Durock Koala vs Everglide Oreo
The Durock Koala and the Everglide Oreo are often cross-shopped. The main differences: stock they sound different: full, rounded tactile versus crisp, high tactile bump with a cushioned bottom-out; stock housings can sound slightly rattly or scratchy until lubed or filmed..
Choose the Durock Koala if
- you want a switch popular for enthusiast tactile builds.
Choose the Everglide Oreo if
- you want a switch popular for budget tactile builds.
Durock Koala vs Everglide Oreo, spec by spec
| Durock Koala | Everglide Oreo | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Tactile | Tactile |
| Compatibility | Standard MX sockets | Standard MX sockets |
| Actuation force | n/a | 55g |
| Bottom-out force | 62g | 62g |
| Pre-travel | 2 mm | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 4 mm | 4 mm |
| Stem | POM | POM |
| Top housing | PC | Polycarbonate |
| Bottom housing | nylon | nylon |
| Spring | n/a | Gold-plated steel |
| Factory lube | light | Light factory lube |
| Pins | 5-pin | 5-pin |
| Price / switch | $0.55 | $0.55 |
| Sound profile | full, rounded tactile | Crisp, high tactile bump with a cushioned bottom-out; stock housings can sound slightly rattly or scratchy until lubed or filmed. |
| Released | 2020 | n/a |
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 Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.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
70% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the Everglide Oreo.
57% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Durock Koala; 57% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Everglide Oreo.
70% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Durock Koala; 70% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Everglide Oreo.
Where to buy the Durock Koala
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Where to buy the Everglide Oreo
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