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No these are the "silent" reds. They don't make a sound when bottoming out and also not when coming back up. Regular: https://www.cherrymx.de/en/mx-original/mx
by jmiserez 7y ago
No these are the "silent" reds. They don't make a sound when bottoming out and also not when coming back up.
Regular: https://www.cherrymx.de/en/mx-original/mx-red.html https://www.cherrymx.de/en/mx-original/mx-red.html
Silent: https://www.cherrymx.de/en/mx-original/mx-silent-red.html https://www.cherrymx.de/en/mx-original/mx-silent-red.html
- StavrosK 7y agoOh huh, I hadn't noticed that, thank you.
- moondev 7y agoThey are still linear switches though. So silent in tactile feel as well
- Symbiote 7y agoThere are some silent, tactile switches, but I think they're a bit more obscure. I made my ergonomic, split keyboards from a kit[1], and chose Aliaz Silent switches [2]. It's around the same noisiness as everyone else's keyboard (Apple, cheap Dell one etc). (There are almost certainly other options — the choice was a bit overwhelming when I decided to buy a DIY keyboard — but I'm not in the hobby of collecting many different keyboards. Various Reddit groups can advise.) [1] https://github.com/omkbd/ErgoDash https://github.com/omkbd/ErgoDash [2] https://kbdfans.com/products/pre-orderaliaz-silent-switch-tactile https://kbdfans.com/products/pre-orderaliaz-silent-switch-ta...
- moondev 7y agoBeautiful build! Those GMK caps look amazing.
- ldarby 7y agoI have these, for an office. Yes they are silent if you slowly push and release a key, but thumping away at 50-60 wpm still makes a huge amount of noise, even with o-rings installed (although a lot quieter than blue switches which I used to have).
- p_l 7y agoI have topre switches, so a bit different experience, but a friend of mine had "shown off" that indeed, you can type silently on them. It's the art of not bottoming out which is something like 90% of the noise.