Welcome back to nearlucid. Today we’ll be taking a look at one of my favorite frankenswitches,
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Back to holy bobas. These are made up of a gazzew tactile housing, either the U4 or U4T,
and a halo true stem. Let's talk a bit about each switch, starting with gazzew tactiles.
U4 Bobas are a silent tactile with a white stem and white housing, coming with either
a 62g or 68g spring. The housing and stem are made out of a custom plastic blend. They’re
PCB mounted, and of course, gazzew switches always have tight tolerances and thus don’t
require films. U4 Bobas on their own are 65 cents a switch.
The other option, U4 Thocks, are only different in that they have a mustard colored stem and
are not silent. Halo trues are a tactile with a clear top
housing, white bottom housing, and a salmon stem. They have an actuation force of 55 grams.
Drop honestly doesn't share much information other than this, but I doubt you would want
to use these switches on their own anyway. Halo trues are 50 cents a switch.
Halo trues were chosen for their good stems, and gazzew tactile housings were chosen, well,
again, because it’s gazzew. When you combine their prices, it’s a dollar and 15 cents
per switch, making these quite expensive.
Let’s compare their sound to U4Ts to see how much of a difference the stem swap can
really make.
So it’s very slightly deeper. Since I gutted my holy panda stems in order to make the holy
bobas, I unfortunately cannot provide a sound test vs holy pandas, but I can tell you with
confidence that holy pandas are higher pitched than U4Ts are higher pitched than holy bobas.
In terms of feel, I can also confidently say that these are probably the most tactile switches
you will ever touch. Their bump is incredibly sharp and clear, and daily driving them can
even be a bit tiring because they do take a bit of effort to press. The bump of the
U4T is about the same sharpness as the holy boba, and is just a bit less tactile.
Lubing the housings is also not entirely required, as U4T housings are pretty smooth stock. Since
you are taking them apart anyway, I would apply a very small coat of 3203. I would always
recommend lubing the springs though, because there can be quite a bit of ping.
In terms of stem wobble, of course it’s low, thanks to the tight gazzew housings.
My holy bobas are filmed, but I would definitely not recommend filming yours, because I noticed
in some switches it actually reduced the tactility and made the spring ping louder.
Let's talk about their not so appealing price. Well, it's actually pretty much the same as
drop holy pandas, which at their cheapest, are a dollar and 14 cents. When comparing
the two, holy bobas start making a lot more sense. They’re more tactile, smoother, and
sound quite a bit lower. So if you have the budget for drop holy pandas, and a bit of
extra time, I would skip them and instead make myself some holy bobas.
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