Outemu HE vs Outemu Red
The Outemu HE and the Outemu Red are often cross-shopped. The main differences: they are not interchangeable: the Outemu HE is a magnetic Hall-effect switch that only fits keyboards built for it, not the standard MX hot-swap sockets the Outemu Red uses; travel is 3.5 mm on the Outemu HE and 4 mm on the Outemu Red; stock they sound different: budget magnetic versus neutral, slightly scratchy.
Choose the Outemu HE if
- you want a switch popular for budget HE boards.
Choose the Outemu Red if
- you want a switch popular for budget prebuilts.
- you want a switch popular for gaming.
Outemu HE vs Outemu Red, spec by spec
| Outemu HE | Outemu Red | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Linear | Linear |
| Compatibility | Hall-effect boards that support it | Standard MX sockets |
| Actuation force | n/a | 45g |
| Bottom-out force | n/a | n/a |
| Pre-travel | n/a | 2 mm |
| Total travel | 3.5 mm | 4 mm |
| Stem | n/a | POM |
| Top housing | n/a | PC |
| Bottom housing | n/a | nylon |
| Spring | n/a | n/a |
| Factory lube | n/a | none |
| Pins | n/a | 3-pin |
| Price / switch | n/a | $0.12 |
| Sound profile | budget magnetic | neutral, slightly scratchy |
| Released | 2024 | 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 Fields marked n/a are unpublished by the maker; we list only verifiable numbers.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
22% of the 198 switches tracked here actuate lighter than the Outemu Red.
16% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Outemu HE; 57% of the 224 switches tracked here have shorter total travel than the Outemu Red.
0% of the 193 switches tracked here cost less per switch than the Outemu Red.
Where to buy the Outemu HE
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Where to buy the Outemu Red
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