Purple Panda PME Material Tactile Keyboard Switches | Cherry-Style | Mechanical Gaming Keyboards | Long Stem | Plate Mounted | SMD 5 Pin RGB Switches for Backlit Keyboard (Purple Panda 70)

TLDR: I like these switches, imo pretty good but I don't have much experience with tactile switches so take this however you will.I unfortunately don't have any experience with any other kind of tactile switches (other than cherry browns) so I cannot compare these to the other panda switches or other large bump tactiles for that matter so my comments I make are going to be more general when it comes to the switch.The PME top and bottom housing is interesting, it is really smooth in comparison to like a cherry or even gateron housing but I would say its not as smooth or maybe equal to like a durock housing and the overall typing experience imo is really nice. I did spring swap the switches with the included gold 58g two stage springs as I felt they were a bit nicer than the stock 67g springs. The sound of the switch is pretty clacky and poppy even after lubing it. I did lube the legs as I prefer smoothness over strong tactility but these switches still felt pretty tactile to me even after I lubed them. I might have overlubed the mods because they do feel not as tactile as the alphas which is my mistake. Smoothness in comparison to other switches I've tried, like I said I would put them above any cherry gateron or even Kailh switch in smoothness but they're not as smooth or perhaps equal in smoothness to the Durock L series of switches.I did attempt to swap out the stems in order to see how a linear version of this switch would feel and the tldr of it for me is just to not do it. I swapped a durock L7 switch stem and spring into the full PME housing and the smoothness was equal to the L7's polycarb and nylon housing. The sound was different however, the PME housing did make the topout sound of the switch more clacky and while I do personally enjoy the sound of the PME housing I ran into a weird issue with the switch. When I put the switch up to my ear to listen more closely idk if I hear spring or leaf noise while pressing on the switch. I made sure to lube the spring well and to lube the stem and leaf contacts but the sound was just, really weird? it didnt fully sound like spring ping but it also did not fully sound like leaf noise, it was just weird. It was also not something you can hear when installed into your board unless you're just super sensative to the noise which personally I was not, it was only something I could hear when put up close to my ear so I guess its not a big deal. Still not worth it to stem swap them though, cus they just felt like maybe louder durock L7s. Final note, the weird spring/leaf noise I mentioned earlier was also not present when I lubed the tactile stem just used the switch regularly so I don't think its an issue for most people, just something to be aware of.

Perfect feel. Love these switches. I prefer the sound to the holy pandas and the price makes it even better!!!

i got these for my lily58 custom ergo split keyboard and they feel great to type. also it isn't loud like those mx cl-icky switch but more of the tactile switch. they feel smooth to type and if your a heavy typist. these 65g switches are the one for you.

If I've learned anything about Pandas is that you are either going to adore or despise them. I personally am in the adore category. They make a great sound. I built my own DIY keyboard, and sometimes (maybe 1% of the time) a key won't register when I press it. This is likely just something I messed up somewhere and not a fault of the switches, but thought I should mention nonetheless.They have a pretty deep sound, but I purchased these more for the feeling. They aren't "wow," but they are pretty good and solid. The tactile bump is noticeable but not overwhelming. I have big ogre hands so I bottom out every key on every press, probably with excess force than what is required, and I still notice the bump.The sound does have a slight 'ping' which some people despise, but I actually quite like it.For my personal taste, these are perfect. Tactile enough without being loud. They are probably in the middle of the pack of Tactile switches. They don't stand out in any category, but they are good at everything in my opinion. Half the price of the Holy Pandas by Drop, and don't feel substantially worse.

These are by far my favorite tactile switch so far, especially for the price. Prominent but rounded bump. Of the 90 I received, only 2 had bent pins which were easy to straighten. The only issue I've had with these is that the stem is the tiniest but thiccer than any other switch I've tried (about a dozen types of glorious, gateron and akko). When installing my keycaps, some switches required so much force that I was worried about damaging the switch/cap/PCB. When removing the keycaps, about 50% of the caps were on so tight that they took the switches out with them. I thought that this might be an issue with the keycaps, but they installed normally with 2 other brands of MX switches.Overall these are great switches and I would recommend them, but instead could be a little more stressful than it needs to be.

I purchased a few different switches to try things out. My main keyboard is MX Clear's and my gaming keyboard is MX Brown's but I wanted to try out some new tactile switches. I research holy pandas but they were too expensive for my taste. I ordered glorious pandas and they have a ton of leaf ping. I thought I could just lube them but you have to lube the leaf to get rid of the ping and lubing them definitely made them less tactile. These purple pandas are awesome IMO, they have no ping and sound great without any modding. They come with a second set of springs that give it a different feel if you want that (more of a bouncy springback). I lubed a few to see how it changes it, and I like them without the lube better. Super happy with these!

The media could not be loaded. I absolutely cannot express how great these switches are. As a Software engineer in office I wanted switches that are soft with enough resistance that the key press is deliberate and the sound is quality. And the tangerine switches are. My favorite part of the switch is how buttery smooth they really are. Even though they have some resistance to the key press they still feel soft, deliberate, and glide when you want the key to go down 10/10