[MechSupply.co.uk] 120x Gateron Switches

[UKKeycaps]

ROUND 2

LINK TO PURCHASE

The most popular Cherry MX clone switches now available to the UK (and EU/worldwide) clackers at a reasonable price, free UK postage and no import fees!

Any questions feel free to ask me here, send an email or send me smoke signals

[Dra]

Don't mean to bash, but this is hardly a deal for anyone outside the UK at £32.50, especially since you can get them for $36 with free international shipping on ebay.

[UKKeycaps]

Don't mean to bash, but this is hardly a deal for anyone outside the UK at £32.50, especially since you can get them for $36 with free international shipping on ebay.

MechSupply is mostly focused on the UK market, however we do ship worldwide

I can't promise to always be the best price for those outside the UK/EU

[UKKeycaps]

Bump!

All posts above were for the previous round 1 of the group-buy!

All posts below are regarding round 2 of the group-buy (27th Sep - 20th October)

[duynguyenle]

Hi Joe,

Do these have translucent switch bottom like the pictures above (from Round 1) or are they the ones with black bottom and clear top?

[UKKeycaps]

Black bottom clear top like on the product page

[Wodan]

Do they have the redesigned bottom shell that collides with flat wire Costar stabilizers ?

See the KC60 drop at Massdrop for more details on the issue.

[pomk]

Do they have the redesigned bottom shell that collides with flat wire Costar stabilizers ?

See the KC60 drop at Massdrop for more details on the issue.

I think the top shell is what is causing the problems. I have old and new ones at hand and the slope on the opposite side of the LED feels different. The new one has an S curve while the old one is just slanted.

[Wodan]

I have one of the affected KC60 keyboards and posted a pictured guide how to cut off a piece of the lower shell to fix the issue.

[pomk]

Well I'll be damned! I was a bit adamant on the difference being in the top housing, as my custom board with costar stabs (from wasd) works flawlessly using a very recent batch of gateron switches. Comparing the switches to cherry mx does show a slight difference in the lip size (about 0,2 mm). I guess I should then be careful of the flat type costar stabs sold on massdrop?

[Wodan]

It only affects the "flat wire" Costar stabilizers that have recently been used by many asian manufacturers. The WhiteFox and the latest Infinity 60% came with them - as did the KC60. I love this new Costar variant because the wire no longer hits thick (GMK) keycaps when pressed but it seems to have issues with these newer Gateron switches.