Sounds amazing after being lubed. And has a super budget friendly price point.
I did receive a few faulty switches. But nothing too major. Love these switches!
very very nice and great when lubed. not much tactility though but was just exactly what i wanted and the price is awesome. cheaper here that on akko website. HIGHLY RECOMEND.
Acquistati per costruire tastiera custom per il diciottesimo compleanno di mio figlio.
Sono perfetti, nel video il suono con Keycaps prima e dopo lubrificazione. Sono semplicemente perfetti, ne ho acquistate due scatole per due hot Swappable e li ricomprerei anche domani.
Straconsigliati.
Ottimi, ne ho acquistati due kit e, dal mio punto di vista, sono fra i migliori in commercio.
The packaging is very premium-like for such a budget-like cost. 44 switches worked, 1 was a dud. I’m a big fan of linear switches and these replaced some Outemu Blues, and I am very impressed with the typing experience and level of quality. There is no squeaking when depressing the switch, a very smooth actuation (not lubricated), and highly responsive. Will be buying another set at some point in the future probably, hoping for a 45/45 success rate next time.
he switches are perfect if you want a budget friendly yet high quality switch also the sound of the switches are the best part of the entire thing as it really sells the item also it is a perfect tactile switch
I put these into a red dragon k 552 and what a transformation it made. I only use my keyboards for typing and these switches are amazing. I hate noise on a full size keyboard and with a few other mods, foam, one layer of medical tape on the pcb, and stabilizer sound dampening this keyboard is whisper quiet. Great job Akko. Really nice product.
Um mal etwas im Keyboard-Modding Fu zu fassen, hab ich mich fr die Black Jelly von Akko entschieden, weil diese ein ganz passables Auslsegewicht haben (ich mag es etwas “fester”) und schon ab Werk geschmiert sind. Letzteres merkt man auch direkt, wenn man sie aus den Trgern lst: man muss etwas mehr Vorsicht bei der Handhabung walten lassen, weil sie einem sonst schon mal recht schnell aus den Fingern gleiten.
Insgesamt bin ich mit den Switches sehr zufrieden. Sie sind schn leichtgngig und deutlich leiser als die, mit denen die EVGA Z15 ab Werk daherkommt (die silbernen).
Zu 100% kratzfrei sind sie natrlich auch nicht. Aktuell habe ich nur den Vergleich mit ab Werk geschmierten Gateron Yellow Pro Switches – aber selbst die sind ein kleines bisschen kratzig.
Presi per sostituire degli switch Otemu che cominciavano a dare qualche problema.
Per ora direi tutto bene, dopo un test su keybr.com posso dire che i tasti funzionano bene.
Ottimo feedback tattile, anche se bisogna dire che sono un po’ pi rumorosi rispetto agli otemu.
Got the ocean blues for the wife – she prefers a lighter tactile than me and these were perfect for her. Nice feel; smooth and more consistent than other value switches at the same price point.
I typically prefer a heavier tactile so I was surprised that I enjoyed these so much.
If I was typing all day I would go for these over my heavier tactile switches.
The switches sound great out of the box. I’m giving it 4 stars because my rgb don’t shine through the switches well enough. Which is actually my fault should have gone for a clear switch bit other than that the switches sounds great and feel nice to type o
Yo he comprado los amarillo crema y estoy muy contenta. Han venido todos en perfecto estado, son super suaves y el sonido sin lubricar ya es bueno. Por el precio los recomiendo muchsimo.
Switch linaires trs silencieux. Trs facile installer (bien se positionner la verticale et bien centr). 1er achat de switch de ma vie et j’avais longuement hsit. Pas du ! Prix plus attractifs que sur le site d’Akko au moment o j’cris ces lignes.
Attention, boite de 45 : en prendre 2 pour un clavier 75% ou plus grand.
Akko sta lavorando bene. Rispetto ad altri brand pi costosi non ha nulla da invidiare.
i silver sono switch da gaming, ben fatti e con un rapporto prezzo prestazioni invidiabili.
Ho provato sia i cherry che i caihl e non si vede alcuna differenza.
Ich hab mir die switches zum ausprobieren gekauft uns kann die mit akko black, lavender u.a. vergleichen.
Sie kommen out of the box in einem sehr guten Zustand, sehr wenig schleifen und nur ganz wenig Federgerusche.
ich hab alle switches mit Krytox dnn geschmiert und die federn mit WD 40 Schliezylinder Pflege eingesprht.
Im wesentlichen ndert sich nur der initiale Druckpunkt, so das sich die switches sehr “rund und weich” anfhlen.
Fazit:
Die Switches knnen bedenkenlos sofort eingesetzt werden und funktionieren gut.
Wer wirklich pedantisch ist kann noch schmieren muss man m.M.n. aber nicht unbedingt.
I’m currently pairing these with my Turquoise Tealios switches and they sound great as modifiers! I wanted to mix thocky and clacky, and the akko lavenders are in my opinion. great clacky switches. Only problem I have with this switch is that it’s 4 dollars more expensive than on the akko website, which says its out of stock atm.
Ho comprato una confezione di switch lineari rossi e una di tattili cream blue per sostituire dei blu classici montati sulla mia tastiera meccanica. I rossi sono silenziosi e reattivi. La sensazione al tatto lineare, senza nessuno scalino.
I cream blue sono stati una bella sorpresa. Anch’essi silenziosi in s, ma con un piccolo scalino ad inizio corsa che regala una sensazione tattile davvero piacevole e soddisfacente. Serve un po’ pi di forza per attivare il tasto rispetto ai rossi, ma il suono con i keycaps montati veramente piacevole, soprattutto in scrittura. Gli ho montati entrambi sulla stessa tastiera, i rossi sui tasti usati principalmente durante il gaming, mentre i blu sugli altri.
Per ora soddisfatto
(Wine red)
No se describirlo, pero todo un lujo, ahora da gusto escribir.
(Lavander purple)
4/5 switch tctil a un precio muy competitivo, estara dispuesto a pagar un pequeo extra por que estuviesen lubricados como los wine red.
Normally I prefer linear switches but I wanted a tactile difference for some keys on a gaming keyboard I’m building. These are exactly what I was looking for.
Not clicky but more of an interupt in travel. A small hump in the press. Just enough for me to know which key my free finger is on.
Switches themselves, very smooth and can be used right out the box tho I will be rebuilding them before use.
Got the lavender switches to replace the clone browns on my wireless keyboard. They were better than the majority of my other switches quality wise. Definitely good prices for what I got. Definitely going to check out more akko product’s
I don’t love the way these switches feel to be honest. If they had the tactile bump in the middle I would likely never buy another tactile switch again, but the bump at the very top feels off to me. That’s said I do love the incredible quality of these things! Almost no key wobble, satisfying sound and high quality packaging all mean to me this deserves a 5 star review. My only complaint is how it feels which is subjective. I would absolutely get these again! I have had a fun time using them regardless of typing feel.
These switches are robust out of the box – they are good and not just even “for the price”.
I put them on the outer edge of my split Raise to make the colours pop a bit more than my Glorious Panda casings and plan to mod them later so I still get the tactility. Even as they are they feel good despite not being my preference.
