What does this mean?Highlights
Quality
The slightly heavier springs of the gateron yellow feel way more responsive compared to the stock otemu reds that came with the keyboard.
It seems that taking them out will be more problematic as these switches come apart easier as compared to the switches that i g... Read More
These are an outstanding value and arrived 13 days sooner than expected, if you were wondering you can track the package with t... Read More
I wish the gateron yellows had a little tighter tolerance for the stem in the top housing, but that's life.
Shipping
Shipping speed was fast (a little under two weeks) and the value is great.
Unlike most keyboard parts not prime the shipping was decent.
Received the switches about 3 weeks after ordering, shipping to florida took 14 days.
Packaging/appearance
I used one of the switches in the pack to swap out a faulty switch on my keyboard.
You can choose to clip the wide end of one of the pins to get it to fit and i had started doing it but i decided to desolder th... Read More
Competitiveness
These gateron blues are a decent value.
If you type on a non-qwerty keymapping like dvorak, workman, or colemak.
Weird thing is, when i put a keycap on the switch and push on the edge, it kind of buckles in a way that with my other switches it didn't.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
smooth, bent, yellow and ordered. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 165 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 5 2021.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Although redragon states that my keyboard was hotswappable the otemu hot swap sockets are smaller than the pins of the gateron switches
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I didnt know this beforehand so when i tried to push the switches into the socket i ended up bending the pins for 2 switches
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The gateron yellow switches themselves are pretty smooth and easy to install however i received the wrong order as i only received 68 switches when i ordered 88 switches
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
These are an outstanding value and arrived 13 days sooner than expected if you were wondering you can track the package with the number given on chinaposttrack
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Weird thing is when i put a keycap on the switch and push on the edge it kind of buckles in a way that with my other switches it didnt
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There were a couple with slightly bent pins but they bent back no problem
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There’s a milky version that’s even better called milky gateron yellows they sound even better but they’re not on amazon
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
All the ones that i placed correctly worked flawlessly
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