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Kailh Box White

Spec sheet

Type: clicky
Top housing: pc
Bottom housing: pc
Stem: pom
Spring: 45g actuation · 60g bottom-out
Travel: 3.6 mm
Factory lubed: no
Released: Jun 1, 2017

Budget clicky with a box-stem design that encloses the leaf spring inside the stem housing, preventing dust and debris ingress. Click bar at actuation gives a crisp tactile bump and audible click simultaneously; lighter spring makes it accessible for beginners and typists.

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Mentioned in 2 articles

Vertical exploded-stack diagram of a mechanical switch, drawn in a single warm-grey stroke with horizontal dashed explode-lines and an ochre splash highlighting the cruciform stem top.

Guides

A beginner's guide to picking your first switch

Switches are the single biggest factor in how a keyboard feels and sounds, and the catalog has grown overwhelming. This guide narrows the entire market into three families, explains who each one is for, and gives a three-step path from curiosity to a confident first purchase. By the end, the reader can pick a category without second-guessing.

thockApr 30, 20267 min read

Cross-section diptych of two clicky switches — a click-jacket sleeve riding the stem rail on the left half and a horizontal click-bar leaf anchored in the housing on the right half, drawn in a single warm-grey stroke with an ochre splash spanning both click events and brass focal dots at each strike point.

Deep Dives

Why clicky switches still have a constituency

Linears and tactiles dominate the modern build conversation, and clickies barely appear in it. The reason is not that clicky switches have aged out — it is that the people who want them really want them, and the manufacturers know it.

thockApr 18, 202610 min read

Kailh Box White appears in editor-curated build sheets.

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