After that order was done i knew i needed some silents.
Cherry silent red switches reddit.
The key cap is attached on the upper part of the stem.
Silent is an often abused word by marketers and these supposedly noiseless variants of the cherry mx red switch have not been stuffed with motor oil and cotton to form the world s first.
Try them out for a few moments and see if you can get used to them and return them as needed.
Personally i absolutely love cherry silent switches though i much prefer blacks compared to the reds generally featured in gaming boards.
It s a soft solid compared to the hard solid of a normal stem slamming against the bottom housing.
The first silent switch i ever tried was a cherry rgb silent red through a send in lubrication order.
Cherry mx speed is a red switch with a higher actuation point than normal ostensibly to allow for faster reaction time in gaming.
Today we re checking out cherry mx silent switches.
The most silent switch i use is a cherry silent black stem in a v1 zeal housing 67g springs tx switch films lubed with tribosys 3204.
The bottom out on cherry silents still feels a bit solid.
They re whisper quite and buttery smooth.
However the silent reds and the browns will have the same actuation force.
I use silent reds on my work driver.
I got my hands on some black housing silent blacks but those had more scratch to them because of the black housings.
You mention that the stabilizers are much harsher than the silenced switches which makes sense.
This pink switching slide is responsible for the linear switch characteristics of the cherry mx silent red.
Silent reds and silent blacks are the same exact switch with different springs reds have 45g springs and blacks have 60g springs both of these are going to feel super different since browns are tactile and the silents are linear.
I m curious what type of stabs you have costar genuine cherry chinese knockoff in the varmillo and if you ve made any modifications to them such as lubing and clipping which are supposed to help with the rattle and overall sound of the stabs.
The stem of mx silent switches is made of two components and contains integrated patented noise reduction technology.
Due to the straight tls surface the switch triggers directly.
People that try them don t even believe they re mechanical switches.