OT: Mechanical Keyboards

[ihatepants]

What is your favorite whiskey ?

Yamazaki 18, but it's become almost impossible to find any of the year aged Suntory whiskies nowadays.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Things I now know.

I like the sound of the Mx Cherry Red keys, I want a key depression distance of about 1.4 mm and I want a force of 45 cN or less. I want my key light on the touch, short travel distance and not a ton of auditory feedback.

 

[ihatepants]

Things I now know.

I like the sound of the Mx Cherry Red keys, I want a key depression distance of about 1.4 mm and I want a force of 45 cN or less. I want my key light on the touch, short travel distance and not a ton of auditory feedback.

If you like linear switches like the Cherry Reds, I'd recommend looking into the Novelkeys Silk Yellows, Novelkeys Creams, Gateron Red Inks or Gateron Red or Yellow. Gateron Yellows are nice and cheap and after lubing and filming them perform similarly to much more expensive switches.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Oh, my.

Wow.

Who knew?

I did, but only from my Whisky discord crew. It did come as a surprise when I discovered this.

 

[Chin Diesel]

If you like linear switches like the Cherry Reds, I'd recommend looking into the Novelkeys Silk Yellows, Novelkeys Creams, Gateron Red Inks or Gateron Red or Yellow. Gateron Yellows are nice and cheap and after lubing and filming them perform similarly to much more expensive switches.

I read about the linear switches and all of sudden that sounds boring. Seems like linear force ideologues would also drink White Claw. I was intrigued by parabolic switches only to find out Burroughs last made them using opto-electrical technology in the key.

I like the idea of an increasing force requirement which then hits a peak and has a decreasing force to finish the stroke.

Force - Deskthority wiki

deskthority.net

 

[HuskyHawk]

I read about the linear switches and all of sudden that sounds boring. Seems like linear force ideologues would also drink White Claw. I was intrigued by parabolic switches only to find out Burroughs last made them using opto-electrical technology in the key.

I like the idea of an increasing force requirement which then hits a peak and has a decreasing force to finish the stroke.

Force - Deskthority wiki

deskthority.net

Get a switch tester on eBay. That’s what I did. Ultimately decided I liked the clears a bit more than browns. Red is popular with gamers. Very fast. But I’m typing Word docs and emails. There are some optical switches out there.

I liked the new board better as the day went on. Only thought is I might have liked a lower profile. They do make low profile mechanicals.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Get a switch tester on eBay. That’s what I did. Ultimately decided I liked the clears a bit more than browns. Red is popular with gamers. Very fast. But I’m typing Word docs and emails. There are some optical switches out there.

I liked the new board better as the day went on. Only thought is I might have liked a lower profile. They do make low profile mechanicals.

Low profile like this one? Article is 2 years old but it seems as current as anything else out there.

Like the profile but would like to finger it myself. 12mm total height, 1.2 mm actuation distance, and a linear force of about 45 cN. It's taking me time to warm up to the idea of linear force switches. Not there yet.

Cherry MX Low Profile RGB: New switches for flat keyboards - Optocrypto

For the past 30 years, Cherry has built almost unchanged keyboard blocks. At CES 2018, the Auerbach-based hardware manufacturer Cherry has shown new,

optocrypto.com

 

[HuskyHawk]

Low profile like this one? Article is 2 years old but it seems as current as anything else out there.

Like the profile but would like to finger it myself. 12mm total height, 1.2 mm actuation distance, and a linear force of about 45 cN. It's taking me time to warm up to the idea of linear force switches. Not there yet.

Cherry MX Low Profile RGB: New switches for flat keyboards - Optocrypto

For the past 30 years, Cherry has built almost unchanged keyboard blocks. At CES 2018, the Auerbach-based hardware manufacturer Cherry has shown new,

optocrypto.com

That's one example. There are few others, including with optical switches. Suggest you get a sampler.

Those are very light, fast switches. My Cherry MX Clears have a heavier force at 65g vs the 45 of the Browns, and a total travel of 4mm. They are tactile, so activate 2mm short of that 4mm. Basically about like the Blues, minus the click sound.