What holds me back is that nobody has made a decent MX-mount click-leaf switch. Clickiez are out due to their astronomical price (~4x that of Kailh Box or Matias switches) since my board uses 129 of them.
Kailh Box Jade/White/Pale Blue feels nice-- super stable-- and has the vast MX keycap ecosystem, but the click is still a bit high pitched. Gateron Melodic is the La Croix of clicky switches. Matias Click sounds great but are a bit sensitive to poor keycap fitment (I have some Alps-compatible relegendables and vintage caps that needed shaving their stems to not bind) plus there’s limited keycap choice and they feel a bit looser.
The I-rocks “Alps but with a MX stem” design might have worked if it was dold to end users rather than as a preassembled board.
What holds me back is that nobody has made a decent MX-mount click-leaf switch. Clickiez are out due to their astronomical price (~4x that of Kailh Box or Matias switches) since my board uses 129 of them.
Kailh Box Jade/White/Pale Blue feels nice-- super stable-- and has the vast MX keycap ecosystem, but the click is still a bit high pitched. Gateron Melodic is the La Croix of clicky switches. Matias Click sounds great but are a bit sensitive to poor keycap fitment (I have some Alps-compatible relegendables and vintage caps that needed shaving their stems to not bind) plus there’s limited keycap choice and they feel a bit looser.
The I-rocks “Alps but with a MX stem” design might have worked if it was dold to end users rather than as a preassembled board.