KAILH BOX vs GATERON // Switch Comparison & Sound Tests

Comparing Cherry MX clones? Here's the difference between Kailh Box & Gateron switches! Includes multiple sound tests, advantages & disadvantages, and more!

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0:00 Intro
0:15 Kailh Box & Gateron Differences
2:20 Gateron switch advantages
3:43 Kailh vs Gateron Sound Test 1
4:35 Kailh switch advantages
7:15 Clicky switch sound test

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[KeebNews]

Which do you prefer? Kailh Box...or Gaterons? Drop me a comment!

[IainFraser]

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[titemov]

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[boris]

The most underated keyboard youtube channel. Godly videos, with all the info i needed. Keep up the great work! Hope you become more popular and known one day

[liowyew]

I bought a box if Gateron switches. 5 were faulty. Does the company skip quality check?

[RandoTechNerd]

Appreciate your video! What are the loudest switches in your opinion? I got a Keychron Q5 with blue switches mostly as a spite keyboard... I got a realy clicky coworker and I want to blow her out of the water with how annoying my keyboard is. Could you please let me know what the loudest switch that I can get? Thank you in advance

[kpadalldotablet]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but the Kailh LTC Box have an 80M MTBF vs 50M for both Akko and Gateron switches. And, yes, the box switches are more stable than the older MX style non box. However, I just ordered some of the new Gateron milky switches, which on the website says they are more stable and have less wobble. We'll see how they stack up against my Kailh LTC Box switches. I'm also a fan of the AKKO CS Jelly Box Linear switches. Unbelievably buttery. What you say about the Kailh Box clicky is so true. I'm using them right now.

[johnhurley]

I've only tried box whites from Kailh so far and I love them.

[LittleLunarBean]

What is the LIGHTEST switch? Like in terms of hitting the key? I dont know anything about keyboards lol its for my BF his fingers are hurting and hes a programmer so he needs light to the touch like you can breathe on the keys and theyll activate

[santica]

If i will desolder kailh switches, it will be the same as gateron?

[hyun-shik]

I just got a Keychron Q2 because I wanted to try out various different switches without needing to solder. Now I just need to get some Kailh Box switches.

[Moni-ValMar]

You should do a silent or little to no noise type of comparison.

[tweed]

Fantastic comparison. Just stumbled upon your channel and it's an instant sub! Gonna binge-watch other videos on your channel.

[fajaradi]

Do they interchangeable? Or compatible one a same PCB?

I'm planning to build a keyboard with several different switches. Yes mate! One keyboard with dozen types of switches.

[ChrisTopher]

I use a Box White switch just for my Esc key because it fits my Artisan keycap way better for some reason... the Black Ink V2 makes it stick out and wobbles too much!

[juldjus]

can i put akko cs matcha green switches on hexgears x1 pro? is it compatible??

[chronicleheavy]

Kailh (in my opinion) are the king of clickys, But Gateron makes more Linears and more Pricy ones too. But for tactiles i prefer Gazzew or Durock.

[nishitagarwal]

Is kailh box white good for casual gaming and office work?

[ElasticoOFCL]

Oh you should definitely check out kailh box arctic fox. That one produce the most unique sound profile from all of the box click bar switches! Thou, they're more on the mid-high budget coming around 65 cents per switch but I still label them as the best budget option if you can't afford something like zeal's clickez switch.

Oh yea also, what I did when closing the box style housing was to hold press the stem and them slide the top housing above it. Make sure the kailh name is above the bottom housing's box. It's soo much faster to do that way for me ^^

[jesuszamora]

One issue, the issue with clickies isn't so much the price as the mechanism that generates the click. Gateron's blues are much like Cherry, in which the click was actually a byproduct of the hysteresis column that was developed for Cherry White, what we call a "click jacket" now. The click leaf used in the Gateron Melodic is intriguing, but good GOD are those switches pricey.