Key Switches

Invented by Input Club members Jacob Alexander and Brandon Muzzin, the Hako switches are a variation on Kaihua’s Box switches and feature a vented, self-cleaning mechanism and a more stable slider.

SteelSeries’ newest keyboard, the Apex M750, is the vehicle by which the company debuted its latest switch, the QX2

Cherry, long the dominant mechanical switch maker, has cast an eye towards the DIY market by offering its switches “in different variants and as a special developer kit.”

The grab bag of new low-profile mechanical switches from Kaihua that we saw at Computex 2017 continue to emerge into the real world. Kaihua released pictures of its intriguing PG1442 switches.

The latest round of low-profile Kailh switches (Choc PG1232), which we first saw at Computex this summer, are now officially available. We also have some specifications to share.

We’ve been wondering where we’d see some of Kaihua’s low-profile switches pop up, and perhaps predictably, they’re appearing in a project borne of the enthusiast keyboard community.

Although we still don’t have specifications for the upcoming Razer Purple optomechanical keyboard switch, we now have some renders to scrutinize.

The working name is the Razer Purple switch, but whatever it ends up being called, it will be Razer's first foray into optical keyboard switches.

Adomax has a new super-slim mechanical switch that should be capable of analog input.