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> Spending some time typing on my homemade switches has given me a newfound appreciation for just how good Cherry MX switches are. I know at least one mech key

> Spending some time typing on my homemade switches has given me a newfound appreciation for just how good Cherry MX switches are. I know at least one mech keyboard enthusiast from reddit who went from cherrry mx brown -> clears -> ergo clears -> gateron brown -> zealios v1 -> zealios v2 -> custom switches -> cherrry mx brown making a full cycle.

skocznymroczny 6y ago
I went scissor switch -> reds -> blues -> low profile blues -> low profile browns -> butterfly -> scissor switch. My favourite of them all is probably butterfly, but obviously there's no equivalent of that for desktop keyboards, so I am running a scissor switch keyboard now. However, I have very fond memories of the low profile blue switch.
bonestamp2 6y ago
I went Blue > Brown > Clear > Blue > Silent Red (on order, waiting for delivery) I went full circle back to blues, and blue are still my favorite... but the rest of my family does not share my enjoyment of them. I will go back to blues after they go back to work/school. :)
PhantomGremlin 6y ago
I assume you're talking about the "feel" of Cherry switches. Which many people really like. As for reliability, I don't know how readily available they are any more, but IMO the true "gold standard" is Hall Effect, because it's contactless. Hall effect keyboards used to be quite common 45 years ago in heavy data entry applications (e.g. people who spent their days entering typewritten manuscripts submitted by authors, years before every writer used a word processor). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_technology#Hall-effect_keyboard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_technology#Hall-effec... Contactless is great because there's no mechanical key bounce or contact wear. Some quick googling showed that Cherry (at least once upon a time) made hall effect keyswitches. But they're probably too expensive for most applications.
- bllguo 6y ago
  there has actually been renewed interest in hall effect switches recently. See here https://kono.store/products/keystone-analog-mechanical-keyboard https://kono.store/products/keystone-analog-mechanical-keybo... and https://wooting.io/lekker https://wooting.io/lekker not quite readily available, but that may change soon
aidenn0 6y ago
What, no matias in there?

skocznymroczny 6y ago

I went scissor switch -> reds -> blues -> low profile blues -> low profile browns -> butterfly -> scissor switch. My favourite of them all is probably butterfly, but obviously there's no equivalent of that for desktop keyboards, so I am running a scissor switch keyboard now. However, I have very fond memories of the low profile blue switch.

bonestamp2 6y ago

I went Blue > Brown > Clear > Blue > Silent Red (on order, waiting for delivery) I went full circle back to blues, and blue are still my favorite... but the rest of my family does not share my enjoyment of them. I will go back to blues after they go back to work/school. :)

PhantomGremlin 6y ago

I assume you're talking about the "feel" of Cherry switches. Which many people really like. As for reliability, I don't know how readily available they are any more, but IMO the true "gold standard" is Hall Effect, because it's contactless. Hall effect keyboards used to be quite common 45 years ago in heavy data entry applications (e.g. people who spent their days entering typewritten manuscripts submitted by authors, years before every writer used a word processor). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_technology#Hall-effect_keyboard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_technology#Hall-effec... Contactless is great because there's no mechanical key bounce or contact wear. Some quick googling showed that Cherry (at least once upon a time) made hall effect keyswitches. But they're probably too expensive for most applications.

bllguo 6y ago
there has actually been renewed interest in hall effect switches recently. See here https://kono.store/products/keystone-analog-mechanical-keyboard https://kono.store/products/keystone-analog-mechanical-keybo... and https://wooting.io/lekker https://wooting.io/lekker not quite readily available, but that may change soon

aidenn0 6y ago

What, no matias in there?