TTC Flame Red vs TTC Gold Pink V2
Weight is the real gap here: 8 g between the TTC Flame Red and the TTC Gold Pink V2 at actuation, which is enough to change how a long session ends. Our switch library cross-links them because this matchup keeps coming up. Start with the A/B bursts below, then take the spec table and the picks in order.
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 | TTC Flame Red | TTC Gold Pink V2 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Linear | Linear |
| Brand rates force at | actuation | actuation |
| Actuation force | 45 g | 37 g |
| Bottom-out force | 54 g (our estimate) | 42 g |
| Pre-travel | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 4 mm | 4 mm |
| Silent (dampened) | No | No |
| Factory lubed | Yes | Yes |
| MX-compatible stem | Yes | Yes |
| Price tier | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| 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. TTC publishes no bottom-out figure for the TTC Flame Red, 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
The TTC Flame Red and the TTC Gold Pink V2 are both linears, so nothing separates them at the fingertip until you look at springs and acoustics. Weight separates them clearly: measured at actuation, the TTC Flame Red is 8 g heavier than the TTC Gold Pink V2, which changes both fatigue and sound. Their voices split them more than their specs: the TTC Flame Red sounds like smooth light glide, gentle bottom-out, while the TTC Gold Pink V2 gives you feather-light soft patter, barely-there landing. Where we land: the TTC Gold Pink V2 for gaming and typing, the TTC Flame Red for a shared office.
- Gaming pick
- TTC Gold Pink V2
- Typing pick
- TTC Gold Pink V2
- Office pick
- TTC Flame Red
Force curves
TTC Flame Red
TTC publishes no bottom-out force for this switch, so the 54 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.
TTC Gold Pink V2
TTC Flame Red or TTC Gold Pink V2: the long answer
The table above already holds the answer. Here is what it means under a finger. Springs split them by 8 g at actuation: 45 g for the TTC Flame Red, 37 g for the TTC Gold Pink V2. Type is not in play. Both are linears, and neither one puts a bump or a click in the way of the press. Travel is a straight match, 2.0 mm of pre-travel and 4.0 mm in full on both. None of these gaps is large. Stack them up and they still point somewhere, but gently.
The ears usually get the last word here. Put them through the player above and the TTC Flame Red lands as smooth light glide, gentle bottom-out where the TTC Gold Pink V2 lands as feather-light soft patter, barely-there landing. 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 mid priced. Factory lube on both, so the smoothness you hear in the player is roughly the smoothness you get.
Two of the three questions have the same answer. The TTC Gold Pink V2 takes gaming, because the honest answer is that either would do, and it wins on a margin too small to feel, and typing, because it holds the same feel from the first hour of writing to the last. Only the shared-room question goes to the TTC Flame Red, 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.
There is more on both than a head-to-head can carry. Start with the TTC Flame Red page and the TTC Gold Pink V2 page. If you are here to check the board you already own, use our free keyboard tester.
Frequently asked questions
Is the TTC Flame Red or the TTC Gold Pink V2 the better gaming switch?
We pick the TTC Gold Pink V2 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 of the TTC Flame Red and the TTC Gold Pink V2 is quieter in a shared room?
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 TTC Flame Red leans toward smooth light glide, gentle bottom-out, while the TTC Gold Pink V2 is feather-light soft patter, barely-there landing.
Which has the heavier spring, the TTC Flame Red or the TTC Gold Pink V2?
The TTC Flame Red is heavier: 45 g against 37 g, both measured at actuation, so this is a fair like-for-like comparison.
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