Aflion Silent vs Gazzew Bobagum
The Aflion Silent and the Gazzew Bobagum are often cross-shopped. The main differences: stock they sound different: muted, dampened versus near-silent, soft.
Choose the Aflion Silent if
- you want a switch popular for budget silent.
- you want a switch popular for prebuilt boards.
Choose the Gazzew Bobagum if
- you want a switch popular for office.
- you want a switch popular for quiet builds.
Aflion Silent vs Gazzew Bobagum, spec by spec
| Aflion Silent | Gazzew Bobagum | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Silent linear | Silent linear |
| Compatibility | Standard MX sockets | Standard MX sockets |
| Actuation force | n/a | 46g |
| Bottom-out force | n/a | 55g |
| Pre-travel | n/a | n/a |
| Total travel | n/a | 3.6 mm |
| Stem | n/a | POM |
| Top housing | n/a | proprietary boba blend |
| Bottom housing | n/a | proprietary boba blend |
| Spring | n/a | n/a |
| Factory lube | light | light |
| Pins | n/a | 5-pin |
| Price / switch | n/a | $0.65 |
| Sound profile | muted, dampened | near-silent, soft |
| Released | n/a | 2021 |
Highlighted rows are where the two differ; a check marks the objectively stronger spec (price, battery, modability). Feel and preference rows never get a check. Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.
Where they sit among all 227 switches we track
48% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the Gazzew Bobagum.
34% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Gazzew Bobagum.
87% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Gazzew Bobagum.
Where to buy the Aflion Silent
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Where to buy the Gazzew Bobagum
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