Gateron KS-9 3.0 Yellow Linear Switches

Performs well above it's price point.

I got these switches recently and am impressed. The bottom out sound is fairly low and quiet. The reset/top out sound is a little higher pitched and louder than bottom out with my typing habits. They create a pretty solid, pleasant noise. I think the fact that they have a solid diffuser without holes for the LED shine-through gives the switch a more solid, muted sound on bottom out. They feel smooth, as expected. There is a little switch to switch variability in noise and feel, but nothing worse than what you'd expect from other manufacturers. The thicker gauge contacts did not bend at all for me. In one particular instance, instead of the switch contacts bending the contacts on the hot swap socket bent and I had to remove the PCB from the board to put the hot swap contacts back into place. A 3.5-4 star switch that I am bumping up to 5 due to price.