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Originally Posted by
ChaoticKinesis 
The longer keys like backspace, enter, shift, and spacebar have stabilizers because they are too long to be supported by a single switch. Cherry MX keyboards either have Cherry- or Costar-style stabilizers. With Cherry stabilizers those keys have something that resembles two additional MX key switches on the ends, which causes additional force to be required on the keys and contributes to a feeling that some would consider "mushy." Costar stabilizers use a thick wire insert, which results in the all keys requiring uniform pressure. Though the preference is not universal, more people seem to prefer Costar stabilizers. I would agree with those people.
I have a Ducky Shine II, and the keyboard does have Cherry stabilizers (there's a picture somewhere in the Ducky Shine II thread where the poster removed keycaps from the space and backspace key to look at what was making the keys feel "mushy"). Personally, I didn't really notice the "mushy" feel unless I was consciously thinking about it, and I'm not sure if that's because I used red switches before this, or if it just doesn't really bother me.
All I can say is that I have nothing but positive things to say about the Ducky Shine II; the LEDs are great and it's a very sturdy keyboard.
Although the Night Hawk looks super slick too!
Edit: To clarify, I have a Ducky Shine II TKL with Brown switches and blue LEDs.
