Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic Nebula vs Wooting Lekker V2

The Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic Nebula and the Wooting Lekker V2 are often cross-shopped. The main differences: do not assume you can swap one for the other: Hall-effect compatibility is board-specific, so check your keyboard's supported-switch list before buying either; the Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic Nebula costs less per switch ($0.32 versus $0.57).

Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic Nebula Linear · 40g
Wooting Lekker V2 Linear · 40g

Choose the Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic Nebula if

  • you want to spend less per switch.

Choose the Wooting Lekker V2 if

  • its character fits you: the wooting lekker v2 is the second-generation gateron-made magnetic linear with a redesigned housing and improved stability, shipping stock in the wooting 80he.

Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic Nebula vs Wooting Lekker V2, spec by spec

Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic NebulaWooting Lekker V2
Type Linear Linear
Compatibility Hall-effect boards that support it Hall-effect boards that support it
Actuation force 40g 40g
Bottom-out force 60g 60g
Pre-travel n/a n/a
Total travel 4 mm 4 mm
Stem POM POM
Top housing PC PC
Bottom housing nylon nylon
Spring n/a non-magnetic steel, 15.5mm
Factory lube yes yes
Pins n/a n/a
Price / switch $0.32 (stronger spec) $0.57
Sound profile n/a clean, slightly sharper bottom-out than V1
Released 2024 2024

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 Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.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
Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic Nebula 40g
Wooting Lekker V2 40g

7% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic Nebula; 7% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the Wooting Lekker V2.

Total travel shortest longest
Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic Nebula 4 mm
Wooting Lekker V2 4 mm

57% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic Nebula; 57% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Wooting Lekker V2.

Price per switch cheapest priciest
Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic Nebula $0.32
Wooting Lekker V2 $0.57

29% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic Nebula; 82% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Wooting Lekker V2.

Where to buy the Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic Nebula

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Where to buy the Wooting Lekker V2

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