I have a cm storm quickfire tk keyboard for a long time, but this year I started using it 100%, but I have noticed in these months that one of the switches starts to fail (approximately every 3 months) and most of the cases it happens when I play with my right hand, would like to know, do you think I should change the cherry browns to blue ones? I really don't want to change my keyboard since I don't have the budget for a new one.
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in my experience with mechanical switches, theres no rhyme or reason to which colors last longer- if anything the brand is more relevant to life expectancy, as is the board's build quality. o-rings on the switch stems do a bit to dampen the impact of your keystrokes which tends to extend the life of a key switch, however it'll change the feel of the switch as well. and obviously be conscious of how hard you're pressing the switches.
exactly this. avoid outeamu switches since they have the shortest lifespans, and from the feedback of others, the worst feels. cherry and gateron are the goto brand for switches.Lights wrote:
if anything the brand is more relevant to life expectancy
i dont reccomend swithces to blue switches, they're a lot heavier. red switches are a lot lighter and optimal for rhythm games, though some people prefer heavier switches.
While reds are theoretically optimal, they lack the tactile feedback of browns, which is why browns are also quite popular for rhythm games. The tactile bump allows you to feel where the actuation point is. This is useful if you are able to keep the key partially depressed the entire time, because you can release to just above the bump. While you can definitely use the same sort of technique with reds (and theoretically could get closer to the actuation point because the bump is slightly above the actual actuation point), but it's much harder because there's no feedback at all to let you know if you're above or below the actuation point.