Gateron Azure Dragon V3 Tactile Switches

$10.65

Description

Gateron GoPolar Azure Dragon V3 switch offers welcome improvements over the previous version from the KS-9 mold.

 

Some of these V3 upgrades include:

  • Fixed top housing mold
  • Lens for better RGB light shine through
  • Gold plated springs
  • POM material for bottom housing
  • New mold for bottom housing

 

The upgraded POM bottom housing and stem provide an ideal sound experience and a smooth keypress into a firm bottoming out. 

 

The tactile 5pin switch uses polycarbonate material on the top housing and POM on the bottom housing. It has a 67g bottom-out force and 63g operating force. The total travel time is 4.0mm. It is pre-factory lubed. 

Specifications

  • Tactile bump
  • Top Housing: Polycarbonate, Lens Mold (Pantone 291C Transparent)
  • Bottom Housing: POM (Pantone XG Violet C)
  • Stem: POM
  • Spring:  Two-Stage 18mm
  • Operating Force: 63g
  • Bottom Out Force: 67g
  • 5-Pin,
  • PCB Mount
  • V3 (2023 updated)

Sound Test

Optional: Hand Lube and Filming Service

  • Price:
    • Hand Lubed or Filmed - $0.39 per switch
    • Hand Lubed & Filmed - $0.59 per switch
  • We use Krytox 205g0, Krytox 105 and TriboSys 3203 depending of your switch type.
  • We use polycarbonate clear .015mm or .013mm film depending on switch brand.
  • Depending on order volume, we typically require 1 - 3 additional business days.

Customer Reviews

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Cuyler Stuwe
Meh

Pros — Order was professionally packed, shipped, etc., so the company itself gets a positive review.

Cons — I was taking a gamble on whether I’d like the switches based off some Reddit circlejerk hype. The lubed switches had a pretty mushy indistinct feel. I’ve put together 11 keyboards over the past couple of months, each with different tactile switches. While I have a hierarchy of favorites from those experiments, these Azure Dragons were the only switches I actively disliked.

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Brandon Lau
great sounds on my qk100

enjoying these switches alot, the design is excellent and stands out from the 1000s of boring black or white or light colored switches of today.
the sound i am getting with these on my fully foamed qk100 w/ pbt caps is extremely creamy but also has that classic tactile click sound,

these are definitely my fav switches right now and id love to see something top this

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Alexis Bromander
Great switches

Even unlubed the action is smooth, they're quiet but with a nice pop-y thock on release (abs keycaps), short travel distance and the light diffusion on the switch housing makes per key RGB really smooth looking

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Sterling Ordes
Awesome!

Great tactile switches! They feel very nice, though they are slightly scratchy so I would advise lubing them

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chloe zaroli
They’re nice … with some work

These switches are nice but didn’t come in the best shape. Many of the pins were bent and needed to be straightened.

Also they were scratchy and not well prelubed. I’m not a switch snob and don’t feel compelled to lube everything i receive but the feel of the base switches was not great.

I re-lubed the switches and they’re working much better.