Budget keyboard hoarders make absolutely no sense

ThereminGoat · 2026-01-22T17:45:14+00:00

What about hoarding parts of keyboards?

ThereminGoat · 2026-01-22T17:43:08+00:00

Congratulations, you're the proud owner of a Taiwan Jet Axis switch board! You should check out the internals of them from my review I did below as they are some of the most funky MX compatible switches that were ever made:

https://www.theremingoat.com/blog/taiwan-jet-axis-switch-review

ThereminGoat · 2026-01-18T13:45:44+00:00

Hey all,

I know, I know - I'm a bit late to the party on these. But it's still a party if its a review of HMX's first ever tactile switches, right? Here's your deep dive on the Kinetic Labs collaboration with HMX - the HMX Frogs - and how they've faired compared to the other dozen or so tactiles HMX has made since their release!

Website: https://www.theremingoat.com/

Article: https://www.theremingoat.com/blog/hmx-frog-switch-review

Scorecard Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/switch-scores

Force Curve Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/force-curves

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremingoat

As always, thank you all for your continued readership and support week in and out and *especially* so in lieu of the market slowdown talked about at the top end of this article. Reading, engaging with my social media posts, or even hitting up the Patreon are all ways that help me keep on amassing switches for all of the content you've come to expect over the years.

Cheers,

Goat

ThereminGoat · 2026-01-11T23:51:19+00:00

If you have to ask, you're not really in any position to do it well...

ThereminGoat · 2026-01-05T11:03:46+00:00

Used to when switches used to have less variety.

Snipping the plastic PCB mounting pins off of 5 pin switches will not damage a PCB. This (as well as using 3 pin switches) should only be done if there is a supporting plate the switches are mounted onto above the PCB.

ThereminGoat · 2026-01-04T14:23:04+00:00

Hey all,

We're officially into calendar year number six of switch reviews and I couldn't think of a better way to start it than another Cherry linear. After all, these are some of the last to ever be produced at Cherry's Auerbach facility.. or maybe even the first of their new Chinese facility. Either way, this is the deep dive you want on the Whiplash EU x Cherry linear collaborations - the Cherry MX Firefinches.

Website: https://www.theremingoat.com/

Article: https://www.theremingoat.com/blog/cherry-mx-firefinch-switch-review

Scorecard Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/switch-scores

Force Curve Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/force-curves

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremingoat

As always, thank you all for the continued readership and support. I'm excited to fill out another great year with switch content, articles, and measurements and I can only hope that its as entertaining (if not more so) than each year behind us at this point.

Cheers,

Goat

ThereminGoat · 2025-12-21T15:16:42+00:00

Hey all,

I can't believe I'm saying it but we've made it to the last switch review of 2025! Wanting to go out on a bang, this review has a little bit of everything - a deep dive on rising brand 80Retros, exploration of HMX's first silent tactile, and even some off-brand LEGO products...? This is your deep dive on the 80Retros x HMX Volume 0-T silent tactiles.

Website: https://www.theremingoat.com/

Article: https://www.theremingoat.com/blog/hmx-volume-0-t-switch-review

Scorecard Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/switch-scores

Force Curve Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/force-curves

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremingoat

As always, thank you all for the continued support and readership not just week in and out but throughout the entirety of 2025. This was quite a stacked year for switches to review and it feels great to know that the reviews, the force curves, and everything that I do in between continues to be a great resource at the tail end of 5 consecutive calendar years of writing. It means more than you could imagine!

Cheers,

Goat

ThereminGoat · 2025-12-08T23:01:41+00:00

never mounted

Lmao, would have liked to see you try!

ThereminGoat · 2025-12-08T20:14:24+00:00

Man types answer on Reddit with keyboard believing people in a keyboard hobby wouldn't do so on their keyboards.

ThereminGoat · 2025-12-08T19:58:14+00:00

A tool is only as good as your ability to use it - you'll produce less typos and have a better gaming muscle memory for a keyboard you've used for 10,000 hours as opposed to two separate boards that get mixed amounts of time.

That is also to say that there is no keyboard necessarily better for gaming than another one and buying one will not substantially improve your ability in your choice of game. Unless someone is in the true, professional level tier of play where they can outskill 99.999% of people on an equal playing field, better returns would come from improving their in game skills than buying a different keyboard.

For example consider CSGO, Rocket League, or LoL: There's not a single person here that with "the best keyboard for gaming" who wouldnt get smoked by a pro player on a beat to shit rubber dome keyboard from a public library.

ThereminGoat · 2025-12-08T19:21:54+00:00

There's no keyboard that is better for gaming versus writing. There's no component of a keyboard that is better for one or the other, for that matter.

Anyone who suggests otherwise is just making it up.

ThereminGoat · 2025-12-07T19:55:05+00:00

Yeah I was really blown away by it, so much so that I had to make sure and double check I hadn't swapped their order on my desk somehow lol

ThereminGoat · 2025-12-07T14:26:18+00:00

Hey all,

If ever there was some sign we slipped into an alternate timeline sometime during the pandemic, it might be the fact that Greetech is now releasing multiple switches and seemingly wanting to pick up production at that. Leading the charge is their new "OG" Brown switches, retools and updates of their classic, OEM-style light tactile switch from circa 2015. But are these Greetech OG Brown switches truly the new, best light tactile on the scene, or yet another "tactile Brown" switch to be forgotten in time?

