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I almost returned my keychron q1 because I thought the blue switches it had on it felt so heavy as well as the brown switches while it sounds descent felt too heavy for my fingers. I tried out the reds and it feels light but not too light and they feel great to type on with the 45g actuation force. less than 35g is probably too light where resting your hands can trigger a key press, unless you have light hands or maybe hand pain go for 35g or lower.To the people who are going for the brown or blues or any of the other greater than 45g actuation force. The typing is gonna feel heavy and could slow you down, but if you want to sacrifice that for sounds thats up to you. When I was typing on the blues and browns it felt like a work out. I felt like if I kept typing I would get carpal tunnel.TLDR; Reds are real light good for productivity,Browns and blues and the other heavier switches feel heavy and feels like a workout and could slow you down. Only get them if you want to sacrifice some typing speed for sound.9/11 update:I got the clears and i think they are better than the reds for me. The reds feel slightly heavy after a while and I’m a light typer and it doesn’t actuate when resting and typing feels effortless.I have to admit that I did not like these switches unlubed. Sounded kind of cheap and hollow. Once I lubed them, theyre by far my favorite sounding switch out of the 20+ switches I own. When lubed their sound profile is subdued, creamy, and thocky1. Every switch worked. That has never happened for me before. Usually, there are a couple duds per lot. Impressive.2. Springs are very stiff. Admittedly, this is what I wanted, but coming from Gateron Reds, the difference was dramatic. I think the Gateron Yellows will be perfect for me.3. Noticeable scratchiness. The switches could use some lube but, it's not a deal breaker.I was looking for something affordable and thocky. And these delivered on both! They work perfectly in my gmmk pro and sound and feel amazing! Plus I didn't have to order in weird increments!These are good key switches. They are good for typing and gaming.Lube is definitely not a necessity for these switches, save it for only if you want the very best experience and don't mind expending a bit of time and effort. Honestly Gateron doesn't cease to impress when it comes to quality. Cherry's switches don't stand up to them at all these days (get with it guys, for real.) These truly are great and their ultralight spring weight gives them a really unique feel over the average, more mundane options, this is a unique switch from a clone manufacturer that I'm more than happy to use.To begin, these switches came in a small HK gaming box which was cute but cramped for the switches. Upon opening the box and the inner plastic bag, there were a couple of switches with slightly bent or crooked pins. Nothing that my fingers or a small pair of pliers couldn't fix.So to give context, I bought a cheap Royal Kludge wireless board which came with blues. Now I usually type on pricy enthusiast keyboards with high end switches, but for this cheaper board which was to be used for work, I didn't want to break the wallet.They come pretty scratchy, as much as your standard Cherry switch comes stock, which is no surprise.However with a session of lubing these switches, I found that I was essentially getting 70 percent the smoothness of a lubed Durock Linear (my preferred option) for a fraction of the price.Another surprise was how tight the housing is on the switches. They were tight enough that I didn't really need to spend extra money on films, though I'd imagine that they would only improve these switches. Now they aren't as tight as higher end switches, like any Durock or Zeal switches, but pretty good nonetheless.Sound wise, these switches are a bit thockier than Durock Linears due to the differing materials. But this is purely preference. I think one would be hard pressed to find a linear switch which sounds bad in the current market.If you have a cheap hot swappable keyboard you got off of Amazon and are looking for some good replacements, or even if you are getting into the expensive hobby of custom mechanical keyboards, These Gateron yellows are a good choice if you want a smooth linear experience (after lubing) and a nice thocky sound.As others have said, these do ship loose inside a plastic bag. I only had one actually bent that I couldn't just push back easily enough with my fingers (be very careful using pliers or even a hemostat as the pins are *VERY* thin.) However, I have a 75% keyboard, so the pack had more than I needed anyway and several are just packed away as spares in case of some unlikely event damaging one somehow.Shipping annoyances aside, these are good if you like blues. They have slightly less force and a slightly higher pitched sound versus Cherry blues, but will be either a good or a bad thing depending on your preferences and it's ultimately a matter of getting what suits you best. I don't know enough about them to be 100% sure, but they do seem like they are genuine to me and I have good confidence that they will last a really long time for me -- which is good because I intend for this keyboard to last for the foreseeable future. Overall I'd say this is a good choice if one wants to try blues without spending as much or waiting as long.PS. The picture for the blues is indeed green for some reason, but don't worry, you do actually get blues under the product designated as blue.Look at the picture. I ordered 65 yellow switches and got a mix of different switches. The pin type I ordered are 3 (center and 2 pins). Half of them were 3 and half were 5. I received only 36 switches from 65. Just horrible purchase and waste of time. About 6 bent pins. Wrong in every way.Muy agradable la sensación de tecleo, pero si escribes mucho, te recomiendo más los cafés o rojos.I received Optical switches and Not 3 Pin as they were supposed to be. Pretty useless!
