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kschang
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Feb 24, 2016
People are asking about these switches... Here's a pretty definitive answer...
Various reviews in China, including several that took the switches apart, showed that the switch is a virtual 1 to 1 clone of a Cherry switch, albeit with some parts "improved".
The switch is labelled either Zorro or Zoero, too small to read. In China it's either referred to as Z Switch, ZT Switch, 佐罗 (Zuoluo) Switch, or just Zorro Switch.
All the Chinese sources say this is manufactured by 鑫钻 XinZuan but no factory was ever named in full. However, given that this name is fairly unique, I was able to locate the company in Wenzhou, China. Its full name is
温州鑫钻精密轴有限公司 Wenzhou XinZuan Precision Switch Company
This company is unknown outside of China. It apparently however, was a pretty famous OEM, and believed to have previously made yellow Rapoo switches for Rapoo, another peripheral brand famous in China but virtually unknown outside of it. This seem to be their attempt to make their own brand like Kailh and Gateron did, but they are so low-key about it, they don't even seem to have their own website, in English or Chinese.
So I honestly have no idea who came up with the name HKL... Why not just called it Zorro Switch like everybody else?
Here's a Chinese review site taking apart a Z switch and comparing it to an authentic Cherry switch.
http://www.inwaishe.com/article-1953-1.html
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