Der Wechsel bei meinem Keychron K2 war recht einfach obwohl ich es zum ersten mal gemacht habe. Die Akko CS Switches Lavender Purple haben 3 Pins und passen somit auf so ziemlich jede Tastatur mit MX Style (auch die die 5 Pins untersttzen wie eben Keychron). Von den Daten her unterscheiden sie sich nicht gro von anderen taktilen Tastenschaltern, beim Tippen merkt man dann aber den Unterschied beispielsweise zu den weitverbreiteten MX Brown, Gateron Brown und den braunen von Logitech (z.B. in der G613). Bei den Akko gefllt mir der sprbare Druckpunkt direkt am Anfang, was mich davor bewahrt Fehleingaben zu machen wie mit den zuvor installierten Gateron Red, wenn ich meine Finger auf den Tasten liegen lie. Im Vergleich zu den Gateron Red sind sie wie die meisten taktilen Switches etwas lauter als lineare Tastenschalter. Das Gerusch empfinde ich aber als sehr angenehm, speziell im Vergleich mit meinem G613. Dazu sei gesagt, dass ich Dmpfungsringe unter den Keycaps nutze um einen etwas weicheren und krzeren Anschlag zu haben, was aber keinen Einfluss auf die Taktilitt der Tastenschalter hat, da vor dem Kontakt mit dem PCB ausgelst wird und sich der taktile Widerstand ohnehin direkt am Anfang befindet. Alles in Allem sind es die besten Switches die ich bisher testen konnte und bei dem Preis kann ich sie guten Gewissens empfehlen.
I tried these out because I was looking for a lighter version of the boba u4t and these are pretty good but for me at least the bottom out felt kind of shocky when using them. I decided to try the ajazz bananas instead and like those much better and they have around the same weighting. Overall though, they’re good switches but don’t feel as tactile as the bananas.
for the price of the switches, you can never go wrong with these. Stock they are fine but if you lube them with krytox 205g0, they will feel and sound amazing. I bought these instead of the feker panda switches because they are few dollars cheaper and faster shipping. These have got to be the value switches to buy. Even if I had unlimited budget, I would still go with these akko cs switches. quick note: most switches come with factory lube on the leaf, which I ended up liking.
I migliori switch mai provati!
Senza bisogno di lubrificarli hanno una risposta ed una resa eccezionali!
Presi per test, ma credo che appena possibile sostituir con questi tutti gli switch delle mie tastiere.
Assolutamente eccezionali!!
For that price? These Lavender Purples are great. I’ve just built my first mechanical keyboard after using Kailh Browns in a pre-built for two years and these purples just so much smoother and more tactile. I also wanted a more light switch and these (after many hours of research) seem to be exactly what I wanted.
For a beginner and budget-friendly build – highly recommended. Thanks Akko!
Edit: after fumbling with them for a bit, I noticed a bit of spring ping, so I lubed them. Bag-lubed the springs and then the sides of the housings and stems. I highly recommend lubing them for even more smoothness and clearer/rounder sound.
I love this switch. I moved four different keyboards over to it I like it so much. Most tactile switches are similar to Cherry Browns. They have a very slight, almost imperceptible bump after about 1mm of travel. The placement of the bump and simply the quality of the manufacture often leaves much to be desired IMHO. These Akko CS Ocean Blue switches on the other hand have their bump and it’s a noticeable one, right at the top. Break through that bump and you get a creamy smooth drop to the bottom. These switches are good on their own but take the time to lube them up and you will be in typing heaven. I won’t comment on their sounds other than they are on the louder side of tactile type switches. Good use of dampening within your keyboard case or a mat under the keyboard can reduce that if it is an issue. If you don’t slam your keys home, you will likely be fine in an office environment. If you want a true tactile switch, I can’t recommend these switches highly enough. They are the best.
I love this switch. I moved four different keyboards over to it I like it so much. Most tactile switches are similar to Cherry Browns. They have a very slight, almost imperceptible bump after about 1mm of travel. The placement of the bump and simply the quality of the manufacture often leaves much to be desired IMHO. These Akko CS Ocean Blue switches on the other hand have their bump and it's a noticeable one, right at the top. Break through that bump and you get a creamy smooth drop to the bottom. These switches are good on their own but take the time to lube them up and you will be in typing heaven. I won't comment on their sounds other than they are on the louder side of tactile type switches. Good use of dampening within your keyboard case or a mat under the keyboard can reduce that if it is an issue. If you don't slam your keys home, you will likely be fine in an office environment. If you want a true tactile switch, I can't recommend these switches highly enough. They are the best.
Great switch, upgraded my first build from outemu browns and these feel and sound great, not a fan of linear switches but the weight of these are perfect for everyday typing and gaming, never accidentally double tapping a key unlike the outemu reds which are too light.
Will be using them in future builds going forward and keen to try out the rest of the line.
First time I’ve bought switches to change into my keyboard and they sound incredible – in comparison to videos where they use excessively expensive switches, these sound no different and they’re incredibly cheap!
First set of switches I’ve ever bought. Watched a review on YouTube (can’t remember the name now) and they recommended these would fit the reddragon k530 pro keyboard & they were right!
They also sound great from the stock clicky blues I initially had. Nice tactile bump
In the video the clicky blues are the stock ones that come with the k530 pro
The packaging is really dope, feels premium even though they’re a really good price
I also went ahead and eventually lubed them and wow they sound and feel absolutely amazing now
Definitely would recommend if you’re a first timer and undecided about whether they’ll fit the red dragon keyboard or not. They are a tighter fit but they do fit nonetheless.
These are great switches all round.
I would recommend that you lube and mod them as without live they are a little pingy and scratchy but not to a level where they are annoying to use. If you don’t care too much about this then they have an excellent feel and are really nice to type with.
Los switches AKKO me sorprendieron por la excelente relacin calidad-precio que ofrecen desde que los prob por primera vez a inicios de este ao. A partir de entonces, los he comprado ya para 3 teclados!
Especficamente los Jelly Black (que son los que estoy usando yo, literalmente, para escribir esta resea!) me parece que tienen un funcionamiento muy agradable directamente de la caja: fluido, con buena respuesta del resorte e incluso mejor lubricados de fbrica que la mayora.
Por hacer una comparacin, yo lo he hecho con los Gateron Ink Blacks, que aunque difieren unos 10gf (+/-) en trminos de dureza, la diferencia en los resortes de los Jelly Black (unos resortes de extendidos de 22mm) hace que en trminos de sensacin de dureza sean ms similares de lo que uno piensa. Los Ink tienen una fuerza de actuacin de 60gf y tocan fondo a 70gf; los Jelly tienen una fuerza de actuacin de 50gf y tocan fondo a 60gf; no obstante, como digo, la percepcin de la dureza es muy similar entre ambos. Con la diferencia de que en el caso de los Jelly se puede sentir ligeramente ms resistencia al momento de comenzar a presionarlos, que es algo que me agrada mucho en ellos. Por otro lado, los Jelly son de tipo “box” mientras que los Ink son los tradicionales de tipo “Cherry”. La diferencia fsicamente es que los Jelly tienen ese “protector” cuadrado en torno a la columna central. En la prctica, esto no solamente dificulta la entrada de polvo y suciedad en los switches (con lo cual se mantienen en mejor estado por mucho ms tiempo), sino que hace tambin que los Jelly sean ms estables que los Ink, y que no requieran de agregarle film (cosa que s hara con los Ink). En efecto, el juego de las teclas cuando las tocas ligeramente es mnimo, con lo cual el sonido es considerablemente mejor desde la caja. Aunque los Ink y los Jelly ambos vienen pre-lubricados, me parece que los Jelly vienen un tanto mejor lubricados, pues desde la caja los sent ms fluidos que los Ink. Y finalmente, todo esto hace que el tema del precio sea muy claro en trminos de cul conviene: 35 switches Ink Black te salen 65, mientras que 45 switches Jelly Black te salen solo 22. Por tal diferencia, claramente los Jelly conviene mucho ms, en mi opinin.
