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today we’ll be taking a look at the SP star blue pinks.
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Let's look at the specs.
SP Star Blue Pinks have a vibrant pink housing and blue stem.
They come with a moderate 62 gram short double stage spring.
The housing is nylon and the stem is POM.
they’re PCB mounted and do not require films.
They do come with factory lube, but it is recommended to lube them on your own.
They range from 55 cents to 52 cents a piece, depending on how many you buy, so they are
in the moderately priced switch category.
Just out of curiosity, compared to red jackets, another linear offered by KNCkeys, these are
cheaper, not long pole, and lighter, although the other specs remain roughly the same.
Let's take a listen to stock SP star blue pinks.
They are pretty high pitched.
I would compare them a bit to broken-in cherry mx blacks.
There’s still a little bit of the scratchiness sound, just a tiny bit.
But despite all this, they do sound pretty full and loud, which is great.
I think these would make a great pairing with an alu plate and anyone who enjoys switches
that are on the higher sounding side.
Thankfully the factory lubing is fairly consistent, but the switches themselves are still on the
scratchy side.
I would recommend opening them up and relubing them, but just adding lube should be fine
too.
It definitely isn’t that big of a concern, and I personally don’t mind some scratch,
but if you want your switches to be buttery smooth, these are probably not the ones for
you.
On the bright side, the included short double staged spring feels pretty nice.
Double stage springs are a type of progressive spring that feel more snappy at the top rather
than at the bottom.
These switches feel really quick to press down at first, but get harder to bottom out
the further you push.
I think everyone should at least try progressive springs, as they are much more interesting
to type on than typical force curves.
Stem wobble is fairly well controlled.
There is a medium amount of vertical wobble present, but the side to side wobble is way
less on most switches.
They fare pretty well when compared to the excellent holy bobas.
Although I don’t notice them being too rattly feeling, you could film them if you want to
make them more consolidated.
To sum it up, I think these are very similar to MX blacks in high pitched sound signature,
yet don’t have the awful spring ping or scratchiness.
Even though blacks are lighter, they feel heavier because of how much scratch they have.
And of course, blue pinks have the snappy double stage spring.
There's not really anything to comment on the price, as most sp star switches are around
the same 50 to 60 cent price point.
And if you enjoy the signature high pitched clack of MX blacks like I do, blue pinks are
a great pick.
And that's all I have for you today.
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