HMX Macaron vs TTC Honey
The HMX Macaron and the TTC Honey are often cross-shopped. The main differences: travel is 3.5 mm on the HMX Macaron and 3.8 mm on the TTC Honey; stock they sound different: soft creamy linear versus creamy, rounded.
Choose the HMX Macaron if
- you want a switch popular for creamy linears.
Choose the TTC Honey if
- you want a switch popular for typing.
- you want a switch popular for creamy builds.
HMX Macaron vs TTC Honey, spec by spec
| HMX Macaron | TTC Honey | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Linear | Linear |
| Compatibility | Standard MX sockets | Standard MX sockets |
| Actuation force | 42g | 42g |
| Bottom-out force | n/a | 50g |
| Pre-travel | n/a | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 3.5 mm | 3.8 mm |
| Stem | POM | POM |
| Top housing | PC | PC |
| Bottom housing | nylon | PC |
| Spring | n/a | extended |
| Factory lube | factory lubed | light |
| Pins | 5-pin | n/a |
| Price / switch | $0.45 | $0.45 |
| Sound profile | soft creamy linear | creamy, rounded |
| Released | 2023 | 2023 |
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 Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.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
15% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the HMX Macaron; 15% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the TTC Honey.
16% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the HMX Macaron; 49% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the TTC Honey.
56% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the HMX Macaron; 56% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the TTC Honey.
Where to buy the HMX Macaron
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Where to buy the TTC Honey
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