Tal vez lo que ms nos importa con los switches en este hobby es si necesitan ser lubricados a mano o no. En mi opinin, TODOS los switches necesitan ser lubricados a mano (a menos que los compres de algn lugar donde, por un pago extra, te ofrecen lubricarlos ellos mismo pero siempre a mano). Incluso los Oil Kings que estn tan de moda hoy por hoy, y que muchos compran pensando que as se evitan tener quedarse el trabajo tedioso de lubricarlos, no estn sin duda a la altura de los switches cuando estn lubricados a menos. Eso es obvio. Lubricarlos t a mano implica que cada uno de tus switches ha recibido la atencin necesaria y la cantidad perfecta de lubricante para que tenga el mejor sonido posible. En fin, dicho esto, obviamente que no dir que los Jelly vienen ya pre-lubricados al punto que no necesitas hacer ms nada (pues si ni siquiera los Oil Kings lo hacen). Pero s dir que, como ya mencion antes, me sorprendieron gratamente al sentirse ya bastante fluidos y agradables directamente de la caja. El hecho es que us Jellys directamente como salieron de la caja durante un par de semanas con mi teclado de diario (hasta que tuve ocasin de separar 5hs de mi tiempo para lubricarlos a mano!). Y fuera de ser una experiencia poco agradable, sent que estaba bastante bien. Es ms, durante un tiempo pens que tal vez los dejaba as porque no estaba nada mal. (En efecto, si no fuera porque igual tena que cambiarles el resotre, como explicar a continuacin, creo que los huybiera dejado como estaban). Ahora, esto es en trminos de sensacin; porque claramente en ntrminos de sonido la diferencia es da y noche entre switches pre-lubricados y los que lubricas t mismo. Los mismos Jelly que menciono que us 2 semanas pre-lubricados son los que uso ahora mismo para escribir esto. No dira que se siente MUCHO mejor ahora que los he lubricado a mano (se sienten mejor, pero tal vez no tanto mejor como para gastarte 5hs lubricndolos), s debo decir sin embargo que en trminos de sonido son otro switch por completo diferente: antes eran mucho ms sonoros y ms “clacky”, mientras que ahora son MUCHO ms silenciosos y ms “poppy” (por usar los trminos de moda en el hobby). Que si yo recomendara lubricarlos a mano? Pues, siempre.
Ahora, sobre lo que mencion respecto de cambiarles el resorte: no es que el resorte de los Jelly est mal, pues ya arriba menciono que es un resorte extendido de 22mm que me gusta mejor que los que otros; pero el hecho es que yo prefiero switches mucho ms duros. Yo directamente les cambio los resortes que vienen por unos que tienen una fuerza de actuacin de 80gf, que para m es la fuerza mnima que deben tener los switches destinados a ser usados para escribir (ya que esta equivale ms o menos al peso de los dedos en reposo, con que puedes dejarlos completamente relajados sobre las teclas sin temor que se presionen de casualidad; lo cual evita que estn en constante tensin y que, as, te d una tendinitis tarde o temprano). De modo que en ese sentido los Jelly son bastante ms suaves de lo que prefiero. (Aunque igual difcilmente voy a encontrar switches de 80gf, con lo cual voy a tener que cambiarle los resortes a cualquier switch que compre.) En fin, los Jelly Black no son los switches ms fuertes del mercado pero s que son los ms fuertes de Akko. (Mencionar que he hablado directamente con Akko para ver si se animan a producir un switch ms fuerte y he encontrado que son muy comunicativos y estn muy abiertos a feedback y tal, con lo que incluso accedieron a realizar una encuesta en redes para ver si tienen mercado para un switch ms duro. Yo les coment que vi una encuesta en “r/” en la que al menos 30% de participantes decan preferir switches con fuerza de entre 65-80gf, lo cual les pareci interesante; as que tal vez pronto haya incluso un switch Akko para los que buscamos switches fuertes! )
Luego, mencionar que he tenido ocasin de probar los Matcha Green y los Radiant Red de Akko tambin en teclados de amigos. Aunque sigo prefiriendo los Jelly Black (por su resorte singular, el hecho de que son de tipo “box” y, entonces, tienen menos juego, porque me parecen ms fluidos y porque, en general, tienen un sonido ms profundo al tocar fondo), debo decir que segn las circunstancias los otros tienen su lugar. Los Red son tambin bastante fluidos y agradables, aunque claramente son mucho ms suaves. Tal vez para gamers estn muy bien. Y finalmente en trminos de sonido me parece que los Green estn muy bien: incluso desde la caja tienen un sonido ms “thocky” (por usar, nuevamente, trmino del hobby). Obviamente que son ms ligeros que los Black, de modo que perfectos para personas que gustan de switches de dureza mediana. Tengo ganas de probar los Matcha por m mismo, lubricndolos a mano y, desde luego, cambindoles el resorte, para ver cmo se comparan con los Jelly Black una vez que los pongo a la altura en trminos de la dureza que prefiero.
En fin, como una imagen (o en este caso vdeo) vale ms que mil palabras, subo un vdeos que muestra el antes y el despus de los Jelly Black, es decir cmo suenan salidos de la caja y, luego, cmo suenan en mi teclado, lubricados a mano y con resortes de 80gf. Desagraciadamente, he perdido el material que mostraba los Jelly Blacks directamente de caja en mi teclado, por lo que la comparacin va a ser un poco suigneris Pero algo es algo! (Cabe mencionar que este es mi teclado de diario, es un Tester68 MUY modificado para que su sonido sea mucho mejor De modo que nunca va a ser una muestra cientfica, pero s creo que permitir ver cmo incluso en un teclado de los ms baratos los Jelly Black permiten obtener un sonido muy agradable.)
Finalmente, dir que Akko tiene la mejor presentacin para sus productos. En este caso, cuando otros switches incluso ms caros te vienen en bolsa o mezclados todos en un tarro Akko te los pone cada uno en su compartimento individual en un plstico que los protege por todo lado, dentro de una caja dura y agradable, que los protege an ms, y, por si eso fuera poco, dentro de una manga que ofrece un tercer nivel de proteccin! No hay manera alguna que tus switches se maltraten en el trnsito, es lo que quiero decir. Pero adems obtienes una presentacin muy pro.
En conclusin, son una MUY buena compra los Jelly Black y yo he quedado muy satisfecho con ellos. Tanto as que he comprado ya para 3 teclados, como mencion antes. Al comprarlos aqu en Amazon ests comprando directamente de Akko Official, con que tienes todo el excelente servicio que ofrece la marca. Y a veces los pillas en oferta por menos de 20, lo cual es ya un plus, habida cuenta de que en s ya ests pagando mucho menos por un producto genial.
I’ve now tested almost all of the Akko range of tactile switches.
The Blue Cream are the best, by far. They need to be carefully lubed (avoid the legs and leaf), but when fitted to a decent PC or FR4 plate, they offer a tactile experience which is easily as good as a Panda. Creamy travel, but also snappy and poppy on the bump. They make typing a joy. Way way superior to jelly purple or lavenders they leave the Ocean Blues in the dust.
For me, these are the perfect tactile switch and I expect I’ll be buying a tonne of them.
Everything in the spec sheet describes how you think it would feel like. The only thing that hasn’t been talked about is the amount of loaded/pressed wobble. Resting wobble, when the stem is all the way up and spring is at its most uncompressed state, is good. But loaded/pressed wobble, when the stem is all the way down, is much more than the top, and changes the feel enough for me to notice it in a negative way. Doesn’t change the fact that these switches are still budget kings, but the wobbly bottom out is enough for me personally to turn away.
As for most other users or more beginner enthusiasts, I highly recommend this switch. My friends have told me I have much more sensitive fingers, so just take my complaint with a grain of salt. I love everything else: color, sound, spring, long pole bottom out. I just can’t deal with the bottom out wobble, but to each their own. For the price, I cannot complain, which is why it still gets 5 stars from me.
The switches sounds so good in person and the switches feel real nice especially when spamming keys in games takes a bit of time to get used to depending on what switches u was using prior but in general very nice! + iplayapex
I bought these and the radiant reds. I am a gateron yellow user primarily, however, got these for another test build that I am working on, and I use that one primarily for gaming.
