[SOLVED] Picking a Keyboard

[casonk17]

I don’t know much about mechanical switches in gaming keyboards. I am looking for a new one right now. I currently have the steel series red switches. I want something easy to press like the steel series red, but I also want something to let me know when I click. I don’t like super loud keyboards like the cherry Mx red, but I do want to have some kind of click. I have found myself holding down a key without realizing it many a times. Thanks!

 

[Gam3r01]

Most MX reds shouldnt be overly loud, might just be a specific model youve seen.
MX brown (or equivalent) is what you are looking for. Tactile feedback without an overtly loud clack like MX blue.
Other options are logitech romer G, steelseries QS1, or pretty much anything you can find comparable to browns.

 

[hang-the-9]

I got a Romer G keyboard and like it, another good switch is the Kailh Silver Speed, those were very good feeling and not loud (although for sure louder than a membrane keyboard) https://www.keyboardco.com/blog/ind...uction-to-kailh-switches-including-speed-box/

I would actually pick one of those two before the MX Browns or Reds myself.

 

[casonk17]

Most MX reds shouldnt be overly loud, might just be a specific model youve seen.
MX brown (or equivalent) is what you are looking for. Tactile feedback without an overtly loud clack like MX blue.
Other options are logitech romer G, steelseries QS1, or pretty much anything you can find comparable to browns.

So the browns would be an easy press with a distinct click to let you know you’re holding it?

 

[Gam3r01]

So the browns would be an easy press with a distinct click to let you know you’re holding it?

Yeah, browns (and non cherry equivalents) have a generally low actuation force and a tactile "click" without a "clack".
You can see here how reds tend to just mush down (the issue you are describing), where browns have a "bump" when the key actuates. Compare that bump to the blues to see why browns are going to be much quieter.
https://www.keyboardco.com/blog/index.php/2012/12/an-introduction-to-cherry-mx-mechanical-switches/

 

[JezykAfrykanski]

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