So I just sent it. Rather than simply seeing this singular switch through straight to a sales date like the Gateron Cream Sodas, though, a series of factory production errors led to not one but two different switches coming out of this one interest check as well as quite a few odd prototypes. Often referred to as Gat Yellow, KS-3 Switches, Milk Yellow, or Gateron yellow, these switches are the go-to for a reliable linear switch on a Figure 3: Gateron Cream Soda promotional image from Geekhack groupbuy page. Not content to only have one switch project running at one time, in between the interest check and sales period for the Gateron Cream Soda switches, PuNkShoO then announced an interest check for Aflion Synthetic Melody switches. -A switch peripheral company based out of the UK which sells everything switch adjacent you could ask for, theyve been a huge help recently with my film and lube supply for personal builds, and they want to extend that help to you too. Wanting to be thorough in documenting all of his switch releases to date, though, lets start all the way from the top. Newly designed switch with enlarged and hollowed stem construction, claiming to make the stem more stable with reduced stem wobble. As is stated in the follow up interest check to the Synthetic Melody switches which was posted on November 18th of 2022, in some of the initial prototyping tests by Aflion, a different leaf was utilized in production than PuNkShoO had asked for, causing the switches to feel much heavier than anticipated. Sound test here (Gateron Milky Yellow Switches lubed, tempest tape mod, force break on contacts lubed, Keychron stabs, Added hella foam to reduce hollow metal noises, all stabs have bandaid mod on pcb contact, spacebar is a haluhalo switch. -The brainchild of one my most adventurous proxies, SwitchOddities is a place where you can try out all the fancy, strange, and eastern-exclusive switches that I flex on my maildays with. -Even though these two switches have fairly similar force curve profiles, all things considered, the Root Beer Float switches feel just a touch bit more punchy and pointed in their tactile bump than the Holy Panda X switches. Yes. Combined with the below listed mods, this keyboard has a smooth thock. ._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4{width:100%}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA{display:none}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA,._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:block}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:none} bottom out, gold plated long spring marketed in the interest check. Run on sentence just to sell the long-winded and circuitous nature of my writing. Hence "OBO" should always be interpreted as "Or Best Offer [below the price stated]" and never as "Or Better Offer". Figure 4: Literal mailday POV of exciting opening switches in my car after getting them from my mailbox. As well, there are a series of four mold ejector circles in the base of the switch, but much like those that are also present on the corners of the upper rim of the switch, these are fairly commonplace in most switches nowadays. Following streams and videos from quite a few content creators such as Georen, Tofu_Types, Starfirepenguin, ItsFireWire, and more, a noticeable amount of community excitement grew around these switches leading up to their groupbuy from September 22nd to October 16th of 2022. Spring Weight - 50g actuation, 62g bottom out. Packing in quite a bit of a tactile punch into such a small space, these medium-high strength tactile switches punch with both a decently strong bump and a wide one which occupies the large majority of their roughly 3.2 mm total travel distance. Come see wha. That being said, though, many dry tactiles from the factory still often come with a slight amount of grease between the stem legs and the leaves to cut down on the leathery friction between these two components grease which is altogether absent from the Root Beer Floats. While there is functionally zero difference between new and old pin variants as demonstrated below in the Measurements section, someone would still throw a fit if I didnt make this disclaimer. These aren't mythical creatures, they're simply mechanical key switches in a hobby with tight tolerances. After all, I did just pass 600 unique switch force curves uploaded onto my GitHub repository. Interestingly, I had always tacitly assumed the anticounterfeit stamp to be something that came alongside only pure Ink family switches or as something present in fully mold-updated switches which also feature an inverted nameplate on the top housings. PuNkShoOs interest in finding switches he would want to use and his growing fanbase within the community will ultimately decide how this switch, as well as all his other future creations perform. If you are looking at this statistics section for the first time and wondering where the hell are the other 227 switches that Ive ranked are, or what hard versus soft ranks refer to specifically, Id encourage you to head on over to my GitHub linked in the table above or at the links in the top right hand of this website to check out my database of scorecards as well as the Composite Score Sheet which has a full listing of the rankings for each and every switch Ive ranked thus far. Gateron has dozens of switches available in its lineup including the standard Red, Blue, Brown, Green, Black, Yellow switches and their own unique Gateron Milk, Ink, Low-Profile, and Silent switch designs. Unlike the Cream Sodas, however, these tactiles would be the first tactile switches from Gateron (and the second switch ever following Gateron North Poles) in which the stems would be made out of the ink thermoplastic material rather than traditional POM. At the highest level, the Gateron Root Beer Float switches come in a milky over translucent brown color scheme with cream-colored stem similar to that of their namesake drink as well as the Gateron Cream Sodas before them. Use code GOAT (or click the link above) for 5% off your order when you check them out! Switched over to the POM plate so getting rid of this one. Comes built. - A rising vendor based in the UK, Ryan and crew have been a pleasure to work with and have nearly everything youd need to build your first or fourteenth keyboard. - One of the most well-rounded keyboard vendors out there, Christian and crew have been supporters of all my switch and switch-adjacent needs for some years now. When asked about his plans for this, he very realistically pointed to the fact that I absolutely do not have the funds for R&D and production for custom mold money even though I have ideas Id like to try which no molds exist for. Not wanting to discount the possibility of this, though, he followed this statement up saying Maybe in the future once I've saturated the market truly and built a better relationship with a single manufacturer to make those kinds of waves. While I, personally, do not think that the Gateron Root Beer Floats turned out as solid as they could have been, I am but one switch reviewer. It is loud. Given the shortened total stem travel distance as a result of the 13.58 mm-long stems, the tiny post-bump linear region is extremely small and almost unnoticeable at normal typing speeds. -At 17,000 actuations, the Root Beer Float switches surprisingly smooth out quite a bit with respect to the stem/housing interaction point. Much to PuNkShoOs credit, I am rather impressed with how he has managed to capture such a wide swathe of interest from the community with his switch designs in such a short amount of time. