With the only other page discussing these switches prior to their arrival being a brief mention of their existence on KeebTalk, these switches flew fairly low under the radar until their release on Novelkeys in early November of 2020. Looking online though, it does seem that the Gateron Kangaroo Inks were announced via Monstargears at some point in mid to late September of 2020. While I would state this may be a result of me just having “too many switches to keep track of”, these genuinely do appear to have completely flown under my radar. I will admit, I am very much in the same boat as the majority of the community on this switch in that I absolutely was not aware that it was coming or was going to be released any time soon.
Regardless of how you choose to support me, being it by donating to the Patreon, sending me switches, or even just reading every article that I put up online, know that I am most always thankful for your support, and not just seasonally so. With pack size from my long-time vendor of choice Novelkeys being increased recently, I’m going to have to be relying on graciousness like this as well as my Patrons on my new Patreon page to help me out in keeping up with some of these newer releases. I’m super thankful to have gotten my hands on the Kangaroo switches in part due to a fellow Ohioan by the name of chaoskills08, who graciously donated a small portion of his 70 pack to me so that I would be able to take a look into these. Aside the slew of new ‘Adjective Pandas’ being added in the recent weeks, Cranes, Robins, and now even Kangaroos are being added to the ever increasing animal naming scheme for switches putting the theme right up there next to fruits and plays on the word ‘Zeal’.
With the cultural ramblings out of the way, my switch family is honestly starting to turn into more and more of a petting zoo at this point with all of the recent switches being released with animal themed names. At the least, I will be able to cozy up in bed with my family of switches and a small turkey dinner to watch the Dallas Cowboys lose their traditional Thanksgiving game. While many people outside of the US (as well as a lot of people in the US, to be entirely honest) see the Thanksgiving season from the lens of ‘Black Friday’, where we all ritualistically stampede the massive chain stores and fist fight our neighbors to get 50% off of a blender we don’t actually need, I am a much more simple goat focused on the food and family gatherings that will not be had this year.
With Thanksgiving celebrations just around the corner here in the US, one thing has been squarely on my mind for well over the last week now: Turkey. For a brief, interesting look at some of the differences between these switches, please check out this interesting Twitter Post by Xe, a Japanese switch collector. For clarity’s sake, this review specifically refers to the Novelkeys version of this switch. Aside a flipping of the word ‘Gateron’ on the top housing, there are also slightly different springs that appear in the Kangaroo Inks from Monstargears. Editing Note: Very shortly after posting this review I was made aware that there are actually minor differences between the Novelkeys and Monstargears versions of the Gateron Kangaroo Ink switches.
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