Has anyone who has tried the ZealPC Clickiez might offer insight their perpective: Alps switches, specifically the tactile SMK whites and blue clicky switches are amongst my favorite style of switch so much that I will sooner use my vintage Alps keyboard from the 1980s-90s over my more modern MX style switches as, in my biased opinion, they feel more balanced are weightier/heftier and have a more overall balanced feel due to the square stem (like comparing classic Happ buttons to lighter Sanwa).
With that said, I saw a post that Chryosan22 did on the ZealPC clickiez and am very intrigued. From the video it sounded like they provided a heftier weight tactility like alps but the smoothness of an MX style switch. If anyone’s tried them out I’m curious how the tactility feels in comparison to other switches youve tried, specifically alps and MX.
Thanks
I’m on the opposite end of this spectrum from you.
I prefer lighter weight springs for exactly the reasons you are looking to achieve here.
The heavier a spring you put into a tactile switch (or in this case clicky switch), the less pronounced the tactile bump will be.
To keep the math really simple here, let’s suppose a given tactile bump adds 35g to the linear resistance of a switch, when you encounter the bump.
If you are starting with a 70g spring, that bump will only be adding 50% to the overall resistance of the switch.
If you swap that spring down to 35g, in that same switch, the bump is suddenly adding 100% to the resistance of the switch, making the bump feel much more pronounced.
Again, these numbers are very simplified, but the principle holds true.
And, my answer to your Happ vs. Sanwa dilemma is flat top Seimitsus.
I discovered those when I bought a Jaleco Pony cab years ago, and haven’t looked back since.