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Sprite089:
Hey everyone!

I'm looking for a quiet/silent Keeb for the Office. Quick summary of the switches i have already typed on.

- MX Blacks

- MX Blues

- MX Browns

- Gateron Box Brown

- Zilents v2 67g (recently lubed them)

I'm currently using a GMMK with lubed Zilents, and a Varmilo VA88M Panda.

Since i recently started working in an Office i'm looking a quiet or silent Board. I already did some Research on Switches and was thinking of using Silent Alpacas or Bobagums. But thats not set in Stone so you can recommend other Swtiches :), although im pretty set on Linear Switches since i've used tactiles for so long now.

The biggest Problem i have is everything else.. so the Keeb itself. I know there are a lot of options here and thats why im kinda overwhelmed.

I dont have a lot of soldering experience but if theres a Case/PCB/Plate Combo which needs soldering thats fine.

Soo i need advice on the following things:

- Case/Plate/PCB/Weight (since i'm from Europe i would prefer ISO Layout if possible, TKