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Kailh Box Brown Silent- rather disappointed

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Volny:
Do you know what the difference is between outemu silent skies and outemu silent forests? The latter seems easier to find at the moment.

HungerMechanic:
They are the same. It's just marketing, is my understanding.

It's best not to use the housings from Silent Sky / Silent Forest, though. They are outsized and noisy.

The stem is the best part, so pull the stems and put them in light tactile housings [or almost any Cherry housing]. Even Kailh Polia housings will do.

You can also order the stems directly from Gazzew on Reddit. Good Ergo Clear weights for the Silent Sky are 62-63.5 G.

HungerMechanic:

--- Quote from: jcoffin1981 on Sat, 03 July 2021, 17:35:55 ---Overall I'm a huge fan of the Kailh switch lineup.  They are reasonable in cost, many have shorter travel distance and great tactility. 

I am kind of disappointed overall.

--- End quote ---

BTW, if you are looking for a new and improved Kailh silent tactile, there is something new called the Kailh BOX Hush:

https://imgur.com/a/zunwMik

I don't know a lot about it, but maybe this is what you are looking for.

Volny:
One thing I forgot to mention about the Shrimps is that the Stem X's are thinner than usual. Keycaps with particularly loose sockets will be too loose on them. I use mainly Signature Plastics DSA, which are all fine. But I have at least one keycap from some other brand that catapaults right off the switch when you let go.

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