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= Switch Testers =
 
= Switch Testers =
I produce 2 types of testers. The advance series are currently unavailable. The basic series is available in limited stock.
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I make two types of switch testers. These are currently out of production but I will have advanced testers for sale at the Sydney Mechanical Keyboard Meetup 2019, happening on the 30th November.
  
These are made from 6mm thick clear acrylic. Contact for more info.
 
  
* Discord: @Ninja#5071
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=== Switch Plates ===
* Email: ken@kennui.com
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Switch plates are a single 6mm piece of acrylic that hold switches with just the right amount of friction. They can be used as switch testers or for modding switches.
* Reddit: /u/meowffins
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* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laser_ninja_kb/
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Rubber feet come pre-applied.
  
=== Switches ===
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See photos here:
Pricing for switches is for purchase with a switch tester. If buying individually, there will be a 10% surcharge.
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{| class="wikitable" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 2px;"
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* Switch testers: https://imgur.com/a/Xvj0v5y
! style="width:160px" | Cherry !! style="width:50px;" | Price !! style="width:350px;" | Notes
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* Switch modding plates: https://imgur.com/a/oxZYozl
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| Cherry Red (RGB) || $0.50 ||
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| Cherry Black || $0.50 ||
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| Cherry Black (retooled) || $0.50 || 2018 Retooled. Supposed to be smoother, you be the judge.
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| Cherry Blue || $0.50 ||
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| Cherry Green || $0.50 ||
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| Cherry Brown || $0.50 || Also available in RGB housing on request
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| Cherry Silent Red || $1.00 ||
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| Cherry Silent Black || $1.00 ||
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| Cherry Silver (RGB) || $1.20 ||
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|}
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https://i.imgur.com/GVB0g6Z.jpg
  
{| class="wikitable" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 2px;"
 
! style="width:160px" | Gateron !! style="width:50px;" | Price !! style="width:350px;" | Notes
 
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| Gateron Clear || $0.40 || Super light linear.
 
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| Gateron Red || $0.40 ||
 
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| Gateron Yellow || $0.40 ||
 
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| Gateron Black || $0.40 ||
 
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| Gateron Brown || $0.40 ||
 
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| Gateron Blue || $0.40 ||
 
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| Gateron Green || $0.40 ||
 
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| Gateron Silent Red || $0.70 || Also called Cherry Pink by some brands.
 
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| Gateron Silent Black || $0.70 ||
 
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| Gateron Silent Brown || $0.70 ||
 
|}
 
  
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=== Advanced switch testers ===
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My advanced switch testers have gone many iterations to arrive at it's current form, and were the first keyboard related products I designed.
  
{| class="wikitable" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 2px;"
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These are more complex than switch plates and have a number of features.
! style="width:160px" | KBDfans Aliaz !! style="width:50px;" | Price !! style="width:350px;" | Notes
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| Aliaz 60g || $0.80 ||
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| Aliaz 70g || $0.80 ||
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|-
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| Aliaz 80g || $0.80 ||
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|-
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| Aliaz 100g || $0.80 ||
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|}
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# 1.5mm top plate allows switches to clip in securely.
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# Solid bottom for comfortable handling or use as a fidget toy.
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# Very solid internal construction for absolutely no flex.
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# High quality 3M bumpons (rubber feet) positioned for maximum stability.
  
