SMK MX mount vs Kailh Box White

[M4dn3ss]

How do these two "crisp light clicky switches" compare? I have a Box White in a switch tester and really like it, it's smoother and lighter than Blue Alps but with an inferior sound, but I was wondering how the clicky white SMK switches with MX sliders compare. They both seem to have similar force curves, but judging from the graph the SMK actuates much lower than the click (how noticeable is this?)

Kailh: https://plot.ly/~haata/368

SMK: https://plot.ly/~haata/471

[Chyros]

Personally, in terms of keyfeel, I'd say the SMK's win out. Their tactility is a bit more substantial. I like BOX whites more because of what they could become than what they are, in truth.

[codemonkeymike]

I feel like the SMK Clicky are more comparable to the Box Jade (thick click box whites). If you put that up on the poll I would have voted for that, as they are easier to work with.

[M4dn3ss]

I feel like the SMK Clicky are more comparable to the Box Jade (thick click box whites). If you put that up on the poll I would have voted for that, as they are easier to work with.

Interesting, I have a Box Jade as well and while I do like it, I still prefer the smooth crispness of the Box White.

I prefer switches that don't "stop" just before the click (most noticeable with MX Blue or Box Navy), but rather gradually increase in force before dropping (like Alps, Kailh Bronze, buckling spring). To me the ideal force curve is something like the beam spring (https://plot.ly/~haata/454/ibm-beamspri ... ngled-nib/), although I've never actually tried one. Since my words don't do a great job of explaining, here's a 5 second MS Paint job to illustrate.

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(on that note, any tactile switches with a force curve like that? They all seem to have "round" rather than sharp tactile points)

[codemonkeymike]

(on that note, any tactile switches with a force curve like that? They all seem to have "round" rather than sharp tactile points)

Marquardt "Butterfly": https://plot.ly/~haata/545

They are only found in typewriters, quite fun to type on. Only issue I have with them is that they are too stiff near the bottom. I bought a typewriter with them in it because the mechanism for activating the switch is novel and I think has alot of potential in a new design

[M4dn3ss]

(on that note, any tactile switches with a force curve like that? They all seem to have "round" rather than sharp tactile points)

Marquardt "Butterfly": https://plot.ly/~haata/545

They are only found in typewriters, quite fun to type on. Only issue I have with them is that they are too stiff near the bottom. I bought a typewriter with them in it because the mechanism for activating the switch is novel and I think has alot of potential in a new design

They are clicky actually, from what I hear, unless your typewriter isn't?