These rose reds are just amazing for that. They are everything the Gateron Reds should be, perfect weight for gaming, and pretty smooth out of the box. They have a nice pop to them. The added bonus is that they are 3 pin, so they can go on PCB’s like the one on the GMMK TKL, and you don’t have to clip the additional pins.
For gaming, these are 100% go as a budget linear switch. I love the weight while playing games like CS, COD. However, they are too light for anything apart from that. While playing DOTA, I found myself activating spells by mistake, as the switch got depressed with the slightest of touches. Same translated while typing, and I found myself making a ton of typos. Because of this, I had to be extra careful while typing, while changing my natural position of the fingers which usually ‘rest’ on keys to be slightly elevated to avoid actuating the switch.
However, will not take away any starts as the switches are advertised to be lighter than the radiant reds, and the force specs seem pretty much on point. If you are an EXTREMELY light typist, then these might be good for you, however, I would not use them for typing or coding. For games like Counter Strike or MW, these are amazing, and I will hold on to them for that purpose.
Also, after lubing with 205g0, these developed a really nice sound signature. It was a deeper pop, and they sound just amazing!
I’ve recently dipped my toes into custom switches and keyboards recently. And the radiant reds pretty much match the the feel and sound I first thought of in my head when I first heard about mechanical keyboards. I didn’t do too much when installing these switches. I just took some keychron hot-swappable keyboards and just snapped them into place, put on some keycaps of my choice, and called it good.
The radiant reds are fast, snappy, smooth and accurate. I honestly think they’re a bit on the louder side, compared to the matcha greens in my opinion. But I did throw these switches into a keychron K2 keyboard with an aluminum frame, which definitely adds a factor into the sound.
While the sound of these keys are a bit loud for me, it is pretty satisfying to type on and game with. I really like to just mash my fingers on the keys when I type, and these switches seem to fit my style haha. The weight of these keys is exactly what I’ve been wanting when I start typing. It just feels really solid, I don’t make as much typos on these compared to “mushier” switches. And I find that I don’t hit the wrong keys while gaming on the reds either.
I’ll compare these to the matcha green switches, which I tried before the reds. And the main difference between these, in my opinion is that the matchas feel suuuuppeeer smooth like butter. Typing on the matchas has this soft, relaxing type of feel to it. So I’d say if you’re typing like, tons of pages for college or something, the matchas would be are pretty good for long periods of typing. While I make more typos on the matchas, I still really enjoy the smoothness typing experience and the sound is just right for me.
I’ll still plug in my keyboard to appreciate the matcha greens, but the radiant reds were really the switches I was looking for.
I bought a bunch of AKKO switches to try, and this review is for the Rose Reds. They are light, so if you prefer heavy Linear switch, it’s probably best to go radient red. I don’t usually enjoy light linear, but these are my exception. They have a very pleasing poppy sound that I hope the video captured it, and actually am incredibly impressed by the sound. These are lubed, and I lube all of my switches… Once you do it once you cant go back! These feel better to me than gateron milky yellows, durock T1 teals, and even my Tangerines (though the tangies are heavy). Lubed they just dont seem to have any competion in regard to smoothness and sound in their weight… The value is ridiculous. AKKO is shaking up the switch market!
The keyboard is the cheapest keyboard I own, a RK68 (Royal Kludge). It is definitely a budget board. It has rear pcb tape mod, band aid mod stabs, and glorious pastel keycaps.
The AKKO silvers are also amazing, and might be one of my top favorite switches. They should have a forever home in one of GMMK Pros. The shorter total travel is something I got used to quickly and now love. They have a nice deep sound and are really such a pleasure to use. Well done AKKO! Its making all my expensive linear switches seem like auch a waste.
These switches are the best budget friendly option on the market right now. Coming from such a trusted brand too, you shouldn’t expect anything but the best. The sounds of the rose linear switches is like having your fingers glide across a tub of butter, and the sound is nothing short of a nice tap you would hear on a 50 dollar pair of switches. These were super easy to install and have been my favorite thing to listen to everytime i either game, or type up a strongly worded email to a manager for not getting my order correct.
make no mistake though, these switches are super light too, they are easy activated with the slight weight of anyone’s finger. keep that in mind for gaming, but if you have a discpline to keep your fingersoff of the keyboard, then you should be good. listening to them now while typing on this keyboard is the thing that makes me sleep at night.
i’m being quite literal at the butter remark too. these sound just so good, not enought for thocking but enough to make your toes curl and your butt to flex. these jsut sound so good, send help i can’t stop typing with these either, they not only feel good, but sound good too. have i said that, i am just stuck typing because of how good these are, i didn’t get enough of these either because i use them for just my basic alphabet, and the enter, space, and sift and what not, but i need to buy more to replace all my other keys, that’s another thing too, you rshould buy like 15 of these cause they not only sound so good and feel good,but replace every singel mechanical keyboard with these, they need to all have these keys in particular.
i need help they feel sooooooo good.
anyways they are pretty good 10/10
TL;DR these are a fantastic buy for the price, if you like a very distinct tactile bump or want to try tactile switches out, give these a shot! If you don’t like ’em, you didn’t bust a hole in your wallet trying to find out.
Now, I don’t have a ton of background with the custom mechanical keyboard scene. I’ve been interested for the better part of the past 6 months and within the past month or so finally started raw dawging this hobby. I bought a GMMK TKL to replace my Ducky One 2 SF and dropped in some kailh box browns and was overall pretty disappointed with the sound and feel. I have more background with linears at this point, using cherry reds, kailh box reds and gateron yellows, and I had a suspicion the box browns weren’t doing tactiles justice. I did some research and bought these after checking out some reviews, and decided to on my Ducky board and de-solder the old switches and replace the stabilizers and keycaps. (unrelated but for any of you using ducky boards, be cautious of the screw holes, they strip like nobody’s business and are basically useless with the stock screws after opening it up.)
These AKKO switches are astonishingly better than the box browns. The browns were scratchy and, while the tactility was good, the sound was atrocious. These, on the other hand, are impressively smooth with no lube. I tried some krytox 205g0 in one switch and some g lube in another, and overall didn’t notice that much of a difference. There is very noticeable spring ping that I couldn’t really get to go away easily. I tried bag lubing with 105g0 oil on 10 switches (used way more oil than should have been needed) and there was still a very loud ping when pressing the switch on its own, not in a board. once in the board though, frankly I couldn’t hear it, and the ping itself was fairly low pitched and not harsh anyways imo.
In the photos I included you can see the side profile of the stem and, comparing it to some side shots of other popular switches, it looks like its most comparable to the Durock T1’s in terms of its shape. The stem pole however looks to be closer to a Halo Clear with it being a long boy. Note I haven’t used those switches, so I can’t properly compare, just going based off visuals. In the video I included, I did add both a thin layer of packing foam to the case applied the tape mod to the back of the pcb, which I found gave the board a much poppy-er sound and helped mute the higher resonances of the switch. The switches are stock and the stabilizers have been lubed.
Lastly, I just wanna say that I the way these look. The blue is a very nice color, very much closer to true blue than teal or purple. They call it ocean blue and I think that name fits. It’s superfluous, but it’s really nice to have a switch in my board that I think looks nice and the case allows me to see the bottom housing anyways so I get a constant reminder of just how pretty these are.
So yeah, definite recommendation. I imagine, like gateron yellows, if you’re familiar with the more premium sector the of the market, then these won’t be anything special. BUT, for those of you who are new like me, or are on a tight budget, get these. I think you’ll love them.
I usually don’t write raving reviews about many things unless I’m really impressed, but these switches are amazing. I’ve got the ocean blues, the lavenders and the vintage whites. I bought one box of each just so I can test them out. I’m a huge fan of tactiles but I just got the whites yesterday, I haven’t tested or lubed them yet but I’m very excited to try.
