Filco Limited R Red or Leopold Red?

["Edgar Allen Pho is Dead."]

Hello everyone,

Ever since EK took out filco keyboards from their website, I've been patiently waiting for them to drop Leopold. Now, with Leopold's release right around the corner, filco just dropped Limited R Red. Now I do not know which keyboard to go with. This is going to be my first Mechanical keyboard and I will be using it for typing/gaming (SC2 and etc). I hear that Filco's limited R isnt going to have clicky sound? Because I kind of want that clicky sound. I would like to hear what you guys think. Thank you.

[keyboardlover]

Cherry MX Red switches do not have a "clicky" sound, no matter what keyboard they're in.

[theferenc]

Cherry red switches aren't clicky. They are linear switches.

If you want clicky, get a Model M, a Unicomp Customizer, or if all else fails, a keyboard with Cherry blue switches.

[rustybarnacle]

Worth noting that just about any mechanical keyboard is going to be noisier than a cheap rubber dome keyboard.  Even linear switches tend to have a "thock" sound as they bottom out.  But the cherry reds won't make nearly as much delightful racket as a cherry blue board.

["Edgar Allen Pho is Dead."]

Oh i see no wonder, so what is the difference between Brown and Red? Don't they have similar force? (45g)

[lootbag]

Red is a slightly lighter switch, based on specs.
It is also does not have the tactile bump that Browns have.

[panda-R]

is the R in the Filco Limited R synonymous with the R in Panda-R?

[keyboardlover]

No. I believe that the R in Panda-R stands for "Really Perverted".

The R in Filco-R stands for "Racing".

[keyboardlover]

Bruce already said that it's coming. You seem to be kind of behind lately, Rip. What's up with that?

[theferenc]

Queen's English.

[keyboardlover]

All I know is somebody's rodgering the fishwife, somebody's snogging and somebody's dogging.

["Edgar Allen Pho is Dead."]

so if red doesnt have tactile bump and clicky sound what makes it a mechanical keyboard?

[Armando Penblade]

It's still a mechanical switch composed of some moving pieces pushing some sort of stationary pieces into some pretty much always stationary pieces to generate an electrical current, and most/all of those pieces are metal and plastic, likely with some manner of spring involved in the mix.

More exactly, it's a little machine that does a series of actions when pressed on that presses the key. A rubber dome pretty much just mooshes rubber down onto the circuit board until some contacts touch.

The red switch's mechanics are just designed so that the action of pushing metal onto the contact happens smoothly without having to "pop" or "click" or "clack" anything against anything else.