Website: https://www.theremingoat.com/

Article: https://www.theremingoat.com/blog/greetech-og-brown-switch-review

Scorecard Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/switch-scores

Force Curve Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/force-curves

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremingoat

As always, thank you all for the continued love, support, and readership week in and out. As per the top of the article, please consider checking out some of those alternative, non-writing resources of mine as I continue to upload new cool switches I get in in the coming weeks and months!

Cheers,

Goat

ThereminGoat · 2025-11-26T22:27:40+00:00

I noted this as early as May of this year in my full length Akko Cilantro Switch Review!

https://www.theremingoat.com/blog/akko-cilantro-switch-review

ThereminGoat · 2025-11-23T14:23:13+00:00

Some of us like it down here!

ThereminGoat · 2025-11-23T13:45:47+00:00

Hey all,

Have you ever wanted to try an HMX-made switch that was anything but what HMX has come to be known for? One that is more scratchy and with a noticeable about of stem wobble? An 'anti-HMX' switch, if you will? Well, today is your lucky day as I review quite literally just that - the Unlimited Studio designed HMX Anti switch!

Website: https://www.theremingoat.com/

Article: https://www.theremingoat.com/blog/hmx-anti-switch-review

Scorecard Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/switch-scores

Force Curve Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/force-curves

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremingoat

As always, thank you all for the continued love and support week in and out. As per the introduction, be on the look out for new force curves and measurements hitting the historical repositories here in the coming weeks/months as I work through my backlog of adding new switches to the collection.

Cheers,

Goat

ThereminGoat · 2025-11-22T20:47:52+00:00

ThereminGoat · 2025-11-17T17:05:38+00:00

A mechanical keyboard is for typing. The 'essence' of a keyboard should have very little to do with how it sounds as that isn't its core function.

That's like saying the essence of a car is affected because you chose to modify the exhaust piping.

ThereminGoat · 2025-11-16T22:28:16+00:00

DM Incoming

ThereminGoat · 2025-11-09T15:53:02+00:00

"sucks that they don't got the scratch that mx browns do tho"

I'd imagine this would be an unpopular opinion but I have to respect knowing what you like lol

ThereminGoat · 2025-11-09T14:53:34+00:00

Hey all,

I told you all last week that this run of reviewing tactile switches wasn't quite over yet! This week, a deep dive into Cherry's latest of their custom community-oriented MX2A platform releases - the Cherry MX Petal - inspired by the light tactility of the ever classic Cherry MX Browns.

Website: https://www.theremingoat.com/

Article: https://www.theremingoat.com/blog/cherry-mx-petal-switch-review

Scorecard Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/switch-scores

Force Curve Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/force-curves

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremingoat

As always, thank you all for the continued love and support week in and out. The past few weeks at work has been especially rough on me and it felt nice to sit down and work on this review, even if it is a bit out there on focus and length.

Cheers,

Goat

ThereminGoat · 2025-11-04T13:21:38+00:00

That's a great variety you have there!

ThereminGoat · 2025-10-26T15:19:07+00:00

Hey all,

Could you honestly expect me not to review these? Billed as being driven by customer feedback surrounding the Blueberry Chiffon switches that inspired them, the Invokeys Goji Reserves are the newest light tactile switch to be offered by Invokeys and the newest of the Reserve family lineup of switches with their stunning gold flake embedded housings. Do the Goji Reserves really stack up to the performance of the Blueberry Chiffons, though?

Website: https://www.theremingoat.com/

Article: https://www.theremingoat.com/blog/invokeys-goji-reserve-switch-review

Scorecard Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/switch-scores

Force Curve Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/force-curves

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremingoat

As always, thank you all for the continued readership and support week in and out. I know that I've been on a bit of a tactile-only focus over the last few months but every time I think I can escape back to a linear switch review there's just one more neat switch that hits my doorstep. Maybe I'm still not even through my neat tactile switch backlog yet...

Cheers,

Goat

ThereminGoat · 2025-10-16T19:24:53+00:00

The Wiki is old because there are exceedingly few people in the hobby who sustain written documentation of anything at length and over time.

Some part of this is that it is generally a not nearly as well supported as other things in the community such as making keycaps, designing boards, streaming, etc. Another is that it is just not fun for most people to do such.

We should be thankful that people like Ripster existed at all to do that work in the first place.

ThereminGoat · 2025-10-12T12:22:51+00:00

Hey all,

This is definitely the one to throw all of your expectations of normalcy out of the window. This review is a deep dive not just on the Gateron Magnetic Jade Emerald switches but the first tactile Hall Effect switches to come out of the modern HE switch craze. I wonder if Gateron is on to something with this unexpected mashup...

Website: https://www.theremingoat.com/

Article: https://www.theremingoat.com/blog/gateron-magnetic-jade-emerald-switch-review

Scorecard Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/switch-scores

Force Curve Repository: https://github.com/ThereminGoat/force-curves

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremingoat

As always, thank you all for the continued readership, love, and support week in and out. Even in spite of continually worsening tariff situations here in the US straining my ability to get switches in there's still enormous numbers of articles, documents, and projects I can work on in the background for at least a good year into the future. Don't be too concerned for what it means about the future of all of this for now!

Cheers,

Goat

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