WS Grey Tactile Mechanical Keyboard, 5 Pin Pre-Lubed Quiet Tactile Switches for Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (35pcs)

My absolute favorite switch from my favorite brand, I don't care about the price because I build keyboards all the time and these sound and feel amazing I love WS so much!

I'll get into my initially experience and setup details, then I'll hit the positives and negatives (both before and after lubing and filming.)I bought these WS Morandi switches to replace the Glorious Fox switches that came in the GMMK 2. This keyboard wasn't my ideal setup but I was just getting into the hobby and it was on clearance so I pulled the trigger. I immediately searched for ways to improve the sound and started with 3 layers of painters tape on the back of the PCB, which helped get rid of hollowness and certainly changed the sound. Then I got 0.5mm poron switch pads, which helped even further. Then I got the WS Morandis.There was an immediate improvement in sound and feel that I was very happy with. First of all, the spring was much better and had more body than the Foxes, secondly, the stem was much longer which made the key travel shorter (I kind of hated the Foxes bc of how light and long the press was). The long stem is also a major reason that these switches sound the way that they do; the long pole hitting the bottom is what give these switches that nice "pop!" when you press them. They certainly sounded "thockier" than the Foxes, but the most surprising characteristic was certainly that addicting "pop!" sound. My OEM profile keys gave them a slightly deeper pop while the cherry keys were a more of a mid-range almost marbly pop and I could not choose which I liked more!The negatives:The negatives were that these switches weren't particularly well lubed upon arrival, so they had quite a bit of spring ping--less than my Glorious Foxes but still present. The other negative is that they have a CRAZY amount of stem wobble. I actually just chalked this up to the keycaps until I got some oil kings and realized "holy s***. These don't wobble at ALL." It really isn't that big of a deal to me, just an oddity that could be improved on and may bother some people. Oil kings are solid as a rock on comparison.Oil King Comparison:The Oil Kings were SO WILDLY DIFFERENT SOUNDING. I was actually shocked. They were far less poppy, deeper, quieter, and almost creamy sounding on this board. They also felt a lot more smooth when pressing--I could tell that they were very well lubed from the factory, so well that I could see how some people would say it may be too much! I am still not sure whether I like the Morandi or the Oil King more on the board. I kind of love the deep almost creamy nature of the oil king, but it does leave me missing that slightly louder "pop!" from the Morandi. Ultimately, it inspired me to take the lube and films that I had PLANNED on using on the oil kings, and instead use them on the Morandi to see what would happen.Morandi After Lube and Film:The Morandi's had a slight change in sound and feel after lube and film. They still have a nice pop, but it's noticeably smoother in feel, slightly less high pitched than before, and they now lean closer to a more marbly pop with a dash of cream (lol). Part of me misses that higher, slightly louder pop when they were under-lubed and not filmed, but at the same time I really love the smoothness of them now and the spring ping is totally gone to my ears. You could throw the glorious foxes in the trash for all I care. As far as the oil kings go, I can't decide which I like more! I love them both for 2 different reasons. I almost wish the oil kings were slightly louder so I wonder how they would sound had I not used poron pads on my PCB. I'll tell you this though, on this keyboard, the oil kings make almost no noise on the spacebar, which I don't love--the morandis sound quite nice on the spacebar. I actually swapped out the stems and gave the oil king the longer Morandi stem just to see what would happen. That made the oil kings produce a slightly more present pop which retaining the depth. I'd be curious to do a while set to see how they would sound but it wasn't crazy enough for me to put in the effort lol. I'll tell you this though, I really do love the sound of the Morandi on this setup. The pop I'm getting is so addicting. It's not clack. If it helps to visualize: clacky is sharp to me, and sometimes hollow. Poppy or marbly to me are round and more solid. That's how these sound on my setup. It's a nice round pop, and adding a nice lube job softens it just that much more to produce a slightly more creamy sound (I could almost say... clompy?). I love these switches. I find myself just pressing buttons and not working quite often.Moral of the story, don't listen to anybody that says keyboard switches don't make that big of a difference--it's just not true. The switches I have could not sound any more different from each other, specifically the Morandi and oil kings. That being said, the other factors ABSOLUTELY will play into shaping your sound in a big way. The tape mod, poron pads, foam, case material, mounting style, and even lube sometimes, etc all can IMMENSELY change how all of your switches will sound on your setup, so if you have a fresh board and don't like how your switches sound, start doing some cheap mods, and see what happens. Then experiment with switch changes. It's quite an addicting adventure!

These aren’t just great for the price but great switches overall. Can’t say I am a switch expert but this is the 5th tactile I have tried since my mechanical keyboard journey began a few months ago and it is by far the best. The switches look and feel durable out of the box. I appreciated that they were packaged in a tray with each switch separated from the other to avoid bending of pins. Tested these against two other tactiles; Gaeteron Purples and Durock T1s. T1s are my current go to. Idk If I need to lube them and that could have affected how they sound. T1s feel great. Anywho the side by side results. T1s feel great but are clicky clacky and may need to be lubed. Gaeteron purples sound nice and best I could describe is they are a higher pitched “thock” or pebble sound. These feel almost like linears. They down force is high but almost no noticeable bump. Then oh boy! These WS browns sound amazing straight out of the box. They have a deep marbly thocky sound. The feel has just enough of a bump, not too much. Also the down force needed is light and smooth. Overall these are my favorite tactiles I have tried so far.

Nice deep bottom out. They sound incredible, and with a tape force mod, they sound deep and thoccy.

I got these to replace the switches on my current 60% keyboard that came with red switches. I liked the red switches since they were linear which made them feel nice to type on and game with, but as I recently got more into rhythm games, the sound the switches made while gaming was very loud. I opted for these since they were advertised as silent switches, and they live up to that claim. These are like 10x quieter compared to the red switches but with the same linear feel. I will 100% be buying more to replace all the switches on my keyboard with these