Mechanical Keyboard Sound Isn't That Simple
Figure 1: I couldn't think of a more literal way to represent this article if I tried... Looking back just a few years ago, there’s no doubt that the huge influx of people that joined the hobby at the peak of the COVID pandemic were drawn to keyboards by way of YouTube, TikTok, and other audio-visual content platforms. Even as the output from these content creators has waned in recent months, their collective impact and legacy on the keyboard hobby is rather firmly etched in the history books. As a result of all of their sound tests, build logs, and opinion videos, the message is clear to any new person joining the hobby: mechanical keyboards are all about the sound. Thock this, clack that. Whether it’s keyboards, keycaps, or even singular switches, seemingly everyone new to the hobby meticulously pores over each component of their keyboard not in an attempt to figure out how it will feel in hand, but how it will sound as they’re furiously grinding their way out from...
Mar 27, 2024
There are many styles of space bar, but there is no difference between space bars that use costar stabs and cherry stabs. For costar stabs, you need to remove the white plastic tab under the existing keycap and move it over to the new keycap. This video doesn't show him actually transferring the plastic tab, but you can see the tabs very clearly in the video.
Now, having said that, there's a plethora of space bar configurations. The most common, a 6.25U wide space bar with 3 stems. There's a center stem, and one each 50mm to either side of it. This space bar will fit that, but it also has 3 other stems for greater compatibility. There's the center stem, one stem 12.5mm off to the right, and to either sides, one stem 40mm from the center, and one stem 50mm from the center.