Gateron Green

Sound & feel

Gateron Green pairs the click-jacket mechanism with an 80 g spring, mirroring the Cherry Blue-to-Green relationship at a lower price. The added weight slows the stroke down, deepens the click slightly, and eliminates any chance of accidental presses.

For typists who like their clicky switches to feel like a decision, Greens supply real resistance, though a full day of them is a workout. The heavy spring also tames some of the jacket flutter lighter clickies exhibit.

It remains a niche pick next to the mainstream Blue, mostly chosen by heavy typists and by builders wanting stiffer spacebars on clicky boards.

One note on the rating. Gateron publishes 80 gf as the operating force, but force curve measurements read that 80 g at bottom-out with actuation nearer 65 g, so treat 80 g as a manufacturer rating rather than a measured actuation force. Nobody publishes a bottom-out figure for this switch.

Sound on this page is synthesized from the switch's published specs and community-documented character: an honest simulation, not a recording. We're progressively replacing simulations with our own studio recordings. How our sounds are made

Compare it

• Gateron Green vs Gateron Blue , or jump to Gateron Blue
• Gateron Green vs Cherry MX Green , or jump to Cherry MX Green
• Gateron Green vs Kailh BOX Navy , or jump to Kailh BOX Navy
• Gateron Green vs Kailh BOX Jade , or jump to Kailh BOX Jade

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