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Re:Ultimate Hacking Keyboard by michaelbuckbee on Friday September 14, 2018 @05:04PM (#17990928)
Are cherry browns less force than the MS Natural keyboard? or was that in comparison to other cherry switches?
Re:Ultimate Hacking Keyboard by anonuser123456 on Friday September 14, 2018 @11:11PM (#17992768)
My perception is that cherry browns require less force than the MS natural 4000. I say this after comparing the two side by side.

There is another advantage to the cherry browns (or mechanical keyboards in general)... they last a LOT longer. I've had my main work Kinesis for 4 years. The key strokes feel the same today as the day I got it. I would burn through an MS natural 4000 at a rate of 1/year; the spacebar & alt/ctrl keys would become too sticky after.

Re:Ultimate Hacking Keyboard by tuxlifan on Saturday September 15, 2018 @09:32AM (#17994228)
I have the UHK with Cherry MX Brown switches and my old MS Natural (105KB?) which I had purchased second hand.

I feel that my UHK keys require less force than the Natural.

My Natural has a bit more prominent click points (which require more bundled force at a certain point) but an overall "stickier/mushy" feeling (to be fair, I hadn't cleaned it a lot :)).

My UHK keys feel more springy and one might not particularly notice the click point but I still get good tactile and auditory feedback.

It took me about 2 days to get comfortable with the new keys. Overall the UHK feels smoother and less strenuous.

I hope you can make some sense out of the above, otherwise please feel free to ask for clarification :)