I've done my first testing of the greases and here are my results:
NOTE: I removed the click leafs, in order to focus only on the sliding smoothness, stick-slip and binding
1. Rheolube 368AXF
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2. Fluorocarbon 868
3. NyoGel 774H
4. NyoGel 773A
5. NyoGel 767A
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6. Cleaned (no lube)
7. Original Lube
Sadly, as you can see, most of them are not delivering a smooth slide. The only ones that do make a smooth slide is 1. NyoGel 773A and the goo old NyoGel 767A. Most of them, actually make the sliding worse and some make it bind. Notice, how even the "cleaned" switch, is in fact better than all the rest, which is weird to say the least.
Between N. 773A and 767A, the clear winner is 767A because of two things: The 773A is very smooth, yet it makes the switch bind on some corner presses, whereas the 767A has no binding at all, just like that OG lube. Between the 767A and OG lube there is a difference, the 767A is slower, meaning, you need to press a bit harder.
That's my results so far, and the conclusions are a bit confusing.
The worst of all was the Fluorocarbon 868, followed by the NyoGel 774H.
The most weird thing about those is that both are very, very viscous. They have 5 to 10 times the viscosity of the OG lube. But despite that, they were unable to provide a smooth slide without stick-slip and to eliminate any binding. On the contrary, they made the switch bind and stick-slip worse.
The Rheolube 368AXF, despite not being viscous enough to give a smooth sliding and eliminate stick-slip and binding, it was certainly not as bad as the F868 or the N. 774H, in fact it did feel
kind of like the OG lube. This makes sense, because they are made of the same ingredients as the OG. The difference is that the R. 686AXF is much lighter (more than half the viscosity of OG). Therefore I guess that if there was a version of 368AXF that had at least double the viscosity, it probably be similar to OG.
One more important thing that I don't demonstrate in this video, is that the Rheolube 368AXF, when used with the click leaf, it eliminated the upstroke click, just like the OG lube. N. 767A on the other hand is doing the exact opposite, it accentuates the upstroke click instead. So, the takeaway is that there is something about Lithium Soap thickener that works with SKCM both for the stems and for the leafs.
Next test that I will try, is to mix a bit of 767A with 368AXF, and I hope that it will make the 368AXF strong/thick enough to eliminate any binding and stick slip while retaining its good properties that both it and the OG lube have.
But I can tell you that when I applied a very thin layer of N. 767A (which at least works and comes very close to OG), I can tell you that it certainly does help. It eliminates any binding and it gives you that great "silk-feel". However you can still feel that the switch is a bit rough.
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I do have the contact to the spokeswoman from the manufacturer so if we need any more information I can ask her.
