Alps SKCM Blue vs Matias Click
Weight is the real gap here: 10 g between the Alps SKCM Blue and the Matias Click at actuation, which is enough to change how a long session ends. Our library of every switch we simulate 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 | Alps SKCM Blue | Matias Click |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Clicky | Clicky |
| Brand rates force at | actuation | actuation |
| Actuation force | 70 g | 60 g |
| Bottom-out force | not published | not published |
| Pre-travel | 1.7 mm | 2.2 mm |
| Total travel | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | No | No |
| Factory lubed | No | No |
| MX-compatible stem | No | No |
| Price tier | Premium | Mid-range |
| Street price | varies | varies |
Alps and Matias both advertise an actuation force, so the two headline figures in this table are measured at the same point and can be read against each other.
Verdict
Stroke character is a tie. Two clickies feel alike under a finger, which pushes the decision onto the rows below the type row. There is a real weight gap too: 70 g against 60 g at actuation, so the Alps SKCM Blue asks noticeably more of your fingers over a long session. Budget also has a say, since the Matias Click is mid priced and the Alps SKCM Blue is premium priced. Nothing here separates by use case: the Alps SKCM Blue is our pick for gaming and for typing, and it is the one a shared room would forgive first, which is faint praise for two clickies. Take the Matias Click only if you specifically want modern Alps-style click, brighter than vintage.
- Overall pick
- Alps SKCM Blue
Gaming, typing and a shared office all point at the Alps SKCM Blue, so printing the same name three times would tell you nothing. One pick it is.
Force curves
Alps SKCM Blue
Alps 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.
Matias Click
Matias 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.
Alps SKCM Blue or Matias Click: the long answer
The table above already holds the answer. Here is what it means under a finger. The Alps SKCM Blue carries the heavier spring at actuation, 70 g to 60 g. That is a real 10 g without being a change of bracket. Same depth, different trigger point: 1.7 mm on the Alps SKCM Blue against 2.2 mm on the Matias Click, both inside 3.5 mm. Both are clickies either way, so both fire an audible click alongside the bump. With the stroke shared, that spring gap does most of the deciding here.
What the table cannot tell you is how either one lands in a room. Two different voices: full-bodied vintage click, crisp leaf snap with body on the Alps SKCM Blue, modern Alps-style click, brighter than vintage on the Matias Click. A click you love at your own desk can still be the loudest thing in someone else’s meeting. These demos are synthesized from published specs and documented character rather than studio recordings, which every player on the site says plainly.
On price and practicality, the Alps SKCM Blue is premium priced, while the Matias Click is mid priced. Neither is factory lubed, so enthusiasts often hand lube both for the smoothest result. Worth knowing before you order: neither of these uses an MX style stem, so neither will drop into a standard hot-swap board or accept ordinary MX keycaps, and they do not share a mount with each other either.
The scoring gives up trying to divide this pair: the Alps SKCM Blue is our pick for gaming and for typing, and the quieter of two switches that both announce themselves. On speed, the two are close enough here that either works, and our scoring gives it the nod by a hair. On typing feel, the click is a metronome for a long draft, which some writers will not give up. On noise, neither of these belongs in a quiet shared room, and this is only the less punishing of the two clicks. That leaves the Matias Click to anyone who preferred its voice in the player above, which is a good enough reason on its own. Do the listening first. It costs nothing and it changes minds more often than a spec table does.
There is more on both than a head-to-head can carry. Start with the Alps SKCM Blue page and the Matias Click 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 Alps SKCM Blue or the Matias Click?
We pick the Alps SKCM Blue for gaming. This is close to a coin toss. The scoring hands it over by a margin you would not feel in a match.
Which is quieter, the Alps SKCM Blue or the Matias Click?
Neither is quiet. Two click mechanisms means two switches that broadcast every press, and picking between them will not save your colleagues. If noise decides this, look at a silent tactile instead.
Which has the heavier spring, the Alps SKCM Blue or the Matias Click?
The Alps SKCM Blue is heavier: 70 g against 60 g, both measured at actuation, so this is a fair like-for-like comparison.
Which is cheaper to fill a board with, the Alps SKCM Blue or the Matias Click?
The Matias Click sits in the mid priced bracket and the Alps SKCM Blue 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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