While this may not be confusing to most people who have read this, I could totally imagine someone getting their hopes up for a different shade of green stem in these switches after having misread this chart. First announced on June 22nd of 2021, the Kailh Box Mute Jade switches were teased on Novelkeys’ Instagram page via an “Updates with Mike | Summer 2021” video. Features such as smoothness, bottoming out, and topping out feeling between these two switches is shared almost in entirety. International products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age ratings, and language of product, labeling or instructions. Next to this is what appears to be a thickened bottoming out pad which sits directly underneath that of the activating lever in the Box mechanism of the bottom housing.

I received both BOX Jades and Navies so naturally the first thing that I did was open up the bags and test them out individually, comparing them to their counterparts the BOX White and Pale Blues. The footprint I used holds Gateron and Cherry switches very snugly but these BOX switches just fall out. Traditionally, the area around the nameplate region is significantly more packed with components and design structures which would otherwise interfere with the large stem size and design here.The Box Mute Jades feature five pin, opaque white bottom housings, clear top housings, and a “silver grey” stem with the dustproof box-style enclosure. Perhaps some of my disappointment in how these turned out was based in the fact that a small portion of my batch seemingly deviated from expectations due to batch variability and instead produced something much more in line with what I had thought Box Mute Jades would be instead of their intended performance. Paired successfully to Windows with Bluetooth dongle and a MacBook Pro onboard Bluetooth and no latency or lost keys in my usage. Regarding the stem wobble of these two switches, the Box Mute Jades feel slightly less wobbly in both directions as compared to the original Box Jade switches, which may be likely due to simple mold and manufacturing improvements over the previous years since the initial release of the Jades. Divinikey has been a huge help to me and my builds over the last year or two of doing reviews and they’ll definitely hook you up.

Stopping by the Box Mute Jade stems, these grey (and not green) stems come unlubed from the factory and appear no different from that of other Box style stems which I’ve seen prior. However, things start to turn downhill when we’re talking about slower-paced games, especially stealth games. The Kailh Box Jades were my second major mechanical keyswitch, the first being the Outemu Blue in my previous E-Element Z-88 mechanical keyboard.Looking first to the to the top housings of the switch, I want to make a note here that it already appears that the molds and design features of these top housings are markedly different from that of the only other Box style switch which I’ve reviewed prior in depth in my From The Vault: Novelias Switch Review. Especially those smaller creators out there – you should be going and interacting with all of them whenever you get a chance as every big reviewer you know by name now was once in their shoes too. Kailh x Novelkeys Box Jade MX Mechanical Switches | Mechanical Keyboards | Keyboard Switches | Drop Drop requires JavaScript to work, but it is disabled in your web browser. If you're running a script or application, please register or sign in with your developer credentials here.