Without all that much in the way of hard and fast details provided, what was shared about the Mute Jades was a description of their design followed by a brief, single switch sound comparison between a prototype and a normal Box Jade switch.

These details are also noted in the peak mechanism force of 75g for the Box Mute Jades versus that of the 70g peak force in the normal Box Jades. The relatively firm O-ring used in the jailhousing modification of these Cherry MX Blues leads them to have a significantly more snappy feeling than that of the Mute Box Jades. per switch I think that they’re worth exploring purely for curiosity’s sake, completely ignoring the fact that they could be a precursor to a new switch or even potentially usher in a new set of ideas for modifying existing switches. Aside from the Kailh Box regular switches, the Box Jade, Box Navy and Box Cream also join the family.

mm total travel distance, these switches differ from the normal Kailh Box Jade switches on all but the last point, not addressing the muting mechanism either. The Box Jade and Box Navy, which requires over 50 gf operating force, brings intense and sturdy typing feel and the Box Cream, with its ultra-smooth travel combined with the box design , makes it a solid choice among linear fans who are looking for a seamless typing experience. In this video, Mike happily shared that the Box Mute Jades had not only completed production but were being shipped to Novelkeys via air-mail, with an expected arrival time sometime in December.

On the left-hand side there is a single number mold marking facing inwards and on the right-hand side there is a number and letter code facing externally, assumedly used in marking molds or machines used to make the bottom housings. In terms of topping out and bottoming out feeling, the Cherry MX Blues do marginally outpace the Kailh Box Mute Jades, though this is not entirely surprising given the hobby’s general fondness for Cherry nylon housings. The creates a decent sized tactile bump that is more defined than the BOX Whites and more rounded than the BOX Jades.But it did perform beautifully throughout my testing and I’d be happy to give them another run with more games. To date, I have not devised a good way to effectively measure the stems nor housings of Box style switches in the same way that I do for normal, MX-style stems and switches. I received both BOX Jades and Navies so naturally the first thing that I did was open up the bags and test them out individually, comparing them to their counterparts the BOX White and Pale Blues. The box around the stem is not just for aesthetics either, it's for dust protection as well as keycap stability.

The slider rails are not centered on the B side of the stem, making measurements like D impossible to functionally use for calculations.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. But hey, as I’ve said before, this just makes the perceived time between new switch releases all that faster – and I sure damn well enjoy my new switch releases. This board is designed by u/AuthenticDanger and was really fun to build and has tons of layout options which I was keen on at the time. I went from around 80 wpm to 45 just getting used to them and now feel more comfortable and am probably sitting around 60 (best guess).

While I can certainly appreciate the ‘beatings will continue until morale improves’ type mindset of these individuals, I see no further reason to address it beyond this point as it will not alter my content in any manner. Perhaps some of my disappointment in how these turned out was based in the fact that a small portion of my batch seemingly deviated from expectations due to batch variability and instead produced something much more in line with what I had thought Box Mute Jades would be instead of their intended performance. The first thing I noticed was that the Navies had a much more cushioned feel to them and the Jades had a more pronounced tactile bump (I would attribute this to the differences in the spring weights as generally speaking a lighter spring allows the bump to be more pronounced). You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Quite honestly, I feel inclined to keep the introduction to this review relatively short and sweet as not all that much has really happened since I sat down and put together the previous review on the Gateron Oil King switches a few weeks ago.Now, the build went much as expected except when it came to the more open portions of the plate, being manufactured in a softer material (I believe the plate was Delron, which is similar to acrylic but with a bit more flex). Finally arriving at the bottom housings for the Mute Jades, these yet again appear to be similar or identical in nature of that of other Box style switches that I am aware of, yet we will visit these details for posterity. The only similarity I would draw here is that they are tonally more similar than the Box Jades and Mute Jades due to the deeper and less high-pitched sound they share.