Straight out of the box, all of them are smooth and pretty damn close to perfect. The blue and purple have a nice tactile feel to them with the purples being a lot more pronounced than the blue but still having a comfortable amount of force behind them. I would probably say I like them both equally for totally different reasons.
The whites so far also seem to be smooth but I plan on lubing them and putting them in my keyboard sometime soon so I’ll update this section when I’ve done that.
One thing I also wanted to mention was the whites came literally the day after I ordered them which I was not expecting, so I’m seriously impressed and excited about that.
The blue and purple, (again, I’ll update when I get the whites done) so far, are super nice. They’ve got a nice sound, not too loud or sharp, and the feeling they give is so satisfying. I know when I’ve pressed a key and I immediately get a response.
I have experience using all sorts of gateron, cherry and outemu switches and akko are pretty much up there in smoothness and feel with cherry and gateron. I will say outemu browns are my favorite in terms of sound but I still give akko my #1 recommendation and I’ve already got a friend who’s building his keyboard with the blues!
Tldr: do not hesitate to buy these, they’re affordable, sound great and feel amazing. If you’re not wanting to listen to a YouTube say it then please listen to me, after all, I’m just some random chick on the internet! 🙂
Sounds amazing after being lubed. And has a super budget friendly price point.
I did receive a few faulty switches. But nothing too major. Love these switches!
very very nice and great when lubed. not much tactility though but was just exactly what i wanted and the price is awesome. cheaper here that on akko website. HIGHLY RECOMEND.
Sono perfetti, nel video il suono con Keycaps prima e dopo lubrificazione. Sono semplicemente perfetti, ne ho acquistate due scatole per due hot Swappable e li ricomprerei anche domani.
Straconsigliati.
These are some of the best switches for mechanical keyboards and are very cheap. Only .22 dollars per switch!
The packaging is very premium-like for such a budget-like cost. 44 switches worked, 1 was a dud. I’m a big fan of linear switches and these replaced some Outemu Blues, and I am very impressed with the typing experience and level of quality. There is no squeaking when depressing the switch, a very smooth actuation (not lubricated), and highly responsive. Will be buying another set at some point in the future probably, hoping for a 45/45 success rate next time.
I like the color of the switches and it made my keyboard sound even more better when typing and it’s not annoying.
he switches are perfect if you want a budget friendly yet high quality switch also the sound of the switches are the best part of the entire thing as it really sells the item also it is a perfect tactile switch
hren sich gut an
aber reichen nd mal fr eine 60% tastatu
Aber nur die gelubte Version bzw. selber gelubt. Macht einen richtig groen Unterschied. Keine Bobas, aber fr diesen Preis hervorragend.
Weird difference in specs: Actuation force, and operating force are 6 gramms apart, and i guess only one of them can be right ?
I put these into a red dragon k 552 and what a transformation it made. I only use my keyboards for typing and these switches are amazing. I hate noise on a full size keyboard and with a few other mods, foam, one layer of medical tape on the pcb, and stabilizer sound dampening this keyboard is whisper quiet. Great job Akko. Really nice product.
Um mal etwas im Keyboard-Modding Fu zu fassen, hab ich mich fr die Black Jelly von Akko entschieden, weil diese ein ganz passables Auslsegewicht haben (ich mag es etwas “fester”) und schon ab Werk geschmiert sind. Letzteres merkt man auch direkt, wenn man sie aus den Trgern lst: man muss etwas mehr Vorsicht bei der Handhabung walten lassen, weil sie einem sonst schon mal recht schnell aus den Fingern gleiten.
Insgesamt bin ich mit den Switches sehr zufrieden. Sie sind schn leichtgngig und deutlich leiser als die, mit denen die EVGA Z15 ab Werk daherkommt (die silbernen).
Zu 100% kratzfrei sind sie natrlich auch nicht. Aktuell habe ich nur den Vergleich mit ab Werk geschmierten Gateron Yellow Pro Switches – aber selbst die sind ein kleines bisschen kratzig.
Bump tattile molto pronunciato ma sono comunque leggeri in pressione. Estremamente silenziosi e senza attrito anche senza lubrificazione
Presi per sostituire degli switch Otemu che cominciavano a dare qualche problema.
Per ora direi tutto bene, dopo un test su keybr.com posso dire che i tasti funzionano bene.
Ottimo feedback tattile, anche se bisogna dire che sono un po’ pi rumorosi rispetto agli otemu.
It’s not bad for the price. A bit heavy for my taste, that’s why not using them. I prefer gateron g pro red.
A good budget switch, some stems stick up a bit when fully pressed down, not noticeable while typing.
Got the ocean blues for the wife – she prefers a lighter tactile than me and these were perfect for her. Nice feel; smooth and more consistent than other value switches at the same price point.
I typically prefer a heavier tactile so I was surprised that I enjoyed these so much.
If I was typing all day I would go for these over my heavier tactile switches.
I might have to get some for myself lol
The switches sound great out of the box. I’m giving it 4 stars because my rgb don’t shine through the switches well enough. Which is actually my fault should have gone for a clear switch bit other than that the switches sounds great and feel nice to type o
Yo he comprado los amarillo crema y estoy muy contenta. Han venido todos en perfecto estado, son super suaves y el sonido sin lubricar ya es bueno. Por el precio los recomiendo muchsimo.
Attention, boite de 45 : en prendre 2 pour un clavier 75% ou plus grand.
Much better than the competitors. The legs are nice and thick so not a delicate as the G brand.
i really like the sound, not too loud at all and really satisfying to listen to lol
Akko sta lavorando bene. Rispetto ad altri brand pi costosi non ha nulla da invidiare.
i silver sono switch da gaming, ben fatti e con un rapporto prezzo prestazioni invidiabili.
Ho provato sia i cherry che i caihl e non si vede alcuna differenza.
Ich hab mir die switches zum ausprobieren gekauft uns kann die mit akko black, lavender u.a. vergleichen.
Sie kommen out of the box in einem sehr guten Zustand, sehr wenig schleifen und nur ganz wenig Federgerusche.
ich hab alle switches mit Krytox dnn geschmiert und die federn mit WD 40 Schliezylinder Pflege eingesprht.
Im wesentlichen ndert sich nur der initiale Druckpunkt, so das sich die switches sehr “rund und weich” anfhlen.
Fazit:
Die Switches knnen bedenkenlos sofort eingesetzt werden und funktionieren gut.
Wer wirklich pedantisch ist kann noch schmieren muss man m.M.n. aber nicht unbedingt.
I’m currently pairing these with my Turquoise Tealios switches and they sound great as modifiers! I wanted to mix thocky and clacky, and the akko lavenders are in my opinion. great clacky switches. Only problem I have with this switch is that it’s 4 dollars more expensive than on the akko website, which says its out of stock atm.
Ho comprato una confezione di switch lineari rossi e una di tattili cream blue per sostituire dei blu classici montati sulla mia tastiera meccanica. I rossi sono silenziosi e reattivi. La sensazione al tatto lineare, senza nessuno scalino.
I cream blue sono stati una bella sorpresa. Anch’essi silenziosi in s, ma con un piccolo scalino ad inizio corsa che regala una sensazione tattile davvero piacevole e soddisfacente. Serve un po’ pi di forza per attivare il tasto rispetto ai rossi, ma il suono con i keycaps montati veramente piacevole, soprattutto in scrittura. Gli ho montati entrambi sulla stessa tastiera, i rossi sui tasti usati principalmente durante il gaming, mentre i blu sugli altri.
Per ora soddisfatto
Todos los switches funcionan. Son un poco dificiles de instalar pero con un poco de fuerza se puede.
(Wine red)
No se describirlo, pero todo un lujo, ahora da gusto escribir.
(Lavander purple)
4/5 switch tctil a un precio muy competitivo, estara dispuesto a pagar un pequeo extra por que estuviesen lubricados como los wine red.
J’ai command deux botes de switch Akko CS ( Vin rouge ) donc dj lubrifi.
