Looking for feedback from anyone who has silence a Realforce 55g board.
A Realforce 87U55 has rendered my 45g HHKB kind of mushy—enough for me to overlook my strong preference for a 60% form factor.
I don’t mean to sensationalize either camp with fanboyism—these are both great boards. I just find the 55g so much a better fit for me. I’m really a surprised to prefer one over the other so strongly, but the crispness of the heavier switch just feels right…not too heavy. But it has made the 45g switch seem light.
I guess there’s always the route of transplanting the stiffer domes to the smaller format, but I’m losing patience for the more fiddly aspects of modding, and the sheet of domes qualifies as fiddly for me.
At the same time, I have added Hypersphere’s silencing rings to my HHKB and found them a great improvement. But, other than the spacebar, the RealForce doesn’t seem too loud.
The 55g also seem to offer little quicker and more accurate typing for me. The difference is the confidence boost in knowing a key has been actuated from the additional tactility and the quicker spring back and return on the up stroke.
I’ve got the silencing rings on hand for the Realforce, but I am leery of compromising any of the responsive feel of the 55g board. Anyone completed the mod have feedback on any loss of crispness in the switches? I didn’t notice any change in feel when adding the rings to the HHKB but then they weren’t this crisp to start with either.
