ya say? Exactly as described really. One thing I'd say is that no matter what switches you get unless they are custom and hand lubed from a third party, I'd recommend lubing them. Even if they say 'prelubed' or whatever, it's better to hand lube your switches for the best performance. Hovewer it is definitely understandable if you don't wanna spend hours hand lubing a whole board's worth of switches, these are great out of the box too so it's up to you whether it's worth your time.
These switches feel like a membrane wayy too mushy for me. They are quiet and if you put some shop towels underneath them in the Ctrl case they make a nice sound. The tactile bump is there but it feels mushy at the end. The tactility, weight and sound are not consistent. They also feel heavy. But for $30 bucks they're pretty good if you want to mod them you cant go wrong.