Noisy switches (mech kb)

Hello Skitty

Joined March 2013

Topic Starter

Hello Skitty 2013-12-16T22:20:19+00:00

I'm planning to buy a mech, but my parents are always complaining about how much noise I make. That's why I want to ask which switches are the noisiest ones (to not buy them ofc XD)

iSpR1Te

268 posts

Joined May 2013

iSpR1Te 2013-12-16T22:21:42+00:00

All of them are noisy but the blue ones are the most noisy because of the extra clicky sound.

Soarezi

Soarezi 2013-12-16T22:29:29+00:00

Theyre all noisy unless u get o rings

Hello Skitty

155 posts

Joined March 2013

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Hello Skitty 2013-12-16T22:48:05+00:00

Equally noisy? I heard blues are the noisiest, but between the rest are they all the same?

GoldenWolf

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Joined May 2012

GoldenWolf 2013-12-16T22:55:49+00:00

They're all noisy, even the less noisy mech are still noisy enough to be heard through doors and walls sometimes

AmaiHachimitsu

1,639 posts

Joined May 2011

AmaiHachimitsu 2013-12-16T22:59:40+00:00

Blues are noisier because of tactile click, it powers-up the already loud noise.

Buy a linear switch keyboard (Red/Black) and supply yourself with o-ring dampeners for Cherry MX switches.

Zare

1,512 posts

Joined March 2012

Zare 2013-12-16T23:25:56+00:00

I removed the O-rings from my YX keys (qwertz kb) in order to get a better clicking feeling, since I kinda thought the O-rings add somewhat of a rubberdome-ish feeling, so I wouldn't recommend using them for osu. Then again I suppose that is my brain making things up and it doesn't really have an effect on clicking, but still :<

Rewben2

996 posts

Joined November 2012

Rewben2 2013-12-17T04:45:37+00:00

Blues are the loudest, they are tactile switches that have a click that is the actuation point (the actuation point is when the keystroke is registered). You don't have to "bottom out" (make the key hit the bottom) to have the keystroke register, but I'm pretty sure everyone does.

Brown switches are tactile as well, but quieter than blues. I would much rather have browns than blues because they are considerably quieter (speaking from personal experience).

Lastly there is red/blacks, which are linear switches that don't have a click for the actuation point. The only difference is reds require less force (every switch has an amount of force that you need to press down).

I'm not sold on the whole O-ring idea, the whole point of o-ring is too make your keyboard quieter, and it does, while changing the feel of the switch by making the bottom rubbery. I haven't used them personally though.

Choclodous

22 posts

Joined September 2013

Choclodous 2013-12-17T05:32:26+00:00

I have blue switches and my family can hear me at night with the door closed, they feel nice though.

Espionage724

876 posts

Joined August 2011

Espionage724 2013-12-17T17:26:50+00:00