Initial force is too high, it's more than ten grams heavier than cherry MX red, and heavier than MX black... This means that to make the switch move you have to press really hard, and then you find a nearly constant resistance, instead of a linearly increasing one. Which seems quite unpleasant. This depends on the length of the spring.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/cherry-mx-low-profile-rgb-mechanical-keyboard-switches,36328.html
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Good job Cherry, this will make things even more confusing from now on after releasing your speed switch.
Basically, the low profile MX red is a stiffer version of the MX speed only starting at a lower position on the keyboard.
In other words, it's a lower speed switch where your travel distance will make you bottom out closer to the board instead of higher "in the air".
MX speed force graph:Show Image(https://www.cherrymx.de/_Resources/Persistent/efb723392192c07fee959c3fa65cc98a669006b5/img-graph-mxSpeed.svg)
MX low profile red graph:Show Image(https://www.cherrymx.de/_Resources/Persistent/095011c6e5ee2edd158001b250d9a4b40a1df689/lprgbRED2.svg)
Unless there's something I don't understand, that's how I see it.
Good job Cherry, this will make things even more confusing from now on after releasing your speed switch.
Basically, the low profile MX red is a stiffer version of the MX speed only starting at a lower position on the keyboard.
In other words, it's a lower speed switch where your travel distance will make you bottom out closer to the board instead of higher "in the air".
MX speed force graph:Show Image(https://www.cherrymx.de/_Resources/Persistent/efb723392192c07fee959c3fa65cc98a669006b5/img-graph-mxSpeed.svg)
MX low profile red graph:Show Image(https://www.cherrymx.de/_Resources/Persistent/095011c6e5ee2edd158001b250d9a4b40a1df689/lprgbRED2.svg)
Unless there's something I don't understand, that's how I see it.
That just seems like an awfully confusing way of looking at it.
Initial force is too high, it's more than ten grams heavier than cherry MX red, and heavier than MX black... This means that to make the switch move you have to press really hard, and then you find a nearly constant resistance, instead of a linearly increasing one. Which seems quite unpleasant. This depends on the length of the spring.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/cherry-mx-low-profile-rgb-mechanical-keyboard-switches,36328.html
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I just don't know why i would want a low profile switch
I just don't know why i would want a low profile switch
It is way less wobbly by design. It should be close to topre.
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Welp i have a type heaven coming tomorrow so rip that idea
I just don't know why i would want a low profile switch
It is way less wobbly by design. It should be close to topre.
I actually wonder if Corsair bought the right again so in which case everyone else have to wait a year till they can use it.Cooler Master also has keyboards with these switches to be released soon.
Sigh. No chance of low profile @ ~35g? That'd be my freaking dream.We'll just have to see if we could open them up and replace the springs with something. I'm guessing that the spring is different from regular Cherry MX — but that problem could be overcome, like there are now third-party springs for Cherry MX.
I actually wonder if Corsair bought the right again so in which case everyone else have to wait a year till they can use it.Cooler Master also has keyboards with these switches to be released soon.