Je suis trs satisfaites, les switch sont trs agrables le son est vraiment dlicat.! Je suis vraiment tonner en tout cas ! Je recommande.
Utiliser pour remplacer des switch qu’tait dj avec le clavier que j’ai. Il y a une sacr diffrence!
Normally I prefer linear switches but I wanted a tactile difference for some keys on a gaming keyboard I’m building. These are exactly what I was looking for.
Not clicky but more of an interupt in travel. A small hump in the press. Just enough for me to know which key my free finger is on.
Switches themselves, very smooth and can be used right out the box tho I will be rebuilding them before use.
Got the lavender switches to replace the clone browns on my wireless keyboard. They were better than the majority of my other switches quality wise. Definitely good prices for what I got. Definitely going to check out more akko product’s
I don’t love the way these switches feel to be honest. If they had the tactile bump in the middle I would likely never buy another tactile switch again, but the bump at the very top feels off to me. That’s said I do love the incredible quality of these things! Almost no key wobble, satisfying sound and high quality packaging all mean to me this deserves a 5 star review. My only complaint is how it feels which is subjective. I would absolutely get these again! I have had a fun time using them regardless of typing feel.
These switches are robust out of the box – they are good and not just even “for the price”.
I put them on the outer edge of my split Raise to make the colours pop a bit more than my Glorious Panda casings and plan to mod them later so I still get the tactility. Even as they are they feel good despite not being my preference.
Solid product.
Amazing i may need to re lube them tho but overall good sounding with o rings
Der Wechsel bei meinem Keychron K2 war recht einfach obwohl ich es zum ersten mal gemacht habe. Die Akko CS Switches Lavender Purple haben 3 Pins und passen somit auf so ziemlich jede Tastatur mit MX Style (auch die die 5 Pins untersttzen wie eben Keychron). Von den Daten her unterscheiden sie sich nicht gro von anderen taktilen Tastenschaltern, beim Tippen merkt man dann aber den Unterschied beispielsweise zu den weitverbreiteten MX Brown, Gateron Brown und den braunen von Logitech (z.B. in der G613). Bei den Akko gefllt mir der sprbare Druckpunkt direkt am Anfang, was mich davor bewahrt Fehleingaben zu machen wie mit den zuvor installierten Gateron Red, wenn ich meine Finger auf den Tasten liegen lie. Im Vergleich zu den Gateron Red sind sie wie die meisten taktilen Switches etwas lauter als lineare Tastenschalter. Das Gerusch empfinde ich aber als sehr angenehm, speziell im Vergleich mit meinem G613. Dazu sei gesagt, dass ich Dmpfungsringe unter den Keycaps nutze um einen etwas weicheren und krzeren Anschlag zu haben, was aber keinen Einfluss auf die Taktilitt der Tastenschalter hat, da vor dem Kontakt mit dem PCB ausgelst wird und sich der taktile Widerstand ohnehin direkt am Anfang befindet. Alles in Allem sind es die besten Switches die ich bisher testen konnte und bei dem Preis kann ich sie guten Gewissens empfehlen.
I tried these out because I was looking for a lighter version of the boba u4t and these are pretty good but for me at least the bottom out felt kind of shocky when using them. I decided to try the ajazz bananas instead and like those much better and they have around the same weighting. Overall though, they’re good switches but don’t feel as tactile as the bananas.
its really nice sound but its slightly loud but if you lube them they are super quiet 9/10 for how it came and 10/10 when lubed would recommend.
for the price of the switches, you can never go wrong with these. Stock they are fine but if you lube them with krytox 205g0, they will feel and sound amazing. I bought these instead of the feker panda switches because they are few dollars cheaper and faster shipping. These have got to be the value switches to buy. Even if I had unlimited budget, I would still go with these akko cs switches. quick note: most switches come with factory lube on the leaf, which I ended up liking.
I migliori switch mai provati!
Senza bisogno di lubrificarli hanno una risposta ed una resa eccezionali!
Presi per test, ma credo che appena possibile sostituir con questi tutti gli switch delle mie tastiere.
Assolutamente eccezionali!!
Relacin calidad precio insuperable. Funcionan perfectamente y mejor que otros de mayor precio.
For that price? These Lavender Purples are great. I’ve just built my first mechanical keyboard after using Kailh Browns in a pre-built for two years and these purples just so much smoother and more tactile. I also wanted a more light switch and these (after many hours of research) seem to be exactly what I wanted.
For a beginner and budget-friendly build – highly recommended. Thanks Akko!
Edit: after fumbling with them for a bit, I noticed a bit of spring ping, so I lubed them. Bag-lubed the springs and then the sides of the housings and stems. I highly recommend lubing them for even more smoothness and clearer/rounder sound.
Great switch, upgraded my first build from outemu browns and these feel and sound great, not a fan of linear switches but the weight of these are perfect for everyday typing and gaming, never accidentally double tapping a key unlike the outemu reds which are too light.
Will be using them in future builds going forward and keen to try out the rest of the line.
I am no expert but I really like them. packaging was really nice too.
First time I’ve bought switches to change into my keyboard and they sound incredible – in comparison to videos where they use excessively expensive switches, these sound no different and they’re incredibly cheap!
Well worth the money!
They also sound great from the stock clicky blues I initially had. Nice tactile bump
In the video the clicky blues are the stock ones that come with the k530 pro
The packaging is really dope, feels premium even though they’re a really good price
I also went ahead and eventually lubed them and wow they sound and feel absolutely amazing now
Definitely would recommend if you’re a first timer and undecided about whether they’ll fit the red dragon keyboard or not. They are a tighter fit but they do fit nonetheless.
These are great switches all round.
I would recommend that you lube and mod them as without live they are a little pingy and scratchy but not to a level where they are annoying to use. If you don’t care too much about this then they have an excellent feel and are really nice to type with.
Especficamente los Jelly Black (que son los que estoy usando yo, literalmente, para escribir esta resea!) me parece que tienen un funcionamiento muy agradable directamente de la caja: fluido, con buena respuesta del resorte e incluso mejor lubricados de fbrica que la mayora.
Por hacer una comparacin, yo lo he hecho con los Gateron Ink Blacks, que aunque difieren unos 10gf (+/-) en trminos de dureza, la diferencia en los resortes de los Jelly Black (unos resortes de extendidos de 22mm) hace que en trminos de sensacin de dureza sean ms similares de lo que uno piensa. Los Ink tienen una fuerza de actuacin de 60gf y tocan fondo a 70gf; los Jelly tienen una fuerza de actuacin de 50gf y tocan fondo a 60gf; no obstante, como digo, la percepcin de la dureza es muy similar entre ambos. Con la diferencia de que en el caso de los Jelly se puede sentir ligeramente ms resistencia al momento de comenzar a presionarlos, que es algo que me agrada mucho en ellos. Por otro lado, los Jelly son de tipo “box” mientras que los Ink son los tradicionales de tipo “Cherry”. La diferencia fsicamente es que los Jelly tienen ese “protector” cuadrado en torno a la columna central. En la prctica, esto no solamente dificulta la entrada de polvo y suciedad en los switches (con lo cual se mantienen en mejor estado por mucho ms tiempo), sino que hace tambin que los Jelly sean ms estables que los Ink, y que no requieran de agregarle film (cosa que s hara con los Ink). En efecto, el juego de las teclas cuando las tocas ligeramente es mnimo, con lo cual el sonido es considerablemente mejor desde la caja. Aunque los Ink y los Jelly ambos vienen pre-lubricados, me parece que los Jelly vienen un tanto mejor lubricados, pues desde la caja los sent ms fluidos que los Ink. Y finalmente, todo esto hace que el tema del precio sea muy claro en trminos de cul conviene: 35 switches Ink Black te salen 65, mientras que 45 switches Jelly Black te salen solo 22. Por tal diferencia, claramente los Jelly conviene mucho ms, en mi opinin.
