Show us your Mechanical Keyboards and Mods.

[ZolaIII]

If you like quiet low-profile laptop keyboards (which I do as well), then you'll probably like low-profile mechanical keyboards using linear switches. I recently purchased a Keychron K17 Max with the red linear switches and have been extremely pleased. So much so, actually, that I then purchased a Nuphy Air60 v2 (also with the red linears) for couch and backpack duty.

Naaaa... opto mechanic tactile will low profile and actualization wits some nice mushy key's. The spirit off modular swap able keyboards is that you make of it what ever you want. For example you may mix switches putting little harder ones on primary hand position, and even more so to system one's (to lower accidental presses). Put high actualization one's that are tactical on numeric part to know when you typed it and so on. There is so much options that is easy to get lost. They are nice and shiny but blind typing neads lot of work and practice to get and stay there.

 

[Bsmooth]

I've been looking at the Nuphy Air75 V2. Just wished they sold it with the low profile Silent red switches.

 

[kyuu]

I've been looking at the Nuphy Air75 V2. Just wished they sold it with the low profile Silent red switches.

They do? Unless you mean the truly silent switches and not just the regular linear reds.

 

[Viper780]

Linear switches are not less noisy than tactile one.

When someone writes silent,than it means there are dampeners inside the switch.

 

[kyuu]

Linear switches are not less noisy than tactile one.

IME, and according to numerous reviews I went through before making my purchase, linears absolutely are quiter than tactile. Not always, sure, it depends on the specific switch and also the keyboard deck. But generally speaking it holds true.

 

[dan_uk]

GMMK Pro with a brass plate, lubed Holy Panda switches (tactile), lubed stabilizers (still stock Gmmk GOATs, but switching to Durock when I can be bothered to file down the brass plate a bit) AKKO Midnight ASA profile keycaps. Custom, color matched, techflex/paracord usb-c cable with a stainless aviator connector, Sharkoon Light2 mouse with a teal/baby blue insert.

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And why stop there. Bought the Herman Miller chair because it matched the keycaps...

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I just opened this thread and thought WTF is all this about.... But then saw this, amazing, love it!!

 

[Petrushka]

Somewhere I have an original IBM keyboard stored away. The same one used on the Selectric typewriter.

 

[Berwhale]

IME, and according to numerous reviews I went through before making my purchase, linears absolutely are quiter than tactile. Not always, sure, it depends on the specific switch and also the keyboard deck. But generally speaking it holds true.

Linear switches do not have the 'click', but they are not 'silent' like a switch that has internal dampeners and that is probably lubricated as well.

 

[kyuu]

Linear switches do not have the 'click', but they are not 'silent' like a switch that has internal dampeners and that is probably lubricated as well.

A lot of switches are factory-lubed these days regardless of what type it is. I'm aware that linears aren't "silent", but they still are typically quieter. Unless someone has an actual source showing that linears are not typically quieter than tactiles, contrary to what I've seen in my delving into this topic and my in-person experience, I'm standing by my assertion.

 

[Berwhale]

A lot of switches are factory-lubed these days regardless of what type it is. I'm aware that linears aren't "silent", but they still are typically quieter. Unless someone has an actual source showing that linears are not typically quieter than tactiles, contrary to what I've seen in my delving into this topic and my in-person experience, I'm standing by my assertion.

I agree, but I think it depends on the switch. Linear activation switches can be very noisy, more noisy than a tactile switch in some cases.

I find that keyboard/keyswitch noise is very subjective. Personally, I find the 'rattle' from keys adjacent to the one i've hit very annoying. This is what drove me towards switches with a higher activation force as they tend to rattle less (I first noticed this phenomenon with a SteelSeries 7G I bought in 2014 that had Cherry MX Black switches). If I can pick up a keyboard and shake it from side to side without the keys rattling, then i'm happy

 

[Viper780]

IME, and according to numerous reviews I went through before making my purchase, linears absolutely are quiter than tactile. Not always, sure, it depends on the specific switch and also the keyboard deck. But generally speaking it holds true.

No it is a urban legend. If it is the same switch and you remove the prong for the tactile bump and press the same way the sound is exactly the same.

Tried and masuered it with five different switches.

Linear switches do not have the 'click', but they are not 'silent' like a switch that has internal dampeners and that is probably lubricated as well.

tactile switches also don't have a click. There are very few clicky switches.

 

[kyuu]

No it is a urban legend. If it is the same switch and you remove the prong for the tactile bump and press the same way the sound is exactly the same.

It's never the same switch, so that's neither here nor there. This is not a conclusion I came to because I heard it around.

 

[Viper780]

I can't really follow what you want to say here.
Sure when making a linear Switch out of an tactile they feel different when typing. But it is still the same switch and they Sound identical