yeah, they are stiff, but at least to me not offensively so, and I find that browns are too light with blues barely acceptable (yeah, I know that the blues use the same spring, but they either require slightly more force to press, or else the audible feedback helps me calibrate my fingers better so as not to bottom out.) Which just goes to show you that there's room in the world for more than one key switch. But of all the Cherry switches I've tried, I have to say that I like clears the best with the never-actually-made ergo clears and blues next. Browns don't even crack the top three. If I ever find some loose blue stems I might try cyans and assume that I'll like those better than browns as well. (maybe if I get real bored I'll change my WASD to cyans and have two never-actually-made keyboards.)