9 Key Gateron Green Clear White Gray Clear Zealio Purple Switches Shaft Testing Tool Switch Tester

Anyone who is having a hard time with the loose fit, make sure you take off the brown film. It should be clear like the pictures show. Once I did that and placed the switches they were snug but not too tight. This has really helped me decide which switches I like and makes for a great little desk toy.

At first I thought it was bad because the switches wouldn't click into the base (they would just fall out), but then I realized I had the switches on the wrong side of the board. After that, it's great! Came with some nice quality keycaps that you can see through to see the stem color, and a good base that holds the switches nicely and allows you to feel the switches like it's a real board. The tester gave me a good idea about what various gateron and zealios switches feel like, and confirmed what switch I want on my next keyboard.Great tester, especially for the price.Only problem was the first time I bought the item, I accidentally bought the wrong tester because the image on the item was wrong (showed gaterons, but the item listing was for a cherry tester). Just confirm what you're buying so you don't accidentally end up with 2 like me lol (wasn't a problem for me, because having a cherry tester is nice too).

I got this tester mainly to try out linear switches after almost a decade of exclusively using various tactile switches and it succeeds for what I wanted it for. It's a bit heavy on the linear switches (four linear switches as opposed to three tactile and only two clicky), but if you're new to mechanical keyboards and wanna see what linear/tactile/clicky switches are like before you buy your first board, it's a fantastic purchase.Also, it makes for a very nice fidget toy.

I bought this tester because I'd been buying Kailh switches so far and wanted to see what the fuss was about for Gateron and Zealios. The little acrylic body does have a bit of a chamfer on one side that makes replacing switches easy. I don't think I'll be buying any Gaterons or Zealios but as a fidget toy on my desk it's pretty nice. Would recommend.

The acrylic plate was a little loose for the switches. They keycaps felt cheap and rough. All in all a good value for $10. It’s a good buy if you want to sample gateron switches

Back of the envelope math with current prices via KBDFans.com puts the total retail value of these switches at $2.40. That makes this little acyrillic holder thing like $10. That's kinda insane until you examine the alternatives, buy loose switches to test, which will be far less representative of the key feel, or buy a whole board which will easily run you $100 at a minimum, if you can find a cheap prebuilt with the switch you're interested in. (Which is a real challenge for the more exotic choices here like yellow, or the zealios switches.) All that considered this is a good deal imo.

The switches keep falling out of the acrylic plate.

The selection on these is impressive, you'll really get a good feel for the spectrum of possibilities.If you have an issue with the switches falling out too easily, flipping over the piece of acrylic and using the other "end" of the hole made them much tighter for me.

Got the correct switches

Le colis est bien arrivé.Qualité correcte et très pratique pour choisir les interrupteurs pour se faire son propre clavier.Le testeur peut se réutiliser en clavier pour macros avec un peu de bricolage

Exactly as listed decent little switch tester machined acrylic holder won't give you much help on the sound of the keys as the board make up will be a huge part but does the job keys as listed

It's hard to give a rating for this product.The switches are good and that's what you want. I got the ones they said I would get and I was able to test what I wanted (Zealio's are nice). The holder for the switches a decently thick piece of acrylic but it SUCKS! They barely stay in place in most positions and some not at all. They will all fall out quite easily. But...that's not the real reason you buy this is it. So that's why a 4 rating (I considered a 3). If you're looking for one to keep and display when you're done, not this one unless you got something else to put your switches in.

It's fine I had no issues other than the fact that the shape of the acrylic piece is a bit weird for the switches and I've frequently had them pop out of the switch holes because they weren't very secure. A different cherry switch tester I bought has square holes instead of the weird holes with little nubs on the sides that this one has and that one houses switches really snug and has never caused them to slip out.