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However, one could easily recognize that these switches were not designed, manufactured, and released all within the span of just a few short months, thus firmly placing the blame on 2021 for all of these crazy ideas. 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.
Much like with the notes above for the Kailh Box Jade switches, the Navies have a certain volume, tone, and sharpness to their sound that is simply nowhere to be found in the Mute Jade switches. A wonderful UK based operation which sells singles to switches that I’ve used above in my comparisons for collectors and the curious alike. A switch peripheral company based out of the UK which sells everything switch adjacent you could ask for, they’ve been a huge help recently with my film and lube supply for personal builds, and they want to extend that help to you too. More often than not, they continue to produce their content in spite of this hatred which they receive from a small but loud minority around them even when their tolerance for the slights against them might be completely gone. I am definitely keeping these on my Kona as my daily driver (and if you all like this post maybe I'll make another about my long term impression of the switch after I've had more time with it).Whereas I anticipated a slightly toned-down version of the sharp, pointed, and high-pitched sounds that have made Box Jades as famous as they are, what I was met with instead was something that sounded and felt like an ‘average’ tactile switch, just with a little bit more clarity to the overall sound. The Box Mute Jades feature five pin, opaque white bottom housings, clear top housings, and a “silver grey” stem with the dustproof box-style enclosure. But the parts I received were perfect and delivered very well in great packaging and it wasn't too expensive. Strangely, as well, there appears to be a minor amount of either factory grease or lubricant present though the functionality that it provides is still a mystery to me.
And because of this I would personally recommend a harder (or less universal) plate when building with these switches. While there are no horse-paste based COVID jokes to be found here about lockdowns or quarantine, the rough timeline of the Box Mute Jades does cement into my head cannon these being an idea that Mike came up with while pacing in circles in the Novelkeys warehouse after days and weeks of consecutive lockdown.
As for the ‘scratchiness’ of the tactile bump, I have previously referred to this phenomenon as ‘singular’ versus ‘grainy’ feeling tactile bumps, in which this would definitely fall under the grainer side. The Kailh Box Switches cannot be applied to Keychron non hot-swappable version keyboards, Keychron Optical switch version keyboards, and Keychron low profile keyboards. So I must apologize ahead of time, even though I planned on making this post I completely forgot to take any pictures, but without further ado let's get on with the "review. This image also demonstrates the ‘hollow sider rail’ design common to that of other, previous Kailh Box style switches. Kailh x Novelkeys Box Jade MX Mechanical Switches | Mechanical Keyboards | Keyboard Switches | Drop Drop requires JavaScript to work, but it is disabled in your web browser.
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