Tal vez lo que ms nos importa con los switches en este hobby es si necesitan ser lubricados a mano o no. En mi opinin, TODOS los switches necesitan ser lubricados a mano (a menos que los compres de algn lugar donde, por un pago extra, te ofrecen lubricarlos ellos mismo pero siempre a mano). Incluso los Oil Kings que estn tan de moda hoy por hoy, y que muchos compran pensando que as se evitan tener quedarse el trabajo tedioso de lubricarlos, no estn sin duda a la altura de los switches cuando estn lubricados a menos. Eso es obvio. Lubricarlos t a mano implica que cada uno de tus switches ha recibido la atencin necesaria y la cantidad perfecta de lubricante para que tenga el mejor sonido posible. En fin, dicho esto, obviamente que no dir que los Jelly vienen ya pre-lubricados al punto que no necesitas hacer ms nada (pues si ni siquiera los Oil Kings lo hacen). Pero s dir que, como ya mencion antes, me sorprendieron gratamente al sentirse ya bastante fluidos y agradables directamente de la caja. El hecho es que us Jellys directamente como salieron de la caja durante un par de semanas con mi teclado de diario (hasta que tuve ocasin de separar 5hs de mi tiempo para lubricarlos a mano!). Y fuera de ser una experiencia poco agradable, sent que estaba bastante bien. Es ms, durante un tiempo pens que tal vez los dejaba as porque no estaba nada mal. (En efecto, si no fuera porque igual tena que cambiarles el resotre, como explicar a continuacin, creo que los huybiera dejado como estaban). Ahora, esto es en trminos de sensacin; porque claramente en ntrminos de sonido la diferencia es da y noche entre switches pre-lubricados y los que lubricas t mismo. Los mismos Jelly que menciono que us 2 semanas pre-lubricados son los que uso ahora mismo para escribir esto. No dira que se siente MUCHO mejor ahora que los he lubricado a mano (se sienten mejor, pero tal vez no tanto mejor como para gastarte 5hs lubricndolos), s debo decir sin embargo que en trminos de sonido son otro switch por completo diferente: antes eran mucho ms sonoros y ms “clacky”, mientras que ahora son MUCHO ms silenciosos y ms “poppy” (por usar los trminos de moda en el hobby). Que si yo recomendara lubricarlos a mano? Pues, siempre.
Ahora, sobre lo que mencion respecto de cambiarles el resorte: no es que el resorte de los Jelly est mal, pues ya arriba menciono que es un resorte extendido de 22mm que me gusta mejor que los que otros; pero el hecho es que yo prefiero switches mucho ms duros. Yo directamente les cambio los resortes que vienen por unos que tienen una fuerza de actuacin de 80gf, que para m es la fuerza mnima que deben tener los switches destinados a ser usados para escribir (ya que esta equivale ms o menos al peso de los dedos en reposo, con que puedes dejarlos completamente relajados sobre las teclas sin temor que se presionen de casualidad; lo cual evita que estn en constante tensin y que, as, te d una tendinitis tarde o temprano). De modo que en ese sentido los Jelly son bastante ms suaves de lo que prefiero. (Aunque igual difcilmente voy a encontrar switches de 80gf, con lo cual voy a tener que cambiarle los resortes a cualquier switch que compre.) En fin, los Jelly Black no son los switches ms fuertes del mercado pero s que son los ms fuertes de Akko. (Mencionar que he hablado directamente con Akko para ver si se animan a producir un switch ms fuerte y he encontrado que son muy comunicativos y estn muy abiertos a feedback y tal, con lo que incluso accedieron a realizar una encuesta en redes para ver si tienen mercado para un switch ms duro. Yo les coment que vi una encuesta en “r/” en la que al menos 30% de participantes decan preferir switches con fuerza de entre 65-80gf, lo cual les pareci interesante; as que tal vez pronto haya incluso un switch Akko para los que buscamos switches fuertes! )
Luego, mencionar que he tenido ocasin de probar los Matcha Green y los Radiant Red de Akko tambin en teclados de amigos. Aunque sigo prefiriendo los Jelly Black (por su resorte singular, el hecho de que son de tipo “box” y, entonces, tienen menos juego, porque me parecen ms fluidos y porque, en general, tienen un sonido ms profundo al tocar fondo), debo decir que segn las circunstancias los otros tienen su lugar. Los Red son tambin bastante fluidos y agradables, aunque claramente son mucho ms suaves. Tal vez para gamers estn muy bien. Y finalmente en trminos de sonido me parece que los Green estn muy bien: incluso desde la caja tienen un sonido ms “thocky” (por usar, nuevamente, trmino del hobby). Obviamente que son ms ligeros que los Black, de modo que perfectos para personas que gustan de switches de dureza mediana. Tengo ganas de probar los Matcha por m mismo, lubricndolos a mano y, desde luego, cambindoles el resorte, para ver cmo se comparan con los Jelly Black una vez que los pongo a la altura en trminos de la dureza que prefiero.
En fin, como una imagen (o en este caso vdeo) vale ms que mil palabras, subo un vdeos que muestra el antes y el despus de los Jelly Black, es decir cmo suenan salidos de la caja y, luego, cmo suenan en mi teclado, lubricados a mano y con resortes de 80gf. Desagraciadamente, he perdido el material que mostraba los Jelly Blacks directamente de caja en mi teclado, por lo que la comparacin va a ser un poco suigneris Pero algo es algo! (Cabe mencionar que este es mi teclado de diario, es un Tester68 MUY modificado para que su sonido sea mucho mejor De modo que nunca va a ser una muestra cientfica, pero s creo que permitir ver cmo incluso en un teclado de los ms baratos los Jelly Black permiten obtener un sonido muy agradable.)
Finalmente, dir que Akko tiene la mejor presentacin para sus productos. En este caso, cuando otros switches incluso ms caros te vienen en bolsa o mezclados todos en un tarro Akko te los pone cada uno en su compartimento individual en un plstico que los protege por todo lado, dentro de una caja dura y agradable, que los protege an ms, y, por si eso fuera poco, dentro de una manga que ofrece un tercer nivel de proteccin! No hay manera alguna que tus switches se maltraten en el trnsito, es lo que quiero decir. Pero adems obtienes una presentacin muy pro.
En conclusin, son una MUY buena compra los Jelly Black y yo he quedado muy satisfecho con ellos. Tanto as que he comprado ya para 3 teclados, como mencion antes. Al comprarlos aqu en Amazon ests comprando directamente de Akko Official, con que tienes todo el excelente servicio que ofrece la marca. Y a veces los pillas en oferta por menos de 20, lo cual es ya un plus, habida cuenta de que en s ya ests pagando mucho menos por un producto genial.
I’ve now tested almost all of the Akko range of tactile switches.
The Blue Cream are the best, by far. They need to be carefully lubed (avoid the legs and leaf), but when fitted to a decent PC or FR4 plate, they offer a tactile experience which is easily as good as a Panda. Creamy travel, but also snappy and poppy on the bump. They make typing a joy. Way way superior to jelly purple or lavenders they leave the Ocean Blues in the dust.
For me, these are the perfect tactile switch and I expect I’ll be buying a tonne of them.
As for most other users or more beginner enthusiasts, I highly recommend this switch. My friends have told me I have much more sensitive fingers, so just take my complaint with a grain of salt. I love everything else: color, sound, spring, long pole bottom out. I just can’t deal with the bottom out wobble, but to each their own. For the price, I cannot complain, which is why it still gets 5 stars from me.
The switches sounds so good in person and the switches feel real nice especially when spamming keys in games takes a bit of time to get used to depending on what switches u was using prior but in general very nice! + iplayapex
I bought these and the radiant reds. I am a gateron yellow user primarily, however, got these for another test build that I am working on, and I use that one primarily for gaming.
