Cherry Silent Red Switches Review

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Cherry silent red switches review.

The patented noise reduction reliably minimizes any operating noises. The mx board silent comes in two flavors. Cherry s silent switches which also include a variation of the mx black do reduce the bottom out and top out noises like their spec sheets say and if i type as softly as i can someone in the. The mx silent switches that cherry uses in this board come in a choice of two flavors.

Each is identical in all respects save clickiness to the standard non silent mx black and. However the silent reds and the browns will have the same actuation force. I use silent reds on my work driver. I have the silent red s also known a.

After that order was done i knew i needed some silents. Both are quiet mechanical switches further enhanced with rubber domes within the keycaps to reduce the. A silent light and linear keyswitch that is nice for typing and great for gamers looking for something lighter than cherry blacks. The mx red silent is rated at 45 centinewtons and the mx black silent is 60.

I got my hands on some black housing silent blacks but those had more scratch to them because of the black housings. For example cherry mx red cherry mx blue cherry mx brown cherry mx white etc. There are two switch versions of the cherry mx silent that differ in the required release force of the switches. The first silent switch i ever tried was a cherry rgb silent red through a send in lubrication order.

For example the cherry mx super black is best used on the space bar while the cherry mx lock was intended to be used as a caps lock key. They do have some specialized switches as well.