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New budget king alert? 🤔

Heres a quick ASMR unboxing and soundtest of the first of the new line of switches from Akko - the Creamy Yellow U1. Thoughts on the switch? Well firstly:

The sound and feel? Moving away from the old transparent PC tops, these feature a new blend of POM for the top housing and long-pole stem. Combined with a "foamed" build creates this poppy and thocky sound signature that also feels buttery smooth after just one day of heavy use 😁

The fixed LED diffuser - ifyou’ve ever broken a switch or had an LED diffuser fly out and with the switch still stuck in your board while pulling it, you know the pain. They redesigned the diffuser and it’s stable now, a W for me (as someone who frequently switches, switches, HA!)

​Design and packaging also changed, the opaque design gives off this cheese vibes and looks so much cleaner than old clear PC tops. Plus, they've moved away from the boxes and the standard 45-pack, to now a 100-pc that comes with a transparent jar (which I'll reuse to display unused switches 😁)

​(Disclaimer: set up is a MonsGeek M1 v5 with POM plate + PBT dye-sub keycaps and only used them for a day, so the sound/feel might break in and change slightly long-term)

​So, might this be the next budget switch to take over the community? Let me know what you think 👇

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A back from Vacation post!

Heres the Vela70 R2, an FRL TKL layout keyboard immersed in the natural rays of the sun lol 😁

Switches are Akko V5 Creamy Yellow Pros👌

Quick ASMR unboxing and soundtest of .switch x Ukeebs Snowy Pink Linears!

Work stress levels are through the roof, so I decided the only cure was a heavy-duty WFH keyboard upgrade. The Luminkey75 is already a heavy board itself, but I wanted more heft - so I swapped in a custom copper plate cause....just because. 😅

​I also changed switches to BSUN Snow Diane linears that I got from Unikeys and also a new look on the keycaps with the PBTFans Pelican R2 from KBDFans!

​So yeah, here's a satisfying (at least for me hehe) ASMR disassembly of the plate swap and a final sound test of the completed build!

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