{| class="wikitable" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 2px;"
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Each unit requires over 20 parts to create. As such, they are not profitable due to the amount of labour required per unit. The units I have already assembled will be sold at the sydney mech meetup and leftovers will be placed on an upcoming AU based collaborative storefront.
! style="width:160px" | Kailh !! style="width:50px;" | Price !! style="width:350px;" | Notes
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| Kailh BOX Red || $0.50 || None are retooled. Do not use with artisans or expensive caps.
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|-
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| Kailh BOX Dark Yellow || $0.50 ||
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|-
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| Kailh BOX Black || $0.50 ||
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|-
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| Kailh BOX Brown || $0.50 ||
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|-
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| Kailh BOX Burnt Orange || $0.50 ||
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|-
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| Kailh BOX White || $0.50 ||
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|-
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| Kailh BOX Pale Blue || $0.50 ||
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|-
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| Kailh BOX Jade || $0.50 ||
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|-
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| Kailh BOX Navy || $0.50 ||
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|-
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| colspan="3" style="height:8px"|
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|-
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| Kailh Pro Burgundy || $0.60 ||
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|-
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| Kailh Pro Purple || $0.60 ||
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|-
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| Kailh Pro Light Green || $0.60 ||
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|-
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| Kailh Speed Gold || $0.60 ||
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| Kailh Speed Silver || $0.60 ||
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|-
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| Kailh Speed Bronze || $0.60 ||
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|-
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| Kailh Speed Copper || $0.60 ||
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|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 2px;"
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https://i.imgur.com/9P4n9dl.jpg
! style="width:160px" | Zealio !! style="width:50px;" | Price !! style="width:350px;" | Notes
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| Zealio R7 62g || $1.40 ||
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|-
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| Zealio R7 65g || $1.40 ||
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|-
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| Zealio R7 67g || $1.40 ||
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|-
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| colspan="3" style="height:8px"|
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|-
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| Zealio R8 65g || $1.40 ||
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| Zealio R8 67g || $1.40 ||
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|-
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| Zealio R8 78g || $1.40 ||
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|-
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| colspan="3" style="height:8px"|
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|-
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| Zealio V2 65g || $1.40 || V2 is the newest series
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| Zealio V2 67g || $1.40 ||
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|-
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| Zealio V2 78g || $1.40 ||
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|-
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| colspan="3" style="height:8px"|
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|-
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| Zilent R10 62g || $1.40 ||
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| Zilent R10 65g || $1.40 ||
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| Zilent R10 67g || $1.40 ||
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| Zilent R10 78g || $1.40 ||
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|-
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| colspan="3" style="height:8px"|
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| Zilent V2 62g || $1.40 || V2 is the newest series
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| Zilent V2 65g || $1.40 ||
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| Zilent V2 67g || $1.40 ||
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| Zilent V2 78g || $1.40 ||
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|-
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| colspan="3" style="height:8px"|
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| Tealio R7 67g || $1.40 ||
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| Tealio R8 67g || $1.40 ||
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|-
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| Orange Healio V2 78g || $1.40 || Newest silent linear
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|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 2px;"
 
! style="width:160px" | Zealio !! style="width:50px;" | Price !! style="width:350px;" | Notes
 
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| Outemu Ice Light purple || $0.80 ||
 
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| Outemu Ice Dark purple || $0.80 ||
 
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| Outemu Ice Grey || $0.80 || Out of stock
 
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| Outemu Ice Silver || $0.80 || Out of stock
 
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| Outemu Ice Clear || $0.80 || New from outemu, courtesy of aeryzx
 
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| Outemu Teal || $0.50 || Not ice series
 
|}
 
  
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<div class="switchbox">
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= Switches =
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Bulk purchasing not available, although some switches are being sold in lots on the [[sale]] page.
  
=== Accessories ===
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Newly added in april 2019: retooled box royal, novelkeys box pink, fei, KBDfans T1 tactile and kailh china style box switches.
  
{| class="wikitable" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 2px;"
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Newly added in may: holy pandas - modded with OG panda switch and massdrop halo true (salmon coloured stem).
! style="width:200px" | Accessories !!  style="width:40px;" | Price !! style="width:500px;" | Notes
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| Blank DSA Keycaps || $0.50 || 21 different colours
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=== Modded switches ===
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Holy Panda: '''$5 each'''
| Plastic keycap puller || $1.00 || White colour
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|-
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #EBB79C">Holy Panda</div>
| Wire keycap puller || $3.00 || White colour with logo
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| Switch puller || $3.00 ||
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|-
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| Promicro controller || $7 || Black PCB, micro USB port
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| Iris PCBs || $26 || Comes in a set of 2 and includes LED kit (check keeb.io for details)
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|-
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| Screwdriver for M2 and M3 || $2 || The type that spins so you can apply force. Non-magnetic.
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|-
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| Keyboard Stand || TBA || Coming soon.
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|-
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| 3M genuine bumpons || TBA || 3 sizes/styles available
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|}
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</div>
 
