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Offline acer589

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Cheapest not awful O-Rings.
« on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 13:19:26 »
So, My keyboard is a little loud to bring to work, and I was wondering where I could get the cheapest non-awful O-Rings.
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Offline Photoelectric

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Re: Cheapest not awful O-Rings.
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 13:23:51 »
$8.25 50A black o-rings from Amazon.  The best universal o-rings I've used for sound dampening.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051XWXCE/ref=biss_dp_t_asn

Otherwise, some people use dental bands.
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Re: Cheapest not awful O-Rings.
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 13:24:14 »
That's the ones I use (008 dash size):

http://www.amazon.com/008-Buna-N-O-Ring-Durometer-Black/dp/B003SLE5KO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1380651714&sr=8-3&keywords=o-ring+008+70A

There's other options (people typically prefer 50A or even 40A), but on amazon they cost more for this size. Personnaly I really like my 70A. At less than 2$ a bag of 100, it's worth a try, more so if you're in the US and shipping is much less than int.
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Re: Cheapest not awful O-Rings.
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Re: Cheapest not awful O-Rings.
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 04 October 2013, 04:59:41 »
Just a general tip, put something under the keyboard. Anything from a piece of towel to a mousepad will in most circumstances reduce the sound from typing a lot. It will take out some of the thump from bottoming out and sounds will not resonate on your desk.
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Offline kaotikb

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Re: Cheapest not awful O-Rings.
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 06 October 2013, 11:28:02 »
I have a piece of anti slip mat that you use under rugs so they dont slip.Works pretty well and keeps the keyboard from moving. You can also get one of those big mouse/desk pads.
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Re: Cheapest not awful O-Rings.
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 09 October 2013, 04:37:40 »
I have some 50A black o-rings that I could send you for a good deal.

I fully crossed over to topre and won't be needing them.

PM me if interested  :thumb: