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.
Cherry silent red switches reddit.
Try them out for a few moments and see if you can get used to them and return them as needed.
You mention that the stabilizers are much harsher than the silenced switches which makes sense.
With all that in mind my recommendation would be to order 1 or 2 keyboards with non clicky keys perhaps one brown one silent red and cherry profile relatively flat keycaps if possible on a board that doesn t have a lot of metal in it.
The bottom out on cherry silents still feels a bit solid.
I got my hands on some black housing silent blacks but those had more scratch to them because of the black housings.
The first silent switch i ever tried was a cherry rgb silent red through a send in lubrication order.
After that order was done i knew i needed some silents.
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.
Personally i absolutely love cherry silent switches though i much prefer blacks compared to the reds generally featured in gaming boards.
This pink switching slide is responsible for the linear switch characteristics of the cherry mx silent red.
I use silent reds on my work driver.
The stem of mx silent switches is made of two components and contains integrated patented noise reduction technology.
The key cap is attached on the upper part of the stem.
Cherry mx speed is a red switch with a higher actuation point than normal ostensibly to allow for faster reaction time in gaming.
Cherry mx silent is a red switch with a tiny tab on the bottom and near the top of the slider which softens both downstroke and upstroke but in my opinion it doesn t feel great.
I ll be comparing them against other switches in a sound test near the end of the video.
However the silent reds and the browns will have the same actuation force.
They re whisper quite and buttery smooth.
It s a soft solid compared to the hard solid of a normal stem slamming against the bottom housing.
People that try them don t even believe they re mechanical 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.