</div>
  
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<div class="switchbox">
= Breaking News! =
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=== Cherry Switches ===
There's no news. I am not currently producing custom switch testers as other projects have taken priority.
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Price: '''60c each'''
  
There will be 4 different product lines planned for the future.
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Silent and silver: '''$1 each'''
  
* Basic
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: red">Cherry <br> Red</div>
* Advanced
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: black">Cherry <br> Black</div>
* Solid
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #4A2D20">Cherry <br> Brown</div>
* Handwire
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #DDDDDD">Cherry <br> Clear</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #0750E2">Cherry <br> Blue</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #009966">Cherry <br> Green</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #FF4A4A">Cherry <br> Silent Red</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #4F4F4F">Cherry <br> Silent Black</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #BABABA">Cherry <br> Silver</div>
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</div>
  
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<div class="switchbox2">
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=== Gateron Switches ===
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Price: '''50c each'''
  
= What makes advanced switch testers 'advanced'? =
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Silents: '''80c each'''
  
# Has a 1.5mm plate so switches clip in.
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Fei: '''$1.50 each'''
# Has a solid bottom for more comfortable handling.
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# Clear option allows you to see the switches' butts.
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# High quality 3M bumpons (rubber feet) positioned for maximum stability.
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# Can be handwired into a macropad.
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# Customisation options - different acrylic, screws and standoffs.
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Midplates and hipro (top) layers will be coming in the future to make them even beefier.
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #DDDDDD">Gateron <br> Clear</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: red">Gateron <br> Red</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: black">Gateron <br> Black</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #4A2D20">Gateron <br> Brown</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #0750E2">Gateron <br> Blue</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #009966">Gateron <br> Green</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #FF4A4A">Gateron <br> Silent Red</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #4F4F4F">Gateron <br> Silent Black</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #7F5A4B">Gateron <br> Silent Brown</div>
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</div>
  
