Kailh Red Bean Pudding 45g

Quick Summary

The Kailh Red Bean Pudding is a light POM BOX-stem linear with a smooth feel and a charming pudding-inspired look — a red stem under a translucent cover. It actuates around 45g with a warm, rounded sound, and the BOX stem adds dust resistance and stability. Equal parts comfortable and cute, it is a good fit for a themed, RGB-lit build.

Specs and Feel

Actuation lands near 45g on a short 1.8mm pre-travel into a 3.6mm total travel, with a polycarbonate top, a POM bottom housing, and a POM BOX-style stem on a 13mm spring. The POM-on-POM stem and bottom give the switch its smooth glide and a warm, rounded sound — closer to medium-thocky than bright, because POM damps the impact more than nylon would. The BOX stem encloses the contact leaf, which improves dust and moisture resistance and lends a stable, slightly snug feel with reduced wobble. The translucent housing is designed for shine-through caps and RGB. Overall it is a light, easygoing linear that looks as good as it feels.

Tuning

Stock, the Red Bean Pudding is already smooth thanks to the POM materials, so it is fine to run untouched. A light lube on the rails and spring will push it that bit further and quiet any faint spring ping, but the gains are smaller than on a dry nylon switch. The BOX stem already keeps wobble low, so films are unnecessary. If you want a deeper sound, pairing it with a foamed case helps more than any switch mod. This is a switch that is happy stock and only lightly rewards extra work.

Verdict

Buy the Red Bean Pudding if you want a smooth, light, good-looking BOX linear for a themed or RGB build, and you like a warm rather than clacky sound. It is rounder and more refined-feeling than a plain Kailh Red thanks to the POM, and the BOX stem adds durability a standard linear lacks. Skip it only if you want a heavier switch or a sharp, poppy bottom-out. As an affordable, characterful linear, it is an easy yes.