This question is a little less random. I’ve had a few people already ask “why fingercrusher?” and “what’s a fingercrusher?”. It’s the name of the site, after all. The quick answer is this:

This little bastard.

What is it? Specifically, it’s a modified Gateron Green switch. In more general terms, it’s what I’m calling a switch that has been modded to be much harder to press than any commercially available stock mechanical switch.

You start with a stock Gateron Green, which has an bottom-out spring weight of 80g, which means it takes 80 grams of force for the switch to travel it’s full top to bottom distance internally. The Gateron Green is already considered a “heavy” switch, as the more popular “blue” switch is rated at 55g, and the “red” switch is rated at 45g.

An 80g spring won’t do though, so next you open it up, and replace that spring with a 185g spring from switchTop (listed as being 150g+). Boom. Instant regret.

So why do it? What’s the point?

There is no point. And I did it because I thought it would be funny, which is my motivation for a lot of things.

Truth be told though, once you get accustomed to the very heavy switch, it feels pretty alright (to me, at least). I’ve been using a board loaded with them on and off for the past week (switching between it and my normal daily driver board), and I don’t mind it at all. Granted, when switching between it and any other board, I have to recalibrate, because otherwise I’ll just smash my fingers straight through “lighter” switches.

Not my favorite switch in the world (I’ll make a post about what is, later), but I definitely like it more than any linear switch I have.