Gateron Oil King Pre Lubed 5pin Switches 55g Linear Mechanical Keyboard Custom Switch (90 pcs)

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The Gateron Oil King switches are made with a unique oil-immersed design, which helps to reduce friction and improve the overall feel of the switch. This results in a smooth and consistent keystroke, with a satisfying linear feel. The oil also helps to prolong the life of the switch, making it more durable and long-lasting.

The bottoming out of the H1 switches is significantly more muted, dampened, and subtle than that of the Oil King switches, but not by all that much. The Gateron Oil King switches are compatible with all standard mechanical keyboard plates and PCBs, making them easy to install and use. They are also compatible with a variety of keycaps, including Cherry MX style keycaps, which means you can easily personalize your keyboard with your favorite keycaps. Beyond the most notable change in housing collision pitch and volume, the switches don’t appear to change much beyond 17,000 actuations, save for the small increase in both N/S and E/W direction stem wobble that is certainly deserving of a notice at this point. 51,000 Actuations To be entirely honest, the changes with respect to scratch between 34,000 and 51,000 actuations are both strange and outside of my ability to explain. While there is still that same noticeable improvement with respect to smoothness in push feel that was previously noted, the switches sound distinctively more scratchy at 51,000 actuations.

Copper Inserts: I’m not entirely certain as to how this only showed up at 51,000 actuations, but the Cream+ switches with copper inserts almost appear to have a more amplified scratch and spring ping sound than either of the other inserts. I’m almost suspecting that this may be a batch-specific issue as the copper inserts didn’t have really any other points of note about them at other break-in times.

In terms of smoothness, the 8008 Inks have a consistent-grain scratch feel that is subtle, albeit significantly more noticeable when comparing side by side to that of the Oil King switches. Scores and Statistics Silicone Inserts: While the same points can be made about the wobble and general push feel of the Cream+ switches with silicone inserts at 34,000 actuations, they surprisingly seem to reduce the presence of that spring ping that was beginning to creep in at this point. Keeping with the same Cream family molds used extensively in releases throughout 2022, the Cream+ switches have a minor amount of stem wobble in both directions that is consistent across the batch and not large enough to bother the vast majority of users. SoundIn terms of straight up push feel, the no-insert Novelkeys Cream+ switches are about as average as one could expect. They have a very slight amount of small grain scratch, a decently well muted bottom out feeling, and a topping out that is slightly thinner due to mechanical differences. Just picture the most average linear switch you can and there you have it. Wobble