![]() ![]() To see one of the two switch juggernauts develop a version means that the through-stem design could begin to gain some more mainstream appeal. Omron had that market cornered, though we spotted some through-stem Omron switches on a Das Keyboard model at CES, and of course Omron is Logitech’s partner on the Romer-G switches. It’s no secret that through-stem lighting is generally a superior design compared to regular switches that have LEDs added on and even Cherry MX RGB-style switches with clear housings. It’s a big deal that these through-stem lighting switches are 1) made by Kaihua and 2) have emerged on the market. The Typelit switches claim an operation force of 50g (+/-10gf), with a range throughout the travel of 40-85gf. The total travel is a bit shallower than a standard mechanical switch (3.6mm to 4mm), and the pretravel is a touch earlier, as well (1.6mm compared to 2-2.2mm). Azio is calling them “Typelit Mechanical Switches.” Azio said in its materials that this is a modified Kailh Blue switch, but that’s specious the only thing it has in common with a standard Blue switch is clickiness.Īzio wanted the switches to be both clicky and tactile to better simulate a vintage typewriter experience. ![]() However, we can infer that Azio had Kaihua customize the design enough, at least, that the company got to stick a proprietary name on them. That may be true, but considering that we already saw (at least a version of) these switches at Kaihua’s Computex 2016 booth, at best the switch maker just fiddled with the specs a bit to suit what Azio wanted.īecause we’ve never seen these switches anywhere else in the wild, we suspect that Azio served as a de facto beta tester for these Kailh switches. ![]() The company further claimed that Kaihua made the switches custom. We first saw a sample of these switches at Computex 2016.Īzio told us that its keyboards are currently the only ones equipped with these switches. They look like Logitech’s Romer-G switches, with the through-stem lighting design, but they’re made by Kaihua. ![]()
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