Brand

Keygeek

Keygeek's distinguishing choice is its bottom housings, which are nylon loaded with fibreglass and graded by how much: N3 is 30 percent, N4 is 40, N5 is 50. More fibreglass means a stiffer shell and a higher-pitched bottom-out, so the grade is a rough sound prediction in a way most housing descriptions are not. Its switches are generally light, generally factory lubed, and usually pair one of those filled-nylon bottoms with a polycarbonate top.

TypeManufacturer
CountryChina
Indexed here5 entries
Force range32 to 48 gf

What to know

Makes
Switches
Known for
Bottom housings of nylon loaded with fiberglass, graded by how much: N3 is 30 percent, N4 is 40, N5 is 50. More fiberglass means a stiffer shell and a higher-pitched bottom-out, so the grade is a rough sound prediction, which most housing descriptions are not.
Worth knowing
No official site could be confirmed. The naming is also opaque, with model names like Y2, Y3X and M1 that tell you nothing about the switch.
Who it suits
Anyone who wants to choose a housing material deliberately rather than take what a switch comes with.
Availability
Limited or regional
Relationships
Also releases collaboration switches, including with EvoWorks.

Official site: keygeek.cn

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Indexed under Keygeek

Every one of the 5 entries has specifications confirmed by more than one independent retailer. Any figure the sources disagreed on was left blank rather than averaged.

Keygeek Cheese V2

Keygeek

Cheese V2

Linear40 gfFactory-lubed

A light 40 gf linear bottoming out at 45 gf, factory lubed, 2.0 mm and 3.5 mm. The bottom housing is nylon loaded with 30 percent fibreglass, which Keygeek uses to stiffen the shell and raise the pitch of the bottom-out. A polycarbonate top over a filled-nylon bottom is the pairing most of the Keygeek line uses.

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Keygeek Full Nylon

Keygeek

Full Nylon

Linear37 gfFactory-lubed

A 37 gf linear bottoming out at 42 gf, factory lubed, with a nylon stem rather than the usual POM. The bottom housing carries 50 percent fibreglass, the highest fill in this batch. Total travel is left out: one shop says 3.8 mm and the other 3.4 mm, and a 0.4 mm disagreement is too large to average.

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Keygeek Y2

Keygeek

Y2

Linear48 gfFactory-lubed

The heaviest Keygeek linear indexed here: 48 gf to actuate, 53 gf at the bottom, factory lubed, 3.6 mm of travel. The stem is a UPE blend rather than POM, and hollowed at the tip, both choices aimed at the sound rather than the weight. PA12 housing top and bottom.

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Keygeek Little Witch

Keygeek

Little Witch

Linear42 gf

A 42 gf linear bottoming out at 50 gf, 2.0 mm to actuation and 3.6 mm total. Sits between Cheese V2 at 40 gf and Y2 at 48 gf in the Keygeek range, with a 40 percent fibreglass bottom housing between their 30 and the Full Nylon's 50. Neither vendor states whether it ships lubed.

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Keygeek Y3X

Keygeek

Y3X

Linear32 gfFactory-lubed

At 32 gf this is the lightest switch in the index, light enough that resting your hands on the board can press a key. Factory lubed, 2.0 mm to actuation, 3.8 mm total, with a spherical stem tip. Bottom-out force is blank because both shops print 32 gf for it as well, and a spring cannot weigh the same at the top of its travel as at the floor.

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