While this may not be confusing to most people who have read this, I could totally imagine someone getting their hopes up for a different shade of green stem in these switches after having misread this chart. A wonderful UK based operation which sells singles to switches that I’ve used above in my comparisons for collectors and the curious alike.

From experience, squishier O-rings would likely cause the jailhoused switches to feel more in line with the Box Mute Jades. This padded region does also appear to shorten the extra stage of material around the left most PCB pin, which is traditionally similar in size to that of the right most one. Relative to other iterations of Box switches both new and old alike, it’s also worth noting that this region is strangely completely covered whereas some older generations had intentional holes in bottom of the central pole region. The slider rails are not centered on the B side of the stem, making measurements like D impossible to functionally use for calculations.The next announcement regarding the status of the Box Mute Jade switches skipped entirely over the hopeful October deadline and landed on November 23rd, 2021 with Novelkeys’ “Updates with Mike | Fall 2021” announcement. Aside from the Kailh Box regular switches, the Box Jade, Box Navy and Box Cream also join the family. First announced on June 22nd of 2021, the Kailh Box Mute Jade switches were teased on Novelkeys’ Instagram page via an “Updates with Mike | Summer 2021” video.

Externally, there is not all that much more to note about the top housings other than their iconic winglatch style attachment mechanism and inverted ‘Kailh’ nameplate identical to that of a slew of Box style switches before these. Regarding the stem wobble of these two switches, the Box Mute Jades feel slightly less wobbly in both directions as compared to the original Box Jade switches, which may be likely due to simple mold and manufacturing improvements over the previous years since the initial release of the Jades. There's plenty of room inside for good airflow around components therefore I haven't felt the need to add to the two included case fans as the case design allows for good passive airflow. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Initially it was rather disappointing, but once the latest driver was installed it was quite impressive.We use USB HID with the highest frequency of 1000Hz polling rate, meaning the keyboard is sending its input signal(s) to your PC 1000 times per second.