These rose reds are just amazing for that. They are everything the Gateron Reds should be, perfect weight for gaming, and pretty smooth out of the box. They have a nice pop to them. The added bonus is that they are 3 pin, so they can go on PCB’s like the one on the GMMK TKL, and you don’t have to clip the additional pins.
For gaming, these are 100% go as a budget linear switch. I love the weight while playing games like CS, COD. However, they are too light for anything apart from that. While playing DOTA, I found myself activating spells by mistake, as the switch got depressed with the slightest of touches. Same translated while typing, and I found myself making a ton of typos. Because of this, I had to be extra careful while typing, while changing my natural position of the fingers which usually ‘rest’ on keys to be slightly elevated to avoid actuating the switch.
However, will not take away any starts as the switches are advertised to be lighter than the radiant reds, and the force specs seem pretty much on point. If you are an EXTREMELY light typist, then these might be good for you, however, I would not use them for typing or coding. For games like Counter Strike or MW, these are amazing, and I will hold on to them for that purpose.
Also, after lubing with 205g0, these developed a really nice sound signature. It was a deeper pop, and they sound just amazing!
I’ve recently dipped my toes into custom switches and keyboards recently. And the radiant reds pretty much match the the feel and sound I first thought of in my head when I first heard about mechanical keyboards. I didn’t do too much when installing these switches. I just took some keychron hot-swappable keyboards and just snapped them into place, put on some keycaps of my choice, and called it good.
The radiant reds are fast, snappy, smooth and accurate. I honestly think they’re a bit on the louder side, compared to the matcha greens in my opinion. But I did throw these switches into a keychron K2 keyboard with an aluminum frame, which definitely adds a factor into the sound.
While the sound of these keys are a bit loud for me, it is pretty satisfying to type on and game with. I really like to just mash my fingers on the keys when I type, and these switches seem to fit my style haha. The weight of these keys is exactly what I’ve been wanting when I start typing. It just feels really solid, I don’t make as much typos on these compared to “mushier” switches. And I find that I don’t hit the wrong keys while gaming on the reds either.
I’ll compare these to the matcha green switches, which I tried before the reds. And the main difference between these, in my opinion is that the matchas feel suuuuppeeer smooth like butter. Typing on the matchas has this soft, relaxing type of feel to it. So I’d say if you’re typing like, tons of pages for college or something, the matchas would be are pretty good for long periods of typing. While I make more typos on the matchas, I still really enjoy the smoothness typing experience and the sound is just right for me.
I’ll still plug in my keyboard to appreciate the matcha greens, but the radiant reds were really the switches I was looking for.
The keyboard is the cheapest keyboard I own, a RK68 (Royal Kludge). It is definitely a budget board. It has rear pcb tape mod, band aid mod stabs, and glorious pastel keycaps.
The AKKO silvers are also amazing, and might be one of my top favorite switches. They should have a forever home in one of GMMK Pros. The shorter total travel is something I got used to quickly and now love. They have a nice deep sound and are really such a pleasure to use. Well done AKKO! Its making all my expensive linear switches seem like auch a waste.
make no mistake though, these switches are super light too, they are easy activated with the slight weight of anyone’s finger. keep that in mind for gaming, but if you have a discpline to keep your fingersoff of the keyboard, then you should be good. listening to them now while typing on this keyboard is the thing that makes me sleep at night.
i’m being quite literal at the butter remark too. these sound just so good, not enought for thocking but enough to make your toes curl and your butt to flex. these jsut sound so good, send help i can’t stop typing with these either, they not only feel good, but sound good too. have i said that, i am just stuck typing because of how good these are, i didn’t get enough of these either because i use them for just my basic alphabet, and the enter, space, and sift and what not, but i need to buy more to replace all my other keys, that’s another thing too, you rshould buy like 15 of these cause they not only sound so good and feel good,but replace every singel mechanical keyboard with these, they need to all have these keys in particular.
i need help they feel sooooooo good.
anyways they are pretty good 10/10
Now, I don’t have a ton of background with the custom mechanical keyboard scene. I’ve been interested for the better part of the past 6 months and within the past month or so finally started raw dawging this hobby. I bought a GMMK TKL to replace my Ducky One 2 SF and dropped in some kailh box browns and was overall pretty disappointed with the sound and feel. I have more background with linears at this point, using cherry reds, kailh box reds and gateron yellows, and I had a suspicion the box browns weren’t doing tactiles justice. I did some research and bought these after checking out some reviews, and decided to on my Ducky board and de-solder the old switches and replace the stabilizers and keycaps. (unrelated but for any of you using ducky boards, be cautious of the screw holes, they strip like nobody’s business and are basically useless with the stock screws after opening it up.)
These AKKO switches are astonishingly better than the box browns. The browns were scratchy and, while the tactility was good, the sound was atrocious. These, on the other hand, are impressively smooth with no lube. I tried some krytox 205g0 in one switch and some g lube in another, and overall didn’t notice that much of a difference. There is very noticeable spring ping that I couldn’t really get to go away easily. I tried bag lubing with 105g0 oil on 10 switches (used way more oil than should have been needed) and there was still a very loud ping when pressing the switch on its own, not in a board. once in the board though, frankly I couldn’t hear it, and the ping itself was fairly low pitched and not harsh anyways imo.
In the photos I included you can see the side profile of the stem and, comparing it to some side shots of other popular switches, it looks like its most comparable to the Durock T1’s in terms of its shape. The stem pole however looks to be closer to a Halo Clear with it being a long boy. Note I haven’t used those switches, so I can’t properly compare, just going based off visuals. In the video I included, I did add both a thin layer of packing foam to the case applied the tape mod to the back of the pcb, which I found gave the board a much poppy-er sound and helped mute the higher resonances of the switch. The switches are stock and the stabilizers have been lubed.
Lastly, I just wanna say that I the way these look. The blue is a very nice color, very much closer to true blue than teal or purple. They call it ocean blue and I think that name fits. It’s superfluous, but it’s really nice to have a switch in my board that I think looks nice and the case allows me to see the bottom housing anyways so I get a constant reminder of just how pretty these are.
So yeah, definite recommendation. I imagine, like gateron yellows, if you’re familiar with the more premium sector the of the market, then these won’t be anything special. BUT, for those of you who are new like me, or are on a tight budget, get these. I think you’ll love them.
I usually don’t write raving reviews about many things unless I’m really impressed, but these switches are amazing. I’ve got the ocean blues, the lavenders and the vintage whites. I bought one box of each just so I can test them out. I’m a huge fan of tactiles but I just got the whites yesterday, I haven’t tested or lubed them yet but I’m very excited to try.
Straight out of the box, all of them are smooth and pretty damn close to perfect. The blue and purple have a nice tactile feel to them with the purples being a lot more pronounced than the blue but still having a comfortable amount of force behind them. I would probably say I like them both equally for totally different reasons.
The whites so far also seem to be smooth but I plan on lubing them and putting them in my keyboard sometime soon so I’ll update this section when I’ve done that.
One thing I also wanted to mention was the whites came literally the day after I ordered them which I was not expecting, so I’m seriously impressed and excited about that.
The blue and purple, (again, I’ll update when I get the whites done) so far, are super nice. They’ve got a nice sound, not too loud or sharp, and the feeling they give is so satisfying. I know when I’ve pressed a key and I immediately get a response.
I have experience using all sorts of gateron, cherry and outemu switches and akko are pretty much up there in smoothness and feel with cherry and gateron. I will say outemu browns are my favorite in terms of sound but I still give akko my #1 recommendation and I’ve already got a friend who’s building his keyboard with the blues!
Tldr: do not hesitate to buy these, they’re affordable, sound great and feel amazing. If you’re not wanting to listen to a YouTube say it then please listen to me, after all, I’m just some random chick on the internet! 🙂