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. The Gateron Root Beer Float switches are medium-heavy tactile switches with a fairly wide tactile bump that starts at the very beginning of the downstroke in the switch. Moving next to the unlubed stems of the Gateron Root Beer Floats, these too feature a slew of commonplace details and have fairly little that is unique or explicitly interesting about them on their own. While some vendors such as Invokeys and Zepsody have also stocked less than perfect variations of their own switches on their storefronts over the years, the sheer amount of public knowledge of PuNkShoOs factory errors is unlike anything Ive seen to date. Figure 6: Gateron Root Beer Float promotional image from Geekhack Groupbuy page. Lubed next time stabs, actually REALLY good. Their LEDs are attached to a rectangular printed circuit board (PCB). It accomplishes this by utilizing a Gateron Milky Yellow top housing in combination with a black bottom housing. Figure 8: Gateron Root Beer Float top housing external design showing restricted LED slot and milky-yellow coloring. Working around this scratch and present ping noise, though, these switches are a bit on the louder side, with a medium-high pitched set of housing collisions that pretty much constitute the entirety of the sound and override that of the tactile bump. It is worth mentioning, as well, that while this is entirely uncommon behavior for designers of any keyboard related components in 2023, it is greatly appreciated by people like myself who like to compulsively document keyboard history from having to dig through hours of google searches or video b-rolls trying to find small tidbits of information. [Bulk] L+F Gateron Milky Yellow and L Gateron Reds. The trajectory in his inventiveness with designs will hopefully see the release of radically unique switch designs and/or mold-requiring parts here in the coming years, though ultimately only time will tell as to the direction he wants to take his switch designing career. Whereas Blueberry Chiffons have a short tactile bump that is very light in peak tactile force, the Root Beer Floats feel as if they have a much larger and snappier tactile bump. .LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH{fill:var(--newRedditTheme-actionIcon);height:18px;width:18px}.LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH rect{stroke:var(--newRedditTheme-metaText)}._3J2-xIxxxP9ISzeLWCOUVc{height:18px}.FyLpt0kIWG1bTDWZ8HIL1{margin-top:4px}._2ntJEAiwKXBGvxrJiqxx_2,._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{vertical-align:middle}._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-inline-flexbox;display:inline-flex;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center} Come see what they sound like (stock and lubed), and compared to red/black linear switches!STUFF IN THIS VIDEO Gateron Milky Yellow Switches (with black bottoms) here: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_9xYa87 OR ON AMAZON NOW! Gateron Yellows Milky Pro Lubed and Filmed(Lubed with Krytox 205g0, stem and housing; Filmed with Deskeys film). ._2cHgYGbfV9EZMSThqLt2tx{margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{width:75%;height:24px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-,._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{background:var(--newCommunityTheme-field);background-size:200%;margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-{width:100%;height:46px} Mounting Pins - 5-pin. As was mentioned at the start of the performance section of this review, as well, I want to highlight here the physically apparent differences in new versus old pin Root Beer Float switches. Internally, the mold markings for the top housings are located in the common spots in the upper corners underneath the nameplate void. That being said, though, the performance is simply lacking at their premium price point, with comparable or better switches on many performance points from a Gateron perspective, a tactility perspective, and even a PuNkShoO perspective being available. Follow my affiliate code and use code GOAT at checkout to save 5% on some of the most interesting switches youll ever try! Affiliate links are used for each tool that we are an affiliate of, which means that if you click that link and subsequently make a purchase, we will earn a commission. -Comparing the sound of the Root Beer Float and Holy Panda X switches, the Root Beer Floats have a slightly more rounded, complex sound as compared to the fairly plasticky collisions of the HPX. 2. So as a linear guy i guess i'll be satisfied with regular gats with black bottom. Gateron Phantom Switch Set. -Much like the comparison with the force curves, the Root Beer Floats also have a much more wide sound to them with multiple layers (not including spring ping) whereas the Momoka Sharks are fairly singular in their sound. Much like the other switch releases by PuNkShoO leading up to the Gateron Root Beer Floats, its also worth mentioning that there is yet another variant of these switches as well. Figure 13: Old (Left) and New (Right) pin comparison in Gateron Root Beer Float switches. 1. phbonachi 1 yr. ago. You pay nothing extra; any commission we earn comes at no additional cost to you. While I am definitely not against switches that are designed with the explicit intent of being modified upon receipt, something which makes sense if they were inspired by frankenswitches from the start, either the price point needs to be reflective of that or the stock switches should have the fullest capabilities of that factory behind them at the price they are at. 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