Description
Akko Crystal
Type: Linear
Operating Force: 43 ± 5gf
Total Travel: 4.0 – 0.5mm
Pre-Travel: 1.6 ± 0.3mm
Tactile Position:N/A
Tactile Force: N/A
Gateron Orange
Type: Tactile
Operating Force: 45 ± 15gf
Total Travel: 4.0 – 0.5mm
Pre-Travel: 2.0 ± 0.6mm
Tactile Position: 1.25mm
Tactile Force: 55 ± 15gf
The keyboard is beautiful and arrived quickly; I really liked the tactile Gateron Orange lubed switches included, but there’s one major critique I have for them–compared to the clear Akko Crystal switches, the color of the RGB lighting is definitely affected and is tinted heavily orange/pink instead of a true rainbow of colors. This is because all of the lighting goes through the orange plastic of the switches first. So, keep that in mind if you’re ordering the orange switch version.
They are hot-swappable luckily so I might swap out the switches; in the attached image, I borrowed some the clear Akko Crystal switches to demonstrate the difference (number pad and sound keys on the right are clear switches, while the keys to the left are the Gateron Orange; the entire lighting scheme should be rainbow colored but instead the rest of the keyboard looks very orange in lighting).
Definitely still recommend the keyboard for Sailor Moon fans, as I was otherwise really pleased with it.