Re:Why Are Topre Keyboards So Expensive?
by k_sze on Saturday November 20, 2021 @04:41AM
(#29286729)
I’ve tried a couple of mechanical keyboards at this point and I still don’t understand why people rave about Cherry MX blue switches. I have two of the exact same model of keyboard, one with Cherry MX blue and one with Cherry MX silent red. I much prefer the silent red for pretty much all situations. I suspect I might also like/tolerate the Cherry MX silver switches for their relative silence (still not as silent as the silent red though) and really short actuation distance.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Why Are Topre Keyboards So Expensive?
by drakonka on Saturday November 20, 2021 @04:47AM
(#29286752)
For me, the Blues just feel perfectly snappy and quick. I really like the Red switches as well and if I was using a keyboard in an office environment, I'd probably go for Reds as the Blues have an audible click. But in the privacy of my home with no one else around, I find the typing experience to just be really fun and snappy on Blue switches. Your fingers can easily race over the keyboard (assuming you're not bottoming them out!)
Re:Why Are Topre Keyboards So Expensive?
by k_sze on Saturday November 20, 2021 @06:18AM
(#29287094)
Hah, at my last job my colleagues in the software development department were like waging a loudness war. Almost everybody, including myself, brought their own blue switch keyboard to the office. Being an open-floor office with no noise absorbing ceiling, it was funny as hell to take off your headphones and suddenly realize all the clicking and clacking happening around you.