Gateron Lanes switch

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The Gateron Lanes is a tactile mechanical switch with PC top housing, Nylon bottom housing, and POM stem (standard). It features a 15 mm spring. The operating force is 60g. Bottom-out is at 4mm. Factory lubing? Yes! Designed by Lanes. Manufactured by Gateron.

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Gateron Lanes data sheet

Gateron Lanes sound test

Comments on Gateron Lanes switches

This came to mind when I was trying out some Gateron Melodics for the first time. I was curious about the force curve because I knew something about these switches felt familiar, and when I looked it up I was right, they're extremely close in feel to Alps SKCM Orange. This made me wonder, why has nobody (or Gateron themselves) created a tactile switch using a tactile leaf rather than a click leaf to make an MX tactile – Lanes (designer).

It keeps the clear click feeling but softens the sharpness, giving a smooth and comfortable sound while typing – Deltakeyco/Swagkeys.

Gateron Lanes are a reimagined tactile switch that use a custom designed housing to utilize a click leaf mechanism without producing a loud click noise. The tactility feeling is different than most "standard" MX tactile switches as the leaf produces the feeling instead of the legs of the stem. They are often compared to something like an Alps orange switch – Pantheon/Bowlkeyboards.

Gateron Lanes alternatives

Here are some notable alternatives to the Gateron Lanes, our reference switch. Competitors with comparable specs across parameters like switch type, housing material, actuation and bottom-out forces and travel distances — even color. Not perfect matches but the closest results in order of similarity.

To recap: we were looking for tactile mechanical switches possibly with PC top housing, Nylon bottom housing, and POM stem (standard). The operating force being around 60g. Bottom-out being about 4mm. Factory lubing? Yes! — similar to the Gateron Lanes.