Thoughts on Futaba clicky switches?
- keycap
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: often switching
- Favorite switch: SKCL green, SKCM salmon, monterey blue
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I've personally never tried these and I'm curious as to how they feel and sound. I've heard that they're extremely ping-y and high pitched, but that's all I know about them.
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- Location: NC, USA
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I have a Focus FK-8000 with Futaba MX mount clicky switches. Here is what I said about them earlier:
They are an odd switch. Tactile on the way down and clicky on the way up. They have a metallic click on release that reverberates quite a bit as the metal diaphragm returns to original shape. Very odd to have the click on release. It reminds me a lot of my ITT keyboard with Microswitch metal diaphragm switches. The noise is similar, but the ITT made the noise on both press and release. There is a very muffled click on press, but is drowned out by the release noise.
- Touch_It
- Location: Nebraska, United States.
- Main keyboard: Unicomp Classic USB 103 key (work) IBM F 4704 107
- Main mouse: Logitech g502 Proteus Core
- Favorite switch: Buckling spring (yet to try Beam Spring)
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So, I have one and have used it as a daily driver. Fun switch for sure, but its certainly not for everyone. If you ever get a chance to try one or buy one reasonably, I would take it if you like clicky switches. Certainly a unique switch.
- maxmalkav
- dye hard
- Location: Netherlands
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I got one Futaba board for cheap and my first (and only) impression was quite similar (so I assume we are talking about the same switch), I was not quite impressed. On the other hand other kind of "exotic" switches (NMB space invacers!) made an impression on me.Engicoder wrote: ↑I have a Focus FK-8000 with Futaba MX mount clicky switches. Here is what I said about them earlier:They are an odd switch. Tactile on the way down and clicky on the way up. They have a metallic click on release that reverberates quite a bit as the metal diaphragm returns to original shape. Very odd to have the click on release. It reminds me a lot of my ITT keyboard with Microswitch metal diaphragm switches. The noise is similar, but the ITT made the noise on both press and release. There is a very muffled click on press, but is drowned out by the release noise.