Accessories

Owlab is aiming to cover all aspects of a keyboard enthusiast’s needs, and their Owlstabs are another fantastic addition to the market! Owlstabs are PCB screw-in stabilizers utilizing Liquidmetal wires made of shape-memory allow allowing for slight bending of the wire to return to the original, straight shape – such an alloy or metal has not been used in the keyboard community yet and boasts great performance! That being said, we do not advise intentional bending of the wires to test this in order to help avoid deformation and material fatigue.

Owlab aims to constantly improve their product from customer feedback, and these stabilizers are no exception. They have made subtle, but crucial improvements to the stabilizer housing and stem, including reworking the wire clip-in mechanism, reducing wire entry hole size, and decreased width of the outer housing. These have helped with ease of application, wire wobble, and stem/housing contact.

Offered are an 80% and 100% kit, with the latter being able to support two smaller-form boards (65%-TKL) if one board uses a Tsangan/WKL (7u) bottom-row layout and the other uses a standard/WK bottom-row layout.

Owlabs 80% Kit Includes:

• x4 2u stabilizer wires
• x1 6.25u & 7u stabilizer wire
• x10 stabilizer stems & housing
• x12 washers
• x12 gold screws
• x12 Teflon stabilizer dampening pads
• x6 wire cushions

Owlabs 100% Kit Includes:

• x7 2u stabilizer wires
• x1 6.25u & 7u stabilizer wire
• x10 stabilizer stems & housing
• x18 washers
• x18 gold screws
• x18 Teflon stabilizer dampening pads
• x8 wire cushions

Photos taken by the wonderful Captain.Sterling!

Introducing TX Stabilizers! Implementing a patented technology, kin25 of TX Keyboards has improved the design of Cherry clip-ins to minimize rattling and prevent wire pop-out (using stab stoppers included with the set). The patented design features a double shot stabilizer stem with a POM outside and TPU & POM mixture inside. This mixture helps to minimize wire rattle and bottom out noise. Revision 3 brings the new white colour as well as a 1.2mm variant to support the more uncommon PCB thickness.

TX Stabilizers are available in WK (1x 6.25u + 4x 2u stabilizers) or WKL (1x 7u + 4x 2u stabilizers) kits in the 1.6mm variant.

The RAMA WORKS® Switchpuller XO is a must have in every mechanical keyboard enthusiasts tool-kit. This switchpuller is designed to safely remove a switch from a hotswap board or from a plate (just make sure the switches are desoldered).

The Switchpuller XO SEQ2 is now thicker to improve rigidity while still removing switches with ease and precision. Now featured in the SOYA colourway with a textured matte finish, classic laser-etched product code, and relocated X and O cutouts.

Ever wondered what sort of brushes you’ll need when you are ready to start customising your switches?

The SK Lubricant Brush Kit is your answer. Each kit comes with 4 specialty-sized brushes that make lubing your switches a breeze. Because everyone is different, we’ve selected varying brushes depending on your preference and style.

What’s more, the pack also includes a specialised metallic stem holder to hold the stems while you lube them – ensuring no sticky fingers! (It can also double as a handy mechanical pencil when not in use – Please remove lead before using as a stem holder)

On the flip side, it has three handy holders to carry your 205, 3203 and even one designed for vials of 105. These hold tight and are very portable.

Each kit includes:

• Flat 0: The perfect all-in-one. Flat bristles tapered ends. This brush was cloned from an actual lube God and is regarded as the gold standard utility brush.
• Filbert 4: If you are looking for a bit more consistency and ease of use than a flat tip, this is for you.
• Round 1: This is the precision tip. Great for working around tactile legs or pole housings.
• Script Liner 1: An XL version of the Round to give a bit more depth inside the switch housing.
• SK Stem holder: 4 prongs emerge to secure your stems while you lube them. Button operated.

Some of you may have seen our Ashkeebs-branded switch bags included with your switch orders, and now they’re available for order en-masse! Designed by EURApsd, the Ashkeebs Switch Bags feature a 3.5mm plastic thickness for durability, as well as a gusseted bottom to allow the bags to stand by themselves easily. Both sides of the bags are carefully designed, with the front sporting our brand colours with frosted slivers to allow switches to peek through and a cute little switch in the corner, and the back with frosted plastic and our logo over top to clearly see everything stored inside!

There are two bundles available: 10 bags for $3 USD | $3.75 CAD, and 20 bags for $5 USD | $6.50 CAD!

Deskeys Gasket Switch Films are here! From the engineer that brought forth the wonderful topre silencing rings comes their foray into the MX switch accessory market, and they have truly hit a home run with these! At a thickness of 0.3mm, the natural compressive nature of the films allows for it to work with a wide variety of switches and creates a deep, thocky sound that many chase after. Just as other switch films, they help to reduce stem and housing wobble by creating a tight seal once the switch has been enclosed with the films applied to the bottom housing.

These are twice the thickness of the standard TX films we carry, but carry the same level of effectiveness with a bass-ier acoustic effect. Below is a comprehensive list of switches we’ve used these films with and have found success:

• Gateron Milky Blacks
• Gateron Milky Yellows
• Cherry Retooled & Vintage Blacks
• FEI Matchas
• NovelKeys Creams
• All ZealPC switches
• TKC x C3 switches (V2 Tangerines, Kiwis, and Banana Splits)
• Holy Pandas (BSUN and first Drop version)
• U4 Bobas
• Keebwerk. Tacits

The only switch that we’ve tried it with that didn’t work very well were Gateron V2 Inks, as it was just too tight. This could be due to the plate having a tight tolerance already, so your mileage may vary.