Elrick wrote: ↑rich1051414 wrote: ↑They are also less tactile with the tactility being higher up.There is a lot of travel after it which feels spongey compared to alps.
I have both the complicated White and Blue Alps keyboards and the new MK Typist is certainly comparable in noise and tactility. In fact the White Alps are just a smidgen noisier, than the White Box's but the White Box's do have a better kick back than the White or Blue Alps switches.
Maybe I have the white box switches here fitted to a very firm keyboard structure and there is NO 'sponginess' here. Plus with the MK Keyboard you get all PBT key-caps which might have an overall effect here, who knows.
Very firm clicks and the way I type I go the full length of the switch, all the way down. The Pale (blue-grey) Blues I have are simply switches yet not fitted into any keyboard, hence I can't judge to their own specs or feel as of yet.
Of course don't forget if you are using any older Alps based keyboards do expect severe sponginess, since that is the very nature of all Alps switches when dirt, moisture and grime makes it's way inside all Alps switches. Have no idea if Matias's switches are prone to gathering dirt and grime as well?
The Navy's are on their way to my address and when they arrive, shall be installed into some keyboard just haven't chosen which one as of yet.
Hmm, I never called Alps 'spongy' but pale blue box kailh's spongy, in comparison to white alps, mostly because of all that extra travel after the tactility, and the somewhat heavy weighting. I like the switch, it was just a bit different than I expected, and do not see pale blues as a suitable replacement for white alps.
My thick bars should be arriving within the week, so I my tune may totally change.
The pale blues I am using are in a screwless plastic case, and that may be hushing the switches up as well, which may explain why they seem so quiet to me.
Alps switches are usually the polar opposite of spongy, with the huge drop in weighting after the tactile bump.
I wish I had blue alps so I would understand how they feel, but they are far too expensive, and all the dice rolls on keyboards that possibly could have them hasn't paid off. However, I love white alps, and have a lifetime supply of them now, so it wasn't all for not.