Gateron Box Ink Pink V2 vs Gateron Ink Yellow V2
Weight is the real gap here: 10 g between the Gateron Ink Yellow V2 and the Gateron Box Ink Pink V2 at actuation, which is enough to change how a long session ends. 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 | Gateron Box Ink Pink V2 | Gateron Ink Yellow V2 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Linear | Linear |
| Brand rates force at | actuation | actuation |
| Actuation force | 50 g | 60 g |
| Bottom-out force | 60 g (our estimate) | 67 g (our estimate) |
| Pre-travel | 1.2 mm | 1.2 mm |
| Total travel | 3.4 mm | 3.4 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | No | No |
| Factory lubed | Yes | Yes |
| MX-compatible stem | Yes | Yes |
| Price tier | Premium | Premium |
| Street price | varies | varies |
Both of these are rated 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. Gateron publishes no bottom-out figure for either of these, so the two figures marked "our estimate" are our own derivation from the forces that are published rather than a rating. How we derive a bottom-out figure .
Verdict
Gateron is on both sides of this one and both are linears, so the question is which of its own linears suits you. Weight separates them clearly: measured at actuation, the Gateron Ink Yellow V2 is 10 g heavier than the Gateron Box Ink Pink V2, which changes both fatigue and sound. With the numbers this close, the honest tiebreak is the voice: Ink depth with a tighter, boxed-in clack over a short stroke on the Gateron Box Ink Pink V2, the Ink voice on a compressed stroke; deep, crisp, quick to land on the Gateron Ink Yellow V2. Split by use: the Gateron Box Ink Pink V2 for gaming and a shared office, the Gateron Ink Yellow V2 for typing.
- Gaming pick
- Gateron Box Ink Pink V2
- Typing pick
- Gateron Ink Yellow V2
- Office pick
- Gateron Box Ink Pink V2
Force curves
Gateron Box Ink Pink V2
Gateron publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the 60 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.
Gateron Ink Yellow V2
Gateron publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the 67 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.
Gateron Box Ink Pink V2 or Gateron Ink Yellow V2: the long answer
Put the two side by side on paper before you trust your ears. Springs split them by 10 g at actuation: 60 g for the Gateron Ink Yellow V2, 50 g for the Gateron Box Ink Pink V2. Both are linears either way, so both give you spring resistance and nothing else. The two stroke depths are identical, 1.2 mm to actuation inside 3.4 mm of total travel. Everything else about them is close enough that the spring is the honest tiebreak.
What the table cannot tell you is how either one lands in a room. The Gateron Box Ink Pink V2 sits at Ink depth with a tighter, boxed-in clack over a short stroke; the Gateron Ink Yellow V2 answers with the Ink voice on a compressed stroke; deep, crisp, quick to land. 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, both are premium priced. Both arrive lubed from the factory, which is one project you can skip either way.
This one genuinely splits. The Gateron Box Ink Pink V2 for games, because the honest answer is that either would do, and it wins on a margin too small to feel. The Gateron Ink Yellow V2 for writing, since its keystroke stays consistent and comfortable across a full day of writing. The Gateron Box Ink Pink V2 for an office, as it is the quieter of the two once the room is listening. None of this beats hearing them yourself, which the player above lets you do in about a minute.
There is more on both than a head-to-head can carry. Start with the Gateron Box Ink Pink V2 page and the Gateron Ink Yellow V2 page. If you are here to check the board you already own, use our free keyboard tester.
Frequently asked questions
For gaming, should I buy the Gateron Box Ink Pink V2 or the Gateron Ink Yellow V2?
We pick the Gateron Box Ink Pink V2 for gaming. The two are close enough for gaming that either works; our scoring defaults to it by a small margin.
Gateron Box Ink Pink V2 or Gateron Ink Yellow V2: which one is quieter?
Volume is roughly a wash: no dampening and no click mechanism on either, so your typing force and your case decide the level. The character is not a wash, with the Gateron Box Ink Pink V2 reading as Ink depth with a tighter, boxed-in clack over a short stroke against the Ink voice on a compressed stroke; deep, crisp, quick to land from the Gateron Ink Yellow V2.
Gateron Box Ink Pink V2 vs Gateron Ink Yellow V2: which one is the heavier press?
The Gateron Ink Yellow V2, and the comparison is clean: actuation on both sides, 60 g to 50 g.
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