Gateron Low Profile Brown vs Outemu Brown
The Gateron Low Profile Brown and the Outemu Brown are often cross-shopped. The main differences: they are not interchangeable: the Gateron Low Profile Brown is a Gateron low-profile switch that only fits keyboards built for it, not the standard MX hot-swap sockets the Outemu Brown uses; travel is 2.5 mm on the Gateron Low Profile Brown and 4 mm on the Outemu Brown; stock they sound different: shallow, muted versus neutral, light tactile tick.
- Cheaper per switchOutemu Brown$0.12 versus $0.23
- Lubed from the factoryGateron Low Profile Brownusable out of the box without lubing
Choose the Gateron Low Profile Brown if
- you want a switch popular for low-profile boards.
- you want a switch popular for laptop-like typing.
- you want a factory-lubed switch out of the box.
Choose the Outemu Brown if
- you want a switch popular for budget prebuilts.
- you want a switch popular for office.
- you want to spend less per switch.
Gateron Low Profile Brown vs Outemu Brown, spec by spec
| Gateron Low Profile Brown | Outemu Brown | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Tactile | Tactile |
| Compatibility | Gateron low-profile boards only | Standard MX sockets |
| Actuation force | 50g | 50g |
| Bottom-out force | 60g | n/a |
| Pre-travel | 1.5 mm | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 2.5 mm | 4 mm |
| Stem | POM | POM |
| Top housing | transparent PC | PC |
| Bottom housing | nylon | nylon |
| Spring | single-stage | n/a |
| Factory lube | light (stronger spec) | none |
| Pins | 3-pin | 3-pin |
| Price / switch | $0.23 | $0.12 (stronger spec) |
| Sound profile | shallow, muted | neutral, light tactile tick |
| Released | 2021 | 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 Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.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
52% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the Gateron Low Profile Brown; 52% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the Outemu Brown.
0% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Gateron Low Profile Brown; 57% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Outemu Brown.
12% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Gateron Low Profile Brown; 0% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Outemu Brown.
Where to buy the Gateron Low Profile Brown
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Where to buy the Outemu Brown
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