Solid alternatives to MX Brown switches?

[Roknaroz]

Hello!
So for long I've been a MX Brown user and I love the switches and the general feeling.
I have recently bought myself a Varmilo VA88m board and it introduced me into the more enthusiast grade Mechanical keyboards.

 

I'm totally geeking out on it and got really curious if I was to order a board with a different switch, what kind would appeal most to me as an alternative to MX Browns?

[dizmo]

@kelvinhall05

[kelvinhall05]

Holy Pandas maybe.

[geo3]

Literally any tactile switch that isn't an MX Brown would be a step up. 

 

Top picks however would be Zealios V2, Holy Pandas, or any of the Tactile Kailh Box switches. 

[Dr0y]

I really like the kailh box brown and the kailh speed copper ...

[ProBottler]

On 10/29/2020 at 8:32 AM, geo3 said:

any of the Tactile Kailh Box switches. 

box tactile suffers from this flaw when it turns into clicky switches btw

 

[Dr0y]

7 hours ago, ProBottler said:

box tactile suffers from this flaw when it turns into clicky switches btw

 

well didn't happened to my hailh box white after four months and I use my keyboard a lot ... they still sound exactly the same as when they were brand new

 

also my kailh box burnt orange are still feeling brand new too after two months

[ProBottler]

13 hours ago, Dr0y said:

well didn't happened to my hailh box white after four months and I use my keyboard a lot ... they still sound exactly the same as when they were brand new

 

also my kailh box burnt orange are still feeling brand new too after two months

1. Box white is a clicky switch (theres a clickbar inside the housing that produces the click) so if it doesnt start clicking right out the box then you definitely have a problem

2. Tactile switches (which is what box brown is marketed) are not suppose to generate a click when pressed. Feeling the same and sounding like a different type of switch is not the same thing and some may feel like they got rip off from my perspective

[Dr0y]

7 hours ago, ProBottler said:

1. Box white is a clicky switch (theres a clickbar inside the housing that produces the click) so if it doesnt start clicking right out the box then you definitely have a problem

2. Tactile switches (which is what box brown is marketed) are not suppose to generate a click when pressed. Feeling the same and sounding like a different type of switch is not the same thing and some may feel like they got rip off from my perspective

I thought you were saying that with time clicky box switches would lose their click as if the click bar was broken and not that tactile switches would be "turning" into clicky switches ... understood completely the contrary of what you were saying ...

 

well my box burn orange don't click

[geo3]

The clicky problem is due to a poor factory lube wearing off. It can be fixed with quality lube applied to the stem bump/plunger interface.