Lubing switches is the change people talk about most and the slowest to try: you take every switch out, open it, brush lube on its parts and put it back together. Before you spend an evening on that, you can hear boards their owners recorded after lubing them. The packs below were recorded by people who say their switches were lubed, so you can hear the result first.
The packs come from the Mechvibes community, and their views count how often people opened them in the 30 days to November 15, 2026, each person once a day. We have not lubed these switches ourselves. What lube does comes from the source linked, and what was done to each board comes from its pack maker's own words.
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Lubing switches
A switch has a top and bottom housing, a stem and a spring. To lube it, people pull it from the board, open the housing, brush a thin layer of lube on the stem, the spring and the inside of the housing, and close it again. KeebsForAll says this reduces friction, removes spring noise and makes switches smoother and quieter. It recommends a thicker lube such as Krytox 205g0 for linear switches, warns that too much lube makes switches feel sluggish, and says to skip clicky switches, since lube can ruin their sound. On a hot-swap board you pull the switches with a switch puller; on a soldered board, it says to ask a professional to remove them (KeebsForAll).
These packs say they were recorded with lubed switches:
- Gravastar V60 Pro/Lubed: a GravaStar V60 Pro with GravaStar Hall effect switches, lubed as its name says. Its maker calls it "Creamy Clacky i think?" It is the most played of these packs, with 586 views.
- (the creamiest one) Zoom TKL morandi switches Lubed: a Zoom TKL with lubed Morandi linear switches. Its maker describes it as creamy.
- Gamakay Mk61 By Shodie: a GamaKay MK61 with Gateron Optical Yellow switches. Its maker says the board was spray lubed and that it sounds "kinda quiet for some reason". Another pack, gamakay mk61 spray lubed, was made from the same video, and its maker describes it as clacky and creamy.
- Modded Royal Kludge R75 with Lubed RK yellow switches: a Royal Kludge R75 with lubed RK Yellow linear switches. Its maker says it is their own board and that they "modded it a lot", without listing every mod.
None of these boards has a pack that says it was recorded without lube, so you cannot hear the same board before and after. The Royal Kludge R75 has a second pack from a different recording, but its maker does not say whether its switches were lubed. Try typing the same sentence on one of the packs above, then on a pack of a board you know.
What you need
Switch lube
A thin layer on the stem, spring and housing reduces friction and spring noise.
- Good for: your linear or tactile switches feel scratchy or have spring noise
- Skip it if: your switches are clicky; lube can ruin their sound
Switch opener
It separates the top and bottom housing of each switch without damaging it.
- Good for: you plan to lube a full board of MX-style switches
- Skip it if: your switches are soldered and you will not remove them
Keycap and switch puller
It removes the keycaps, then pulls the switches out of a hot-swap board.
- Good for: your board is hot-swap, so the switches come out without soldering
- Skip it if: your board is soldered; KeebsForAll says to ask a professional
How to listen
Every pack page has a keyboard you can type on. Turn the volume up and type anywhere on the page to hear the pack. To hear it while you work in other apps, download Mechvibes, open the pack and press Install.
The same keyboard can sound very different from one recording to the next. Switches, keycaps, the desk and the microphone all change the sound, so treat each pack as one person's board, not a measurement. If you have lubed your own switches, you can record your own pack and add it to the library, before and after.