Akko CS Lavender Purple vs Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch)
Weight is the real gap here: 24 g between the Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch) and the Akko CS Lavender Purple at actuation, which is enough to change how a long session ends. Our full switch library links the two to each other for that reason. Play the A/B bursts below to hear them back to back, match the volumes, then read the spec table and the verdict.
Hear them back to back
simulated from real specssound loads on your first tapShortcuts: press A or B anywhere outside a text box to fire that burst. Use the volume trims to loudness-match the pair before judging which sounds better.
Spec by spec
| Spec | Akko CS Lavender Purple | Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch) |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Tactile | Tactile |
| Brand rates force at | actuation | bottom-out |
| Actuation force | 36 g | 60 g |
| Bottom-out force | not published | 67 g |
| Pre-travel | 1.9 mm | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 4 mm | 4 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | No | No |
| Factory lubed | Yes | No |
| MX-compatible stem | Yes | Yes |
| Price tier | Budget | Premium |
| Street price | varies | varies |
Watch the "brand rates force at" row: these two makers do not measure at the same place, actuation for the Akko CS Lavender Purple and bottom-out for the Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch). Force numbers only compare within a row.
Verdict
Stroke character is a tie. Two tactiles feel alike under a finger, which pushes the decision onto the rows below the type row. There is a real weight gap too: 60 g against 36 g at actuation, so the Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch) asks noticeably more of your fingers over a long session. Price splits them too: the Akko CS Lavender Purple is the budget friendly option while the Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch) sits in the premium priced bracket, which adds up across a 70 switch board. Nothing here separates by use case: the Akko CS Lavender Purple is our pick for gaming and for typing, and it is the one that carries less across a room. Take the Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch) only if you specifically want deep rounded thock with a snappy tactile knock.
- Overall pick
- Akko CS Lavender Purple
This pair does not split by use case: the Akko CS Lavender Purple comes out ahead of the Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch) on all three, so there is one pick here rather than three.
Force curves
Akko CS Lavender Purple
Akko publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the dashed end of the curve is an estimate, not a spec. Everything up to actuation comes from the published numbers.
Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch)
Akko CS Lavender Purple or Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch): the long answer
Take the mechanical side first, since that is where this pair separates. Weight is the loud fact here. At actuation the Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch) takes 60 g where the Akko CS Lavender Purple takes 36 g, and 24 g is enough to change how the third hour feels. Type is not in play. Both are tactiles, and each one puts a felt event in the middle of the stroke. The Akko CS Lavender Purple registers earlier, 1.9 mm against 2.0 mm, inside the same 4.0 mm of total travel. With the stroke shared, that spring gap does most of the deciding here.
Sound decides more of these arguments than force curves do. Two different voices: poppy snappy tap with an early bump on the Akko CS Lavender Purple, deep rounded thock with a snappy tactile knock on the Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch). These demos are synthesized from published specs and documented character rather than studio recordings, which every player on the site says plainly.
On what they cost to fill a board, the Akko CS Lavender Purple is budget friendly, while the Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch) is premium priced. One of them has already been lubed for you and one has not, which is worth more than the price gap if you were not planning to open 70 switches.
This one does not split. Every axis we score points the same direction: the Akko CS Lavender Purple is our pick for gaming, for typing and for a shared desk. On speed, it wins on a lighter spring at actuation and a shorter distance to actuation. On typing feel, it holds the same feel from the first hour of writing to the last. On noise, it makes the least fuss of the pair in a shared space. That leaves the Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch) to anyone who preferred its voice in the player above, which is a good enough reason on its own. Whichever way you land, listen to both above with the volume trims matched before you spend anything.
Want the full story on either switch? Read the dedicated Akko CS Lavender Purple page and the Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch) page. Or leave switches aside for a minute and run your current keyboard through the free keyboard tester.
Frequently asked questions
For gaming, should I buy the Akko CS Lavender Purple or the Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch)?
We pick the Akko CS Lavender Purple for gaming. It takes this one on a lighter spring at actuation and a shorter distance to actuation, which is what a fast repeated press actually cares about.
Which of the Akko CS Lavender Purple and the Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch) is quieter in a shared room?
Nothing in either one is built to reduce noise, so on raw volume this is a tie decided by your keyboard rather than your switch. What you will actually hear is a difference of pitch and texture, which the player above shows better than a sentence can.
Akko CS Lavender Purple vs Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch): which one is the heavier press?
The Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch), and the comparison is clean: actuation on both sides, 60 g to 36 g.
Which is cheaper to fill a board with, the Akko CS Lavender Purple or the Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch)?
The Akko CS Lavender Purple sits in the budget friendly bracket and the Community Holy Panda (Original Frankenswitch) in the premium priced one. We do not hold a reliable per-switch price for both, so the bracket is the honest answer rather than a total.
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