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I just got the same ones today

Do they say Gateron on them?

Yea they’re definitely Gateron. Just not positive what model

Yeah mine do

well, there you go

Looks like Gateron milky blacks. Top and bottom housing. Looks interesting. I have the milky top gat blacks and they are nice

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They look like some milky blacks

As other users have said, they appear to be Milky Blacks. I have the standard blacks (clear top housings), and they're okay. Milky housings sound much better imo

I got Milky Yellows. Great switch, but underwhelming lol

These mystery boxes are just a new innovation by vendors to sell old inventory that nobody wants. If you have a good product, you wouldn't hide it.

Got mine today too TTC gold reds looks like bought 2 and got 2 oh the same

Yes, we know, but 20 USD is a nice gamble if you know the mystery box could include something you don’t have

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Building a budget board for my sister so figured the mystery would be fun as she doesn’t have a switch preference. I’m fairly new to the hobby tho, why is everyone saying the selection of switches aren’t the best?

I’ve got to know, when did you and everyone else who received these Gateron Milky Black switches make the purchase?

I made my purchase on feb.18th!

I’m guessing y’all might have purchased either on the same day or right after, i’m guessing the time window might be a small one

Looking at the product description, I don't think they have actually written anywhere that there is a chance of getting something good at all, everyone could even just get this exact same switch.

i got ttc gold browns!

Just because the ones they have in stock for this mystery drop are mostly probably manufacturer extra stock, which will be some of the less popular or cheaper switches they made extra of. It’s less likely that you get “good” switches, although that’s more subjective

If they were more popular switches or “higher quality,” then they probably wouldn’t sell them all for this price/ they would just list them on the site and people would buy them full price anyway. I’m sure they’ll mix in a few nicer sets, but not anywhere near half even will be Creams or Black Inks V2, etc.

I think for your sister it’s fine, and for the price almost any switch is decent if the user isn’t going to mind or just wants another feel than what they already have

The TTC Browns I got actually feel pretty nice. There's a good long spring in them

They are just low end switches, I think with your switches they are somewhat scratchy and have some spring/leaf ping. The price/value is ok not good or great, and you didn't get to choose. I am sure it would be fine for most people especially if they are new, but if you have been using some of the better switches (which are not that much more money) you probably would not want this. They would be good if lubed but it's probably not worth your time on a low end switch.

I think people were hoping to get something at least slightly unique or interesting but it's just a basic below average switch which is exactly what I was expecting given this price and my belief that this mystery box is just a vehicle to dump stale inventory. I don't agree with the concept of a mystery box on a fundamental level. The whole point of getting a custom board, and either paying more for hotswap or taking the time and equipment to solder, is that you can customize it to your exact preference and there are so many options, something for everyone. If you just mystery box a basic low end switch, what was the point of all this, you could have just gotten a cheaper prebuilt keyboard.

Ha! Yeah I ordered on the 18th as well.

Yeah, I mean its $.22 per switch at that price. While there maybe switches you can get that I wouldn't use on a board even if they were free. For the most part there isn't a real negative throwing a $20 bill on some random switches. I did get last year a 110 pack of V2 Black Inks so there is an opportunity for a really good selection, its not the near 0 it sometime is implied. Its as much an marketing move (sell some switches at a loss to put the business in peoples head), as an inventory clear. It was pretty obvious by how they shipped and packaged them last year they actually purchased switches for the event.

This isn't Idobao pretending they are shipping keyboards and even when they snuck in a keyboard (Hipyo) it was their smallest keyboard (40%).

I ordered the 18th too!

I got either mx reds or gateron reds along with some Kailh box whites, not the most impressive selection. Especially because I got some more unique Kailh hako royal true’s last round.

cereal?

I made my order of 2 boxes on the 21th, I hope I will get black switches too!

I was under the impression that last year was a much higher % of old stock as opposed to this year, but I don’t know where I got that

Ink Blacks are a great pull at that price

Yeah if I got a clickjacket switch I’d just have a bag taking up space because I wouldn’t even give those away

Yup I ordered the 19th but at like 2 in the mornin

Ngl, my fav switches. A heavier, and scratchy milk yellow

I’ve been using full milky blacks for half an year and they’re honestly quite decent. I did lube and film them because I like to suffer. Good sound, good feeling for gaming and typing. Definitely recommend lubing.

>new innovation

This has been going on for a long time

Now imagine a burger restaurant doing this with, let's say, "mystery burger"...

Oh, wait..

last year was them dumping their entire inventory because they switched to a new system, this is cheapo switches ordered for resale as mysteries. Pretty big difference.

I'd say you did pretty well there. Mine came today: Tecsee coral. They'll end up in a board for a friend at some point, and until then they look pretty in a bin.

That might be the case. It was obvious it was new stock because of how all shipments for a given day were the same switch. I figured it was purchased specifically for the event. Not just clearing stock of cheap switches.

It's possible and the next guy might be closer to right that it was a full inventory clear. But it wasn't just about getting rid of cheap unsold switches as suggested.