A new CLICKY switch from Gateron: Melodic switches! 🎶  

Most clicky switches sound disgusting, but these sound nice

I put 69g springs in my melodic clickies and lubed them. With foam they thock and click quietly.

​@@Zephhi you might wanna emphasize on modern and MX Blue-like switches. Mainly because most pre-MX clicky switches sounds and feels really good or decent at least (well unless you hate sounds and desperately need shit tons of dampened foams to shut it all up, in which case: preference, i suppose lol)

i got my hands on a few of these. sounds identical to click bar, in my chassis at least. but the tactility does feel a bit different, lighter than jades.

@@vincentlaurensius8714 Bummer. From what i’ve heard the clickleaf in the melodics is even smaller than the Monterey Alps, and the tactility isn’t the same. The Monterey Alps feel amazing, though mine feel a little scratchy due to the lubricant no longer working and Alps being vulnerable to dust, so the Melodics had a chance to be some of the best MX type switches made. I guess this is only Gaterons second attempt at this type of switch, and they could do it again (or even some other company).

@@vincentlaurensius8714Got them today and tried them out on a Tex Shinobi. They feel a lot like Monterey Alps, maybe not quite as tactile but feel a fair bit smoother and overall I actually prefer them. Definitely a switch worth checking out.

Try Kailh Box Jade, or Box Navy. They will shatter your eardrums

@@ManWithTheGoggles dang I might have to buy the box navy's I'm really digging how those sound over my mx blues

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Agreed! I tried some Melodics and they are so tactile its punching on the fingers. They're a tad heavy as well. Wish the springs were a tad lighter.

@@CS-js6et Maybe you could just spring-swap them?

Believe it or not, swapping the springs out for something slightly _heavier_ will help dull the strong bump of any tactile, as the preload acts as both a dampener and you push through more solidly. As for spring-type, the melodics come with a bog standard 50g 1-stage 22mm steel spring. Since the Melodics click happens early in the travel, I'd recommend a 2-stage spring that's just slightly shorter (19-20mm) so the weight starts lighter than it ends but still has enough pre-load to dampen, and the dual stage is quieter & adapts to multi-stage stem tactility better. Something heavy enough to dampen but light enough at the start to ease the breakthrough.

Also to OP, have you tried any MX Aristotle-clokes, like the Gazzew/Outemu Phoenix stem or TKC Blackberry? They are lighter than click-leaf/bar as far as tactility goes, but sharper & more stable/quiet than the god-awful MX Blue-style click jackets.

They do

you could probably remove it but im not sure, i've only removed clickbars from blues

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How? It's better than mx blue by far

why'd you do that, what's the point😭