Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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A new improved MX Brown??? NANI, impossible. Well, it's true, and boy are these different. A review for the New Pewter Switches by Parallel

Purchasable here: https://parallel.limited/collections/pewter-light-tactile-switches
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Disclaimer: I hit up glizzo, the creator of these switches because I was very interested in them. Turns out that he watches my videos and was kind enough to provide me a discount for the switches and a little discount code to share with everyone. You can use the code shoobs7 for 7% off your order from parallel limited, this will help support the channel.

Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
0:37 JoJo Video
1:08 Disclaimer
1:43 Pewter Details
3:18 Overview
4:06 Stem Overview
4:33 Wobble Test
5:38 Sound Test Intro
6:50 Stock Pewters
7:00 Stock Browns
7:10 Stock Ergo Clears
7:21 Stock T1
7:31 Stock Zealios
7:41 Stock U4T
7:51 Stock Holy Panda
8:01 Stock Zykos
8:22 Lubed Pewters
8:32 Lubed Browns
8:42 Lubed Ergo Clears
8:52 Lubed T1s
9:02 Lubed Zealios
9:12 Lubed U4T
9:22 Lubed Holy Pandas
9:32 Lubed Zykos
9:43 Stock Pewter Typing Test
11:18 Lubed Pewter Typing Test
12:50 Tactile Ranking
13:22 Price Comparison
14:06 Review & Comparison
15:11 Ending Thoughts

Switch specs from glizzo:
Manufacturer: JWK
Tactile bump: subtle, like a smoothed MX Brown
Stem material: POM in a metallic pewter color
Housing material: UHMWPE in a smokey cool gray color
Spring: 58.5g weight and gold-plated
Factory mod: light JWK lube on the stems/legs
Travel distance: 4.0mm
Mount: 5-pin PCB mount

Lubed with Tribosys 3203 avoiding the legs, filmed(If filmed) with THICC Films (ran out of deskeys, forgive me), GPL 105 on the springs

Keyboard Specs:
Mode Eighty First edition
All gaskets installed
Aluminum Plate
GMK 8008

Switches Compared:
Cherry MX Browns
Boba U4Ts
T1s
Zealios V2s
Ergo Clears
Holy Pandas
Zykos