Unknown Marquardt switch?
- ramnes
- ПБТ НАВСЕГДА
- Location: France
- Main keyboard: KMAC LE
- Main mouse: Zowie AM
- Favorite switch: GPL 104 lubed 62g nixies
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I bought an industrial pad that looked fun from a local classified ad, and it turned out to be something that I didn't expect.
Here is the pad:
The first thing I noticed was how strange was the case. It is made from aluminium but is 90% empty, and the sound when you type on the key is just so weird because of that.
The PCB (and the whole thing) looks old school. The serial connector broke when I opened the case.
The keycaps are dye sublimated, in a strange profile. They feel just like Cherry PBT.
But hey, what are those switches?
I couldn't find any documentation about them. They have a cross mount, are very easy to open and seems overall pretty well designed. You can see the Marquardt logo on the housing.
The cross-mount is Cherry compatible:
Overall, those switches are really interesting in their feelings. They have a lot of hysteresis, but it personally doesn't bother me. They are really scratchy but much more tactile than Cherry MX switches. I guess that with a small amount of lube, they could be divine.
Their sound is really weird, but somewhat similar to Topre switches in the "thock" when the stem goes up.
Here is a little typing test, with a towel behind the PCB so that the sound is the closest possible from the pure switch sound :
Does anyone have more information about that switch?
Here is the pad:
The first thing I noticed was how strange was the case. It is made from aluminium but is 90% empty, and the sound when you type on the key is just so weird because of that.
The PCB (and the whole thing) looks old school. The serial connector broke when I opened the case.
The keycaps are dye sublimated, in a strange profile. They feel just like Cherry PBT.
But hey, what are those switches?
I couldn't find any documentation about them. They have a cross mount, are very easy to open and seems overall pretty well designed. You can see the Marquardt logo on the housing.
The cross-mount is Cherry compatible:
Overall, those switches are really interesting in their feelings. They have a lot of hysteresis, but it personally doesn't bother me. They are really scratchy but much more tactile than Cherry MX switches. I guess that with a small amount of lube, they could be divine.
Their sound is really weird, but somewhat similar to Topre switches in the "thock" when the stem goes up.
Here is a little typing test, with a towel behind the PCB so that the sound is the closest possible from the pure switch sound :
Does anyone have more information about that switch?
- Chyros
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: whatever I'm reviewing next :p
- Main mouse: a cheap Logitech
- Favorite switch: Alps SKCM Blue
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Yeah I saw that, but it doesn't look like one discreet, well-defined bump there, it looks more like a series of bumps, or a very scratchy keyfeel xD . I have one board with (very bad) linear switches that look a bit like that when pressed.
- ramnes
- ПБТ НАВСЕГДА
- Location: France
- Main keyboard: KMAC LE
- Main mouse: Zowie AM
- Favorite switch: GPL 104 lubed 62g nixies
- DT Pro Member: -
Bumps are well defined and shared between all the switches at the exact same points. My camera battery is recharging right now but I could make an other video later to show it if you want.
- HaaTa
- Master Kiibohd Hunter
- Location: San Jose, California, USA
- Main keyboard: Depends the day
- Main mouse: CST L-TracX
- Favorite switch: Fujitsu Leaf Spring/Topre/BS/Super Alps
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Neat! Haven't seen these before
- Chyros
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: whatever I'm reviewing next :p
- Main mouse: a cheap Logitech
- Favorite switch: Alps SKCM Blue
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Cool . I wasn't doubting you or anything btw, I just thought they looked a bit weird. Nice find! Are they reminiscent of any other switches or do they feel quite unique?
- seebart
- Offtopicthority Instigator
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Rotation
- Main mouse: Steelseries Sensei
- Favorite switch: IBM capacitive buckling spring
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When I have time I'd like to add those switches to our wiki. Nice find.
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- Location: UK
- Main keyboard: Filco ZERO green alps, Model F 122 Terminal
- Main mouse: Ducky Secret / Roller Mouse Pro 1
- Favorite switch: MX Mount Topre / Model F Buckling
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They even sound scratchy. Always nice to see a new switch. They remind me of the MX comparable topre sliders
- ramnes
- ПБТ НАВСЕГДА
- Location: France
- Main keyboard: KMAC LE
- Main mouse: Zowie AM
- Favorite switch: GPL 104 lubed 62g nixies
- DT Pro Member: -
Feel free to use any picture here for the wiki.seebart wrote: ↑When I have time I'd like to add those switches to our wiki. Nice find.
Yeah, I've even tried to put them in a Topre slider actually, but it's not the same diameter.andrewjoy wrote: ↑They even sound scratchy. Always nice to see a new switch. They remind me of the MX comparable topre sliders
And yeah, they really are scratchy. I don't know if it is due to the switch's design or how exposed to dust and stuff the pad was.
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- Location: JAPAN
- Main keyboard: Model M, dodoo dome keyboard,CherryMX numeric pad
- Main mouse: logitech Master,M705 and 3 Logitech mice
- Favorite switch: ff
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Great aluminium case and the never seen switch photos. It's tactile not linear.
- HaaTa
- Master Kiibohd Hunter
- Location: San Jose, California, USA
- Main keyboard: Depends the day
- Main mouse: CST L-TracX
- Favorite switch: Fujitsu Leaf Spring/Topre/BS/Super Alps
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I've added a force curve here -> photos-f62/marquardt-keypad-1989-t15100.html
- drevyek
- Location: US-CA
- Main keyboard: Leopold FC980C
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade
- Favorite switch: Alps Orange
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What an odd force curve! An inverse tactile bump- a tactile trough.HaaTa wrote: ↑I've added a force curve here -> photos-f62/marquardt-keypad-1989-t15100.html