KTT Kang White V3 vs KTT Sea Salt Lemonade

The KTT Kang White V3 and the KTT Sea Salt Lemonade are often cross-shopped. The main differences: the KTT Sea Salt Lemonade is lighter to actuate (40g versus 45g); travel is 4 mm on the KTT Kang White V3 and 3.5 mm on the KTT Sea Salt Lemonade; stock they sound different: poppy, light clack versus bright lemonade linear.

KTT Kang White V3 Linear · 45g
KTT Sea Salt Lemonade Linear · 40g

Choose the KTT Kang White V3 if

  • you want a switch popular for budget builds.
  • you want a switch popular for clacky builds.
  • you want a heavier, more deliberate press (45g).
  • you want to spend less per switch.

Choose the KTT Sea Salt Lemonade if

  • you want a switch popular for clacky budget linears.
  • you want a lighter keystroke (40g).

KTT Kang White V3 vs KTT Sea Salt Lemonade, spec by spec

KTT Kang White V3KTT Sea Salt Lemonade
Type Linear Linear
Compatibility Standard MX sockets Standard MX sockets
Actuation force 45g 40g
Bottom-out force n/a n/a
Pre-travel 2 mm n/a
Total travel 4 mm 3.5 mm
Stem POM POM
Top housing PC PC
Bottom housing PA66 nylon
Spring progressive n/a
Factory lube light factory lubed
Pins 3-pin 5-pin
Price / switch $0.14 (stronger spec) $0.40
Sound profile poppy, light clack bright lemonade linear
Released 2022 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 Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.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

Actuation force lightest heaviest
KTT Kang White V3 45g
KTT Sea Salt Lemonade 40g

22% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the KTT Kang White V3; 7% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the KTT Sea Salt Lemonade.

Total travel shortest longest
KTT Kang White V3 4 mm
KTT Sea Salt Lemonade 3.5 mm

57% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the KTT Kang White V3; 16% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the KTT Sea Salt Lemonade.

Price per switch cheapest priciest
KTT Kang White V3 $0.14
KTT Sea Salt Lemonade $0.40

2% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the KTT Kang White V3; 48% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the KTT Sea Salt Lemonade.

Where to buy the KTT Kang White V3

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Where to buy the KTT Sea Salt Lemonade

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