The tactile bump on the browns is very noticeable, especially if you're coming from cherry blues (it's very similar, but smoother).
The browns are barely lighter than the blues - but it's noticeable when comparing side by side.
The browns tactility is great, they are extremely quiet once you learn how to type on them (Coming from typing on cherry blues properly doesn't take much adjusting) - and are a lot less annoying (due to the noise and smoothness) - it still has a very satisfying sound coming from a rubber dome.
It's extremely inaccurate to say that the tactile bump on a brown cherry filco isn't noticeable to some people. Here's what I say about it: The tactile bump is about identical to the blue cherries (5g less force to get there, but side-by-side when the switch activates on either one, you don't want to keep going) -- there's actually times where I did a single key press trying to hit the activation point on the browns and thought I was bottomed out, but I wasn't I had no problem finding the activation point - same as on cherry blues.
Here's what else I have to say: Most people who say they don't notice the bump on the cherry browns probably didn't notice it on the cherry blues either, they probably noticed the click and associated it with "tactile bump" - I prefer typing to be done by the fingers instead of the ears anyway - maybe that's why I love the browns so much
(again, I was perfect at touch typing with the blues - within one day of using browns I had no problems either - they are very similar)
Another observation, although this could be totally inaccurate (although it seem true to me after several teststoconfirmthistheorying):
1. It seems like it takes
more force to get to the
activation on the
blues - but after you get past the bump there is no more resistance til bottoming out - which makes it really unpleasurable to bottom out at all, even stricter touch typing
2. It seems like it takes
less force to get to the
activation on the
browns - but after you get past the bump there is still resistance that increases til bottoming out - which I LOVE compared to the blues - it makes it extremely easy to touch type AND a lot more enjoyable if you do bottom out.
I've also read that the pcb-mounted cherry browns are more tactile - I don't think that is true, the sound is most likely different, but not the feel of the actual switch.
Come on people
, don't make this man buy a keyboard based on false pretenses, the tactile bump is easily noticed (if you can't notice it on the browns, you won't notice it on the blues either)
This is like people complaining about extremely bright keyboard LEDs, first of all they shouldnt be on (numlock is understandable, otherwise come on), and second of all - why are you looking straight down at the keyboard LEDs. This is like saying - "the sun is too bright! Because when I look right in to it I burn my eyes out). You wouldnt go and hold a flash light right at your eyes either - come on