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MX Red Silent (pink) switches
zslane:
So I've only spent a little time with SA keycaps on these switches, but I can report that it is an unusual experience. I'm just so not used to a linear switch that doesn't make the usual bottoming out and upstroke noises. Yes, there is a gentle thud sound when I bottom out and a barely perceptible fip sound on the upstroke, but compared to a stock MX red, this switch is as quiet as a mouse. With MX reds, you can't really hear the sound of slider friction over all the bottom/upstroke noise, but now you can actually hear it, even though it is a very soft sound as well. I imagine that the sound of the slider movement will fade with use (I refuse to lube every slider individually).
So far the MX pink gets a pretty big thumbs up from me. I want to spend more time with it before I make any final judgments, but I can say that I vastly prefer it over MX red, which has been my switch of choice for the last year and a half. Its only competitor right now for endgame switch is a silenced Topre, as on the new RealForce RGB board (after I've added silencing rings). They are both quiet in pleasing ways; the difference of course is in the feel of linear vs. tactile. I am primarily a linear switch guy, but Topre managed to make tactile switches into an attractive option for me (but only Topres).
I really can't wait to get these into a white Varmilo VA108M. I don't know what is taking Varmilo so long to source them from Cherry. Did Filco buy them all or something?
hking0036:
--- Quote from: zslane on Sat, 17 December 2016, 10:50:52 ---So I've only spent a little time with SA keycaps on these switches, but I can report that it is an unusual experience. I'm just so not used to a linear switch that doesn't make the usual bottoming out and upstroke noises. Yes, there is a gentle thud sound when I bottom out and a barely perceptible fip sound on the upstroke, but compared to a stock MX red, this switch is as quiet as a mouse. With MX reds, you can't really hear the sound of slider friction over all the bottom/upstroke noise, but now you can actually hear it, even though it is a very soft sound as well. I imagine that the sound of the slider movement will fade with use (I refuse to lube every slider individually).
So far the MX pink gets a pretty big thumbs up from me. I want to spend more time with it before I make any final judgments, but I can say that I vastly prefer it over MX red, which has been my switch of choice for the last year and a half. Its only competitor right now for endgame switch is a silenced Topre, as on the new RealForce RGB board (after I've added silencing rings). They are both quiet in pleasing ways; the difference of course is in the feel of linear vs. tactile. I am primarily a linear switch guy, but Topre managed to make tactile switches into an attractive option for me (but only Topres).
I really can't wait to get these into a white Varmilo VA108M. I don't know what is taking Varmilo so long to source them from Cherry. Did Filco buy them all or something?
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That is super interesting :eek:
I'm tempted to get some to try out myself sometime, unfortunately I'm not much of a linear guy at all. If they move these silencers over to a tactile switch then I'll probably be interested in them. Neat to see.
zslane:
I agree. I don't see why Cherry would want to use anything else inside their switches going forward. Maybe they could add a click leaf to their MX browns and call them MX ambers, and to their MX blues and call them MX purples. I would think that a clicky switch where most of what you hear is the click leaf, and not all the other unnecessary noise, would be very popular.
dante:
I'd like to see a franken Cherry switch that uses this silencing technique with the Silver (Speed) stem and Nature White spring.
zslane:
Does the Varmilo rep read these forums anymore?
Can we get an update on when MX Silent Red switches will be available in Varmilo keyboards?
It is now Jan of 2017 and the last thing I was told was that they would be available at the end of Nov 2016. What happened?
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