A super-smooth, crisp linear with a clean, novel sound-signature and nuanced typing feel.

TL;DR: What we have here is a skate-smooth linear with a crisp, yet mellow bottom-out and a moderately sharp, clacky top-out.

The Lightwave V2 stem has some stab-foot style dampening legs on it, but those will only engage in their own specialized housings. The "mirror-polished" tooling still lends the benefit of super-smooth operation, however. In lieu of the dampening legs, taking the edge off in this switch is the softer Bobagum housing, which also does its part to tighten-up the travel and resting position a bit.

If you liked the original Lightwave V2 but wished it weren’t so rattly-sounding (and don't have the patience to meticulously lube them), Bobagum housings just might offer the refinement you’re looking for. Stability and cleanliness of sound both enjoy an improvement, and while there’s still plenty of clack, it’s a fair bit more soft than with the original KK housings.

This reminds me of candy and cartoon monsters, both from the 90's.

While plenty less than with the original translucent cool-green KK ones, there’s still a bit of rattle and spring resonance with the Bobagum housings and the V2’s crazy long/wide spring. The switch is quite smooth already, but I still recommend tuning with lube for sound on this one. I might recommend something thin, to preserve the skate feeling - but if you like butter, then butter it up, baby.

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