Teardown - How do Alps SKCL/SKCM switches work?

[Chyros]

In today's teardown we look at Alps switches in detail. Hope you enjoy the video .

[cumwagondeluxe]

Nice video! I always assumed the neon green alps were == brown alps, just with lighter weighting and rarer stem color based off the wiki description - do you find that there's a big difference in feel between the two as far as the shape/size of the tactile bump goes?

Also, any reason you consider SKCM damped whites as non-clicky? They definitely click, although it's rather quiet and not particularly great sounding (possibly fixable by opening em up and bending the leaf forward for some increased tactility + clickiness?)

[Chyros]

Nice video! I always assumed the neon green alps were == brown alps, just with lighter weighting and rarer stem color based off the wiki description - do you find that there's a big difference in feel between the two as far as the shape/size of the tactile bump goes?

Also, any reason you consider SKCM damped whites as non-clicky? They definitely click, although it's rather quiet and not particularly great sounding (possibly fixable by opening em up and bending the leaf forward for some increased tactility + clickiness?)

1) They're the same KIND of feel, but they all feel a bit different. Bamboo neons are particularly rounded and stand out the most compared to other tactile Alps switches.

2) They have tactile leaves rather than clicky leaves, so they're definitely tactile. A residual click sound is just a design or execution flaw and not an intended effect. I touched on this in my LCM30 review. Bamboo blacks also have this a bit, it seems to be just sloppiness in the later switch generations.

[stracciatiera]

At 00:48, what types of Alps are those?

(in rows from left to right)
SKCL Green/Yellow/Lock
SKCM Brown/Green/?
SKCM Cream?/Orange/Salmon/Black/?
SKCM Cream damped/White damped
SKCM Blue/Amber?/White

[Chyros]

They are:

green/yellow/lock
brown/pine neon green/bamboo neon green
cream/orange/salmon/pine black/bamboo black
cream damped/white damped
blue/amber/white