Durock Sunflower vs Durock T1

The Durock Sunflower and the Durock T1 are often cross-shopped. The main differences: travel is 3.7 mm on the Durock Sunflower and 4 mm on the Durock T1; stock they sound different: deep, poppy tactile versus deep, clacky tactile.

Durock Sunflower Tactile · 52g
Durock T1 Tactile · force n/a

Choose the Durock Sunflower if

  • you want a switch popular for thocky builds.

Choose the Durock T1 if

  • you want a switch popular for typing.

Durock Sunflower vs Durock T1, spec by spec

Durock SunflowerDurock T1
Type Tactile Tactile
Compatibility Standard MX sockets Standard MX sockets
Actuation force 52g n/a
Bottom-out force 67g 67g
Pre-travel 2 mm 2 mm
Total travel 3.7 mm 4 mm
Stem POM POM
Top housing POM blend PC
Bottom housing POM blend nylon
Spring n/a n/a
Factory lube light light
Pins 5-pin 5-pin
Price / switch $0.55 $0.55
Sound profile deep, poppy tactile deep, clacky tactile
Released 2022 2019

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 Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.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

Actuation force lightest heaviest
Durock Sunflower 52g

68% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the Durock Sunflower.

Total travel shortest longest
Durock Sunflower 3.7 mm
Durock T1 4 mm

46% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Durock Sunflower; 57% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Durock T1.

Price per switch cheapest priciest
Durock Sunflower $0.55
Durock T1 $0.55

70% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Durock Sunflower; 70% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Durock T1.

Where to buy the Durock Sunflower

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Where to buy the Durock T1

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