I have always liked my Kinesis boards. I did not notice any reason why I would want a different switch other than browns. I thought I liked the tactile feel. Then came Sordna. What an ass. You see, I made the mistake of listening to him (I warned you earlier). He said this now famous line:"Go red Fred, red, red, RED! Brown is down!". So, like a good little minion, I followed his orders and did the deed by procuring red switch keywells for a couple of my Kinesis boards (I got a few of these bad boys), and promptly changed them out. Pretty nice stuff, I'll tell you. Smooth, silky, like typing on a cloud of bewbs (Sordna didn't tell me that part). I needed the audible click because after having only typed on tactile browns, I had virtually no reference point and was trying to force my fingertips directly to China the hard way (I live, work, party, eat, poop and kill in California, do the geography). So after initially freaking out and Sordna talking me off the ledge, a day or so later I was sliding along pretty well on these things, and after several days I was almost dialed in completely. Got tired of the click, I mean really...is it a hot girl click, or a disgusting street-creature click? I couldn't tell, so I shut the damn thing off. I went right back to giving Chairman Mao the finger. So this time it took a couple days to try and find the sweet spot again. I was in slippery bliss, I tell you, pure bliss. Not a care in the world. Then, one day, without warning, not so much as a peep, I was summoned to see the queen. "For why am I being summoned to see the queen?" I asked myself. No matter. I must go, so go I did. I grabbed a bottle of wine (in case I had to wait to see the queen), a toothbrush (hey, hygiene is where it's at, man), and a Kinesis board with brown switches (because it f-ing cool, that's why) and I hopped and skipped down the yellow brick road to see the queen. Along the way, I came upon a very sad little man. "What's up little dude?" I asked. "I'm lost and can't find my way." he lamented. "Well, I'm going to see the queen and you can tag along if you don't talk. You're kind of small and dirty and you really weird me out. Chop-chop little dude." So off we went to see the queen. As we approached the military complex, and the TSA did a body cavity search on little dude, I used the opportunity to slip away to see the queen. I hear she's quite the hottie. The last I saw of smelly, dirty little dude was the TSA shaking him upside down just because they could. Once in the gates and seated in the waiting que (glad I brought the wine), I used my Kinesis as a headrest. I was ball'in all the way. Pimp Daddy Nirvana tipping back the bottle, head on a Kinesis. Life was good. Finally, I was let in to see the queen. "This will be awesome." I thought to myself as I brushed my teeth (see, toothbrush...take notes here). I reclined with the queen at her World of Warcraft 70" LED terminal and gazed into her beautiful eyes. Things were really shaping up for me! She asked "Is that a Kinesis Advantage in your pants or are you very happy to see me?
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Interrupted with an important phone call, and I don't remember where I was going with the story. I was going to get to the point that I really like both switches, and to this day I alternate every couple months, even though they are very different. I've found the people that love the reds wind up hating browns almost all saying they are 'gritty' feeling. And others that say they can't get used to no tactile feedback on the reds (it is a powerful feature of a mechanical switch). I strongly suggest you test the switch feel. The keyboards are fairly pricey and you need to compare them without buying/returning/shipping, etc.
P.S.- I apologize sincerely to Sordna for dragging his good name through the mud with my torrid tale, but he IS guilty of starting the whole red switch mess with Kinesis boards, so he needs to own it.