WS Morandi Mechanical Keyboard Switches 5 Pins PCB Mount Pre Lubed Switches(35pcs)

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!

Love these! If you're looking for a creamy kickback from your keyboard these have super easy installation and PERFECT sound for ASMR keyboarding.

I love them, but they kind of bend a little bit too easily after a while. That’s like the only bad thing about them but other than that, I love how they sound and they’re really good.

good for typing and not too loud

Awesome 🤙🤙🤙

WS Aurora Series Linear Mechanical Keyboard Switches 5 Pins PCB Mount Lubed Switches Fog(35pcs)I am very impressed with these linears from WS. The spring weight is medium-heavy and provide a nice dynamic feel on release/key return. For being factory lubed, I have to say I am super impressed. I bought two sets initially for my 65% board but ended up installing it on a ultra budget but overachieving James Donkey A3 gasket mount south facing PCB 75% board with knob wheel, freshly delivered by KeebMonkey. Being an 81-key layout, I had to sub in some alternative switches to account for being 11 switches short.The switches are about $0.57 each, so reasonably inexpensive, but not bottom budget either. They are silky smooth and evenly lubed without any wonkiness that can frequently happen with sloppy inconsistent lubing out of the factory. In fact, they are very uniform in feel. That suits me just fine, as they can be used as-is without touching them up on the lube station. They are not long pole stems, something else to keep in mind (interference). The bottom out is crisp, and overall the sound profile is just lovely paired with this gasket board with a tempest mod on the PCB and PBT pudding style keycaps.The Aurora Fog switch allows for excellent light shine through, and when paired with pudding caps, the lighting effect is spectacular. In retrospect, the Aurora Clear switch would perform even better in this department, and I probably should have gone with those. It seems that the Clear has a different bottom housing than the other three colorways (pink, blue, fog), however on the sound test in the main description, all four seems to have a different sound characteristic, though the materials and specs on the switches are the same. The Aurora blue sounds much higher in pitch compared to the others while the fog sounds a bit deeper than the rest. That's why I selected Fog, and think it's definitely the way to go.

The Mirandi switches are perfect! I didn’t have any bent pins or anything of the sort, they sound so good! Big thock!

I've always been more of a tactile person but I've seen so many reviews on these and how good they are I decided to try them in my main keyboard.All I can say after a couple of days is that the reviews are correct, these are amazing! The sound and smoothness of them may be the best I have felt. In addition the light diffuser really brightens up the RGB, so much I turned down the lights on my GMMK Pro.Bought more and added them to my Keychron Q1 Pro as well... really like these switches!While I'm still getting use to linear, out of the ones I have tried I would rank these as the best.The only con is that there is more stem wobble than there was with my previous switches. I didn't take a star off because I don't notice it when typing at all but did notice it when putting on the keycaps.Overall if you are looking for a great sounding and very smooth switch right out of the box so you don't have to lube them, these are fantastic! Not a budget switch but not the most expensive either.