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Fascinating. I didn't expect so much.
I have a Wooting and it was world changing for me in games. The difference in actuation is extremely noticeable, not having to fully lift a key to reach "off" state in particular translates to 3-4 frames of gameplay at 60fps or 60-70ms or so if you prefer that way to look at it. 4 frames is A LOT in terms of engagements that are won or lost based on which person acted faster.
I've used reds in the past and hated them because I do a tonne of typing and reds felt absolutely awful to type with. I'm typing right now on a wooting and there's nothing wrong with it though.
Part of it might be the way they care about the keyboards too though. All their keyboards come with lubricated switches which must be a hand-built process.
Clicky switches are still better for typing imo, a membrane or nice tactile response just works better for it. But this is very serviceable for typing while having the advantages of no resistance for gaming.
The software for their keyboards is also leaps and bounds better than anything else I've ever seen.
So yeah. Personally I don't think this company is a gimmick. This was an interesting perspective though. If you get the chance to try one without paying (expensive) I do recommend trying one. They're smooooooth.
This is the important difference: https://wooting.io/rapid-trigger
When you lift, to any amount, it is "off". You can then press back in to be "on". It's very very noticeable.
You know how with a joystick if you press all the way left and then press all the way right there's all the space in between? Compared with pressing ADADADAD for strafing, a keyboard is just better for strafing than a joystick is in this regard because there's less input time between moving the joystick left/right/left/right.
Well for me this different between lifting a key and pressing it again is the same. You're removing all the time in lifting the key before pressing it again, which sounds like a minor optimisation on paper but in practice you feel it a lot.
I think this video explains very well: https://youtu.be/BSlKt7m7xXk
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
From a quick look, it seems like their 'lekker' switches are hall effect switches. In essence they can be fully analog.
It's definitely a really cool and interesting development for switches, but I still personally find them to be a bit gimmicky in concept.
Oh for sure, I'm sure hall effect switches feel much different than regular linears, and more options is always a good thing in this space.
I just got into tactiles recently when I finally put in my Magic Girl SP-Stars and I really enjoy them. I'll definitely check out the EG Oreos when I get the chance to.