Force curves · sound · specs
See how a switch feels before you buy it.
Every mechanical keyboard switch has a shape: where it pushes back, where the bump is, how hard it hits the floor. We plot that shape for 12 popular switches, side by side.
12switches
5/7linear / tactile+clicky
0.01 mmresolution
Gateron Oil KingDurock T1Kailh Box Jade
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Three shapes, three feels
Linear switches are a straight ramp: the spring gets a little stiffer the further you press. Tactile switches add a bump near the top, a short rise and fall you feel as a soft "step". Clicky switches make that bump sharp and audible: the force builds, then collapses as a click mechanism snaps.
The dashed line on each chart is the release: the force as the key comes back up. The gap between the two lines is friction and hysteresis, and it explains a lot about why two switches with the same spec feel different.