ZealPC Announces Zealios Silent Tactile Switches

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ZealPC began as a small company producing custom sleeved cables, but now it’s become an essential part of the mechanical keyboard community. Its latest contribution is Silent Tactile switches, which the company has now confirmed that it’s working on.

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[Tyler Younghaus]

I'd like to point out the manufacturer of the Zealio switches, Gateron, already makes a silent tactile, the silent brown. So Zeal won't even be the first.

 

[zahoome]

Silent Clicky switch? Wha? Clicky switches make noise (surprisingly a click... sometimes a clack) by design. It's not Clicky if it's Silent.

 

[nhirschler]

Silent Clicky switch? Wha? Clicky switches make noise (surprisingly a click... sometimes a clack) by design. It's not Clicky if it's Silent.

The "Silent" name just refers to the fact that it includes a dampener built into the switch. It's definitely ironic, though!

 

[derekullo]

Tactile means you can feel that you pressed the key.

"Clicky" means you can hear the key being pressed.

It is possible to have any combination of tactile and "clicky".

 

[timothy.ambat]

Isn't Cherry MX Brown and Clear essentially silent tactile switches?