TLDR: don't have an address to get things delivered and am looking for a store that sells switches, from NYC/Philly area.
Kind of a unique situation. I moved out my old place and am waiting for housing to open up to get into a new place (I'm military). Right before I left my new keyboard and keycaps got delivered. It's going to be a month+ before I'm assigned housing and don't want to wait that long.
I'll be driving through NYC and I would think there's some kind of walk-in store somewhere I could goto so I can build this board but Google maps shows nothing. Any ideas?
How similar is the Glorious Panda switch to the Holy Panda? Been seeing it around and they sound fantastic. Back when the Holy Pandas came out I couldn’t afford the keyboard hobby but now I can.
I've tried both and while there are some differences between the two. But both follow the same formula for a strong tactile MX switch. Just gotta lube + film them, and they're fine switches. It's worth reading the ThereminGoat reviews on both if you're set on only these 2 switches. But both Drop and Glorious have acted like total scumbags multiple times before so I'm not too keen on giving either one my money.
Drop has had issues with previous batches being pre-lubed inconsistently. I remember that they said that they were going to stop having them pre-lubed, and new batches were still coming out with the same bad lube job from the factory. They also had a dispute with Input Club over the original Halo switch.
Boba u4t's are a well-reviewed alternative to both and are much cheaper than the Drop pandas, and are available in most regions. Plus the housings are super tight so you don't even have to film them.