Hori Kuro unboxing + no mods!

Thank you @Nubert‌ for giving me permission to check out one of the Kuro buttons. BTW, this thread is a spoiler thread for you, do not read if you want that new surprised feeling when you get your buttons :) LOL @ the thread title, no modding going on here guys. Not my buttons.

Lets start! Oh, another personally scribbled letter :) Thanks to whoever packages this stuff up, you do a great job!
Hey, look at that. A big box with a bunch of Hayabusa. Where is the Kuro???
I was expecting a different box I guess, but there it is up at the top. Lets take it out.
Another quality box design. Love their presentation. Let's open her up.

And take her (and her sisters) out.
Hori also does a great job wrapping Kuro up. But we all know that I don't like it wrapped, soooo....
And there she is. Exposed for the intertron to see. What's interesting is the harder edge design of the plunger.
Let's see how she compares to my other girls. (yes, in case you didn't know, all my parts are female. wait! not those parts, only the parts I like touching!) The plunger seems to rest a lot higher than Seimitsu's PS-14-GN-C and Sanwa's OBSF. Yeah yeah I don't like Sanwa buttons but it's a loaner provided by @armi0024‌ :) Kahuna couldn't have happened without PA!
Here is Kuro, stripped bare with her internals exposed. Check out the switch, it's black instead of white. No vanilla inside this chocolate ice cream. Sanwa SW-68 for reference.
SW-68 vs Kuro switch. They're basically identical, they even feel nearly identical. Can't really tell the difference myself, no tactile difference IMO. I can't see any reason to do a switch swap. If there is any difference in feel of the button it's going to be the material and plunger size. Feels softer than Tkc switches used in Seimitsu, IMO.
Kuro's plunger vs Sanwa's. Kuro is about 1 mm larger. Besides the harder plunger edge, you have the extra surface area. Not sure if that harder edge comes into play, maybe it allows you to feel the edge more, I don't know, but with that much surface area I can't ever see feeling out the edge.
Well, lets wrap her and her sisters back up and banish them back in the box. After all, these need to go to Nubert.
And there we go, Pandora's Box all sealed up again for someone else to open in the future :)
My thoughts on Kuro: Well, I can't use them, so I have to analyze based on what I have used and the basic design of the buttons vs others. One thing I was surprised at was how light they felt. I guess the Sanwa buttons feel kind of light too, I'm a bit used to handling buttons with larger switches and nuts. Haha!!! Anyway, IMO, there will be no major tactile difference based on the switches vs Sanwa buttons. Compared to Seimitsu PS-14-GN there is a huge tactile difference, of course those IMO feel much better than both Kuro and Sanwa based on the switch alone. Pressing in Kuro's plunger didn't feel all that different from pressing in a Sanwa, and I didn't notice any squeeky sound coming from it. It was pretty smooth from what I can tell, the only thing is I was pressing down directly on it and it wasn't installed in a control panel where it would be possible to press it at an angle to see if it squeeks.

Would I want these personally? I'm not sure. I never had any problems with my fingers sliding off my current buttons, so I can't see how the larger plunger would be a help. I guess if you have that problem, then these would be nice buttons for you. They also feel like Sanwa buttons as far as tactile and tension, so that immediately kills them for me. I've always liked how iL competitions felt, but sadly they do not make them in smoke transparents and on top of that there is the slight problem of engaging the switch on one side vs another, so I ghetto rigged up some Seimtisu buttons with cherry switches. If I had to use stock buttons, I'd probably use Seimitsu G switch based buttons or iL, Sanwa are at the bottom and probably Kuro, too. I'd probably choose Sanwa over Kuro simply for color choice, but, the larger plunger does have me a little interested, a little. It's not like I'm winning major tournaments or anything or a name when it comes to playing, so uh, my opinion on buttons probably doesn't really matter, but those are my thoughts. For what it's worth, I tend to prefer more tension and a snappy feeling, like old school iL buttons, so if you like those and don't like Sanwa, then I wouldn't try a Kuro. On the other hand, if you really like Sanwa buttons, and feel like even Seimitsu are too tense for you, then you'd probably really like Kuro buttons. Hope that helps.

Anyway, again, thanks to @Nubert‌ again for letting me check out one. Really appreciate it :)