Ice Kachang Linear Switches (Hand Lubed or Unlubed)

I tried these out on one board, and I liked them so much that I replaced the switches on my other two boards with these.

Unfortunately, the switches seem to start dying rather quickly. On each keyboard, it's been about 4-5 months before some switches start missing inputs. Often the more high use keys (like E and R), but then also some that see much less use.

I have Ice Kachang Tactile V2s for the modifiers, and I haven't noticed issues with them, although that could just be because they get used less often + you tend to hold modifiers for a bit rather than just tap them.

Ice Kachang Linear Switches (Hand Lubed or Unlubed)

These became my favorite switches and I love everything about them, how they sound and how they feel . They have an odd almost slightly tactile feel for a linear that I actually think is a nice . My main issue with these switches though is that despite how much I like them individual switches began to die out rather quickly for some odd reason more or so more than most switches Ived had. I had to already replace around 3-4 because they began missing inputs occasionally and causing some issues that were more noticeable whike gaming than typing (except for the space bar that was very noticeable) . I am not exactly sure why these seem to be dying out individually so quickly but otherwise I think it’s a great switch.

Switched a board from work to gaming, went from IK tactiles to IK linears - same great poppy sound, no bumpy clicky bit. Perfect!

Soooo smooth and amazing to use out of the box