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Faulty switches
Ok, I'll be short. I would just like to know if it is normal to have a large number of switches not working and requiring to be changed. For my Planck build, I went with the Holy Panda X Clear, and although I absolutely love the sound and feel of these switches, I had about a dozen of them not working when first building the keyboard. A dozen out of 70 (2 packs). Fortunately, my Planck only needed 47 switches, so I had enough spare to manage a fully functional keyboard. It has been working flawlessly since then except for one more switch I had to change today because it had become suddenly inconsistent, only responding half the time to my inputs. It was fourth key from the right, lower row. So the left arrow. Which is kinda annoying when writing, navigating a document or gaming. And it has me worried some other switches will just suddenly cease to function. Considering the price of these, this kind of issue is concerning.
For the record, even though for some of those switches it simply was bent pins, which is a known issue with switches at large and something I expected, the majority had no exterior signs that could betray malfunction of any kind. So what I am asking is: is it normal to get so many dysfunctional switches? Have any of you had similar experiences?
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