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<div class="switchbox">
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #76A84F">Fei</div>
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</div>
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<div class="switchbox2">
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=== Zeal Switches ===
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Price: '''$1.50 each'''
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #6E59D2">Zealio <br> R7 62g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #523EAF">Zealio <br> R7 65g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #3E2A8B">Zealio <br> R7 67g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #523EAF">Zealio <br> R8 65g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #3E2A8B">Zealio <br> R8 67g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #251C49">Zealio <br> R8 78g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #6E59D2">Zealio <br> V2 62g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #523EAF">Zealio <br> V2 65g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #3E2A8B">Zealio <br> V2 67g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #251C49">Zealio <br> V2 78g</div>
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</div>
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<div class="switchbox2">
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #A9E4F4">Zilent <br> R10 62g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #03C6E6">Zilent <br> R10 65g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #265196">Zilent <br> R10 67g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #202441">Zilent <br> R10 78g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #A9E4F4">Zilent <br> V2 62g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #03C6E6">Zilent <br> V2 65g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #265196">Zilent <br> V2 67g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #202441">Zilent <br> V2 78g</div>
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</div>
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<div class="switchbox">
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #81D8D0">Tealio <br> R7 67g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #81D8D0">Tealio <br> R8 67g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #FF5D22">Healio <br> V2 67g</div>
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</div>
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<div class="switchbox2">
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=== Kailh Switches ===
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Box: '''50c each''' (pre-retool)
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Box royal: '''$1 each''' (retooled)
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Box pink: '''80c each''' (retooled)
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Box chinese: '''80c each''' (retooled)
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Pro: '''70c each'''
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Speed: '''70c each'''
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: red">Kailh Box <br> Red</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #DBC000">Kailh Box <br> Dark Yellow</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: black">Kailh Box <br> Black</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #4A2D20">Kailh Box <br> Brown</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #BC5500">Kailh Box <br> Burnt Orange</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #DDDDDD">Kailh Box <br> White</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #7E9DB1">Kailh Box <br> Pale Blue</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #ADBE9A">Kailh Box <br> Jade</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #030653">Kailh Box <br> Navy</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #765C9B">Kailh Box <br> Royal</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #FF2E8D">Kailh Box <br> Pink</div>
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</div>
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<div class="switchbox2">
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #B6203B">Kailh Pro <br> Burgundy</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #642E8C">Kailh Pro <br> Purple</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #23BDB3">Kailh Pro <br> Light Green</div>
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</div>
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<div class="switchbox2">
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #EFB600">Kailh Speed <br> Gold</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #DBDBDB">Kailh Speed <br> Silver</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #D79C72">Kailh Speed <br> Bronze</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #93484C">Kailh Speed <br> Copper</div>
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</div>
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<div class="switchbox">
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #CC0000">Kailh Box <br> Chinese Red</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #FFE600">Kailh Box <br> Noble Yellow</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #00B27B">Kailh Box <br> Glazed Green</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #4F4F4F">Kailh Box <br> Ancient Grey</div>
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</div>
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<div class="switchbox2">
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=== KBDfans Switches ===
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Aliaz: '''80c each'''
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #FF2C6D">Aliaz <br> 60g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #FF2C6D">Aliaz <br> 70g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #FF2C6D">Aliaz <br> 80g</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #FF2C6D">Aliaz <br> 100g</div>
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</div>
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<div class="switchbox">
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T1 Tactile: '''$1.20 each'''
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Comes in a inky/smoky transparent black housing or a completely transparent housing.
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #28575D">KBDfans <br> T1 Ink</div>
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #28575D">KBDfans <br> T1 Clear</div>
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</div>
  
=== Switch Tester Sizes ===
 
  
Currently unavailable. 6mm switch paltes are available however.
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<div class="switchbox2">
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=== Outemu Switches ===
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Price: '''80c each'''
  
Diagram of a switch tester: https://imgur.com/a/kjN5MhX
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Limited stock on grey and silvers.
  
{| class="wikitable" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 2px;"
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #6E59D2">Outemu Ice <br> Light Purple</div>
! style="width:150px" | Size !! style="width:50px;" | Price !! style="width:400px;" | Notes
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #3E2A8B">Outemu Ice <br> Dark Purple</div>
|-
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #8E8E8E">Outemu Ice <br> Grey</div>
|  Switch Tester 1x1 || $3 ||
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #C6C6C6">Outemu Ice <br> Silver</div>
|-
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #DDDDDD">Outemu Ice <br> Clear</div>
| Switch Tester 1x2 || $5 ||
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<div class="switches" style="border-color: #65E5E6">Outemu <br> Teal</div>
|-
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| Switch Tester 1x3 || $6 || Not available.
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|-
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| Switch Tester 1x4 || $8 || Not available.
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|-
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| Switch Tester 2x2 || $8 ||
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|-
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| Switch Tester 2x3 || $11 ||
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|-
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| Switch Tester 2x4 || $12 ||
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|-
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| Switch Tester 2x5 || $13 ||
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|-
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| Switch Tester 3x3 || $13 ||
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|-
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| Switch Tester 3x4 || $15 ||
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|-
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| Switch Tester 3x5 || $17 || Several in stock. Clear acrylic.
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|}
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</div>
 
</div>

Revision as of 22:28, 7 October 2019


Switch Testers

I make two types of switch testers. These are currently out of production but I will have advanced testers for sale at the Sydney Mechanical Keyboard Meetup 2019, happening on the 30th November.


Switch Plates

Switch plates are a single 6mm piece of acrylic that hold switches with just the right amount of friction. They can be used as switch testers or for modding switches.

Rubber feet come pre-applied.

See photos here:


GVB0g6Z.jpg


Advanced switch testers

My advanced switch testers have gone many iterations to arrive at it's current form, and were the first keyboard related products I designed.

These are more complex than switch plates and have a number of features.

  1. 1.5mm top plate allows switches to clip in securely.
  2. Solid bottom for comfortable handling or use as a fidget toy.
  3. Very solid internal construction for absolutely no flex.
  4. High quality 3M bumpons (rubber feet) positioned for maximum stability.

Each unit requires over 20 parts to create. As such, they are not profitable due to the amount of labour required per unit. The units I have already assembled will be sold at the sydney mech meetup and leftovers will be placed on an upcoming AU based collaborative storefront.


9P4n9dl.jpg


Switches

Bulk purchasing not available, although some switches are being sold in lots on the sale page.

Newly added in april 2019: retooled box royal, novelkeys box pink, fei, KBDfans T1 tactile and kailh china style box switches.

Newly added in may: holy pandas - modded with OG panda switch and massdrop halo true (salmon coloured stem).


Modded switches

Holy Panda: $5 each

Holy Panda

Cherry Switches

Price: 60c each

Silent and silver: $1 each

Cherry
Red
Cherry
Black
Cherry
Brown
Cherry
Clear
Cherry
Blue
Cherry
Green
Cherry
Silent Red
Cherry
Silent Black
Cherry
Silver

Gateron Switches

Price: 50c each

Silents: 80c each

Fei: $1.50 each

Gateron
Clear
Gateron
Red
Gateron
Black
Gateron
Brown
Gateron
Blue
Gateron
Green
Gateron
Silent Red
Gateron
Silent Black
Gateron
Silent Brown
Fei

Zeal Switches

Price: $1.50 each

Zealio
R7 62g
Zealio
R7 65g
Zealio
R7 67g
Zealio
R8 65g
Zealio
R8 67g
Zealio
R8 78g
Zealio
V2 62g
Zealio
V2 65g
Zealio
V2 67g
Zealio
V2 78g
Zilent
R10 62g
Zilent
R10 65g
Zilent
R10 67g
Zilent
R10 78g
Zilent
V2 62g
Zilent
V2 65g
Zilent
V2 67g
Zilent
V2 78g
Tealio
R7 67g
Tealio
R8 67g
Healio
V2 67g

Kailh Switches

Box: 50c each (pre-retool)

Box royal: $1 each (retooled)

Box pink: 80c each (retooled)

Box chinese: 80c each (retooled)

Pro: 70c each

Speed: 70c each

Kailh Box
Red
Kailh Box
Dark Yellow
Kailh Box
Black
Kailh Box
Brown
Kailh Box
Burnt Orange
Kailh Box
White
Kailh Box
Pale Blue
Kailh Box
Jade
Kailh Box
Navy
Kailh Box
Royal
Kailh Box
Pink
Kailh Pro
Burgundy
Kailh Pro
Purple
Kailh Pro
Light Green
Kailh Speed
Gold
Kailh Speed
Silver
Kailh Speed
Bronze
Kailh Speed
Copper
Kailh Box
Chinese Red
Kailh Box
Noble Yellow
Kailh Box
Glazed Green
Kailh Box
Ancient Grey

KBDfans Switches

Aliaz: 80c each

Aliaz
60g
Aliaz
70g
Aliaz
80g
Aliaz
100g

T1 Tactile: $1.20 each

Comes in a inky/smoky transparent black housing or a completely transparent housing.

KBDfans
T1 Ink
KBDfans
T1 Clear


Outemu Switches

Price: 80c each

Limited stock on grey and silvers.

Outemu Ice
Light Purple
Outemu Ice
Dark Purple
Outemu Ice
Grey
Outemu Ice
Silver
Outemu Ice
Clear
Outemu
Teal
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