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Drop Holy Panda X

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Spec sheet

Type: tactile
Top housing: pc
Bottom housing: nylon
Stem: pom
Spring: 60g actuation · 67g bottom-out
Travel: 3.4 mm
Factory lubed: yes
Released: Apr 1, 2022

Gateron-manufactured tactile with a rounded bump and short 3.4 mm travel. Drop's in-house take on the Holy Panda lineage; available without modding, which is the whole point.

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Side-view cross-section of a tactile switch — top housing, rounded-bump stem, spring, and bottom housing rendered in a single warm-grey stroke with a muted terracotta splash across the bump shoulder and a faint panda-style top/bottom contrast banding the housings.

Deep Dives

Why the Drop Holy Panda X feels the way it does

The Holy Panda was a six-month frankenswitch project for most of its life. The Drop Holy Panda X is the first version where the geometry, the spring tune, the housing pairing, and the factory lube were the spec — not the mod.

thockMay 12, 202612 min read

Drop Holy Panda X appears in editor-curated build sheets.

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