Please vote for your winner of the award for the Best keyboard switch in 2014.
By voting in this category you can win a NovaTouch TKL and Reaper from Cooler Master|CM Storm!
This is the final round. See the first round and second round for reference.
The final round ends on Monday 8 December, 20:00hrs UTC. You can change your vote until the end of the round. The winner and full results will be released soon after the vote closes.
The official nominees are, as presented by Compgeke:
Cherry MX Black
The Cherry MX Black is the original MX switch. In production since 1984, it was an instant hit, and still lies at the heart of the mechanical keyboard world today. This linear, medium weight switch is probably one of the easiest to find out in the wild. For good reason.
It all comes back to black.
IBM Beam Spring
The IBM beam spring was used in almost all of the keyboards that IBM designed during the 1970s, and has, since its rediscovery, a wide following of fans who regard it as the best switch.
Beam springs from below, showing the fly plates.
IBM Model F Capacitive Buckling Spring
The Capacitive Buckling Spring is the heart and soul of the IBM Model Fs whether it be a little 40 key or a giant 122. The later, cost cutting, Model M gets a lot of the spotlight, but the Model F was where buckling spring began.
Tactile? Check. Clicky? Check. Loud? Oh, you bet. Checks out!
Nixdorf Black
A special vintage version of the Cherry MX. The Nixdorf Black switch is a super smooth MX black with a distinctive transparent casing, made exclusively for Nixdorf Computer decades before Corsair thought of RGB backlights. They are highly sought after indeed, as their smoothness is the stuff of regular MX's dreams.
Looks good. Feels good. And oh my goodness you want how much for them!?
NovaTouch TKL - Topre Hybrid Capacitive Switch
Cooler Master's "Hybrid Capacitative Switch" is a Topre switch but with MX compatible sliders, enabling easy use of all your custom caps. It's also the answer to Signature Plastics', GMK's and 7bit's prayers!
It's Topre! But it's Ch…wait, what? Cherry MX compatible?
