Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro vs TTC Bluish White
Money is the honest first difference between the Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro and the TTC Bluish White: one is budget friendly and the other mid priced, multiplied by a full board. Our switch library already points each of these at the other. Hear them back to back below with the trims matched before you read a single number.
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 V3 Cream Blue Pro | TTC Bluish White |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Tactile | Tactile |
| Brand rates force at | actuation | actuation |
| Actuation force | 45 g | 42 g |
| Bottom-out force | not published | 50 g (our estimate) |
| Pre-travel | 2.2 mm | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 3.3 mm | 3.5 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | No | No |
| Factory lubed | Yes | Yes |
| MX-compatible stem | Yes | Yes |
| Price tier | Budget | Mid-range |
| Street price | varies | varies |
Both makers rate these at actuation, which is the one case where the advertised numbers compare directly. Every other force row still has to be matched basis to basis. TTC publishes no bottom-out figure for the TTC Bluish White, so the figure marked "our estimate" is our own derivation from the forces that are published rather than a rating. What actuation force actually measures .
Verdict
This is a tactile versus tactile contest: the Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro and the TTC Bluish White share the same stroke character, which makes the smaller spec gaps decisive. Price splits them too: the Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro is the budget friendly option while the TTC Bluish White sits in the mid priced bracket, which adds up across a 70 switch board. Their springs sit close together, just 3 g apart at actuation, with the Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro the marginally firmer press. The scoring splits them: the TTC Bluish White for gaming and typing, the Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro for a shared office.
- Gaming pick
- TTC Bluish White
- Typing pick
- TTC Bluish White
- Office pick
- Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro
Force curves
Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro
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.
TTC Bluish White
TTC publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the 50 g at the end of the stroke is our estimate and the run into it is dashed. Everything up to actuation comes from the published numbers. How we derive it.
Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro or TTC Bluish White: the long answer
Cost is the honest headline on this pair, so take it first. The Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro is budget friendly, while the TTC Bluish White is mid priced. Both come factory lubed, so neither needs work out of the box.
The specs are the smaller half of this pair, but they are not nothing. Akko and TTC are both selling you tactiles here, so both give a finger something to aim at on the way down. The Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro is nominally firmer at actuation, 45 g to 42 g, but 3 g is not a gap you buy a switch for. Travel differs at both ends, with the TTC Bluish White registering first at 2.0 mm and the TTC Bluish White running deepest at 3.5 mm. None of these gaps is large. Stack them up and they still point somewhere, but gently.
Now the part spec sheets cannot carry: the voice. Through the A/B player above, the Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro comes through as muted rounded tap, soft landing, while the TTC Bluish White reads as poppy muted tap with a big rounded bump. The usual caveat applies. Nothing here is a studio recording; both packs are synthesized from published specs, and the players say so.
Two of the three questions have the same answer. The TTC Bluish White takes gaming, because the two are close enough here that either works, and our scoring gives it the nod by a hair, and typing, because nothing about it gets tiring by the afternoon, which is the whole test for a writing switch. Only the shared-room question goes to the Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro, as it is the one of these two you would not apologize for. Match the trims above, play both, and trust whichever one you keep replaying.
Each of these has a page of its own with the full spec sheet and the sound notes. Start with the Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro page and the TTC Bluish White page. Or leave switches aside for a minute and run your current keyboard through the free keyboard tester.
Frequently asked questions
Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro or TTC Bluish White for gaming?
We pick the TTC Bluish White for gaming. Honestly either is fine here. It takes the nod once the scoring is added up, and only just.
Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro or TTC Bluish White: which one is quieter?
They are close. Neither is a silent switch and neither clicks, so loudness depends mostly on how hard you bottom out and the board they sit in. Their character differs though: the Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro leans toward muted rounded tap, soft landing, while the TTC Bluish White is poppy muted tap with a big rounded bump.
Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro vs TTC Bluish White: which one is the heavier press?
The Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro is heavier: 45 g against 42 g, both measured at actuation, so this is a fair like-for-like comparison.
Which is cheaper to fill a board with, the Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro or the TTC Bluish White?
The Akko V3 Cream Blue Pro sits in the budget friendly bracket and the TTC Bluish White in the mid 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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