Momoka is no stranger to the switch market.
They made their debut with the frog and the flamingo, two linears we’ve already looked
at.
I wasn’t a huge fan of either, but the momoka shark tactile is something completely new.
Let's take a look at the specs.
Sharks have a light blue bottom housing, clear top housing, and blue stem.
They come with a 2 stage spring, and Momoka reports them as having an operating force
of 65 grams.
The top housing is polycarbonate, bottom is nylon, and stem is POM.
pretty typical.
These switches are 5 pin, and do have factory lube.
They are not long poles.
Finally, sharks will run you about 63 cents per switch, placing them in the medium to
high end category.
There’s no spring ping stock, which is good.
Not really any scratch sound either.
There’s just a little bit of leaf crunch, but it’s normal for a tactile.
Overall, their sound is really concise, matching up to the other two great tactiles, holy bobas
and mint chocolate chips.
We do have reviews for both of these, so be sure to check them out if they sounded interesting
to you.
The sound of sharks has an interesting character that I haven’t heard before in any other
switch.
The top out sound is more prevalent than the bottom out.
This high pitched topping out sound is pretty annoying, so you might want to lube the top
housing to mitigate it.
But without adding lube yourself, these switches are LOUD.
Their bottom out pitch is actually deeper than holy bobas, but it’s totally covered
up by the harsh topping out.
When I review a switch that’s factory lubed, I don't relube the switch.
I assume the manufacturer's lubing is good enough to substitute the real thing.
Because if it wasn’t, then it's literally easier to have none at all.
And this switch is good on this front.
The factory lube looks pretty consistent on the stem sides.
It’s less consistent on the stem legs, but this is because lube here is spread between
the legs and the leaf.
With how visible the lube is, I think it’s dampening what could be a stronger bump.
And this is evident with the switches that have less factory lube.
As a whole there’s no big differences in terms of feel across the batch, apart from
a few outlier switches, which is normal.
The travel actually feels more substantial than my holy bobas, despite being lighter.
This is mostly due to the double stage spring, which helps make it feel more snappy.
However, the bottom out itself is far from snappy, actually feeling quite mushy compared
to holy bobas.
Definitely not mushy enough to really notice past the big bump anyway.
Even without a scratch sound, the linear portion past the bump still has scratch.
Again, not that you would notice much past the bump, but stock mint chocolate chips are
smoother.
Also 7 cents more.
Sharks have a strange top housing shape.
Instead of the usual hole on the front, sharks have this upward protrusion.
Now, these aren’t long poles, so I hoped this was going to allow for north facing cherry
keycaps.
Unfortunately, this is not the case.
Sharks have average wobble, generally handling side to side wobble better than up and down.
there is more than holy bobas here, but I don't think that’s really going to be an
issue.
It's hard to just match this switch to a preference and move on, because it’s so unique and
interesting.
Sure, in objective comparisons like smoothness and and mushiness, the momoka shark doesn’t
outperform the holy boba or mint chocolate chip.
But, it doesn’t end up lacking in other characteristics to make up for it.
And for this, while I can’t guarantee you’ll fall in love, I do recommend giving them a
shot.