EDIT: Better sound link I hope
MP3 Download (I don’t know why this is so hard)
Once more, with feeling. I finally got my new stabs in from Ali. This is a combo of 2 Monsgeek M2s; the first is the silver bottom (not really visible) that I had padded out previously with car audio foam stick on. I also used some stick on pads in between top and bottom case because the reverb with whatever alloy blend this is was terrible. I also added padding on the silly decorative side bar things. The replacement black top was actually a replacement new board, because hotswap switch sockets kept falling off of the original. After 6 months of back and forth with their customer service, who encouraged me to attempt my own repairs, then tried to play the “You voided your warranty by attempting your own repairs card,” they finally sent me a returned board that they had in stock because they didn’t actually have any replacement PCBs. Anyway, I replaced the garbage stock stabs with the utterly delightful Wuque Studio TPU 1.2s. I highly recommend these bad Larrys. I’m suddenly into click switches after discovering the retro joy that is the 8BitDo Board, so I loaded the M2 up with Kailh Speed Pro Heavy Clicky Deep Blues, which are 3 stage 70-95-10gfs. I thought I ran out of the Kailhs, so I grabbed a bunch of old Redragon blue Clickys I had lying around and I lubed up some 3 stage 88gf springs I got and swapped them into the Redragons for the F Key row. They sound and feel good, but not even close to the Kailhs, which are fantastic. Then I topped everything off with the Signature Plastics SA Geoma caps that some of you may remember from my previous post. I don’t know what to say, but I just don’t like those Geomas. I finally got them sounding and feeling great, and looking good, but there’s something about the profile that just feels weird to me. And I am an SA guy, so I don’t know what to tell you. These just aren’t the caps for me. I also recorded a brief audio sample, and you will hear the difference between the two switches. Lemmee know if that audio file link doesn’t work.
EDIT 2: Forgot to mention, I put the FR4 plate in the M2. The plastic plate is straight trash.
I had the XDA version of those keycaps but they started wearing through after a year of use. The dark blue and teal keycaps are just a thin layer of ink on mine, so they started wearing out and revealing the white plastic underneath.
Hmm, That doesn’t sound like the Signature Plastics caps that I am familiar with. They also don’t make these in an XDA profile.
https://spkeyboards.com/products/sa-geoma-keycaps?_pos=1&_sid=f7d66dc03&_ss=r
Maybe they hired the same designer shrugs
Clickbars and jackets work so differently from one another, I’m not surprised you can hear a difference. I have a batch of Speed Navies right now that I got on sale from Novelkeys; how do you like them? I have a little RK96 that’s been sitting in its box with nothing to do for over a year, so I’ll probably load it up soon, especially if the slow-boat EBay keycaps I ordered before the new year ever clear US customs. Might yank its battery, though.
The Kailh’s are magnificent. I used to think I was going to be a one-switch pony, and yet now I find I’m liking them all depending on my mood. Currently typing on a Keychron Q3 Pro SE with MMD fairy switches. The one thing I find I really like are really strong springs. Oh, forgot to mention, I put the FR4 plate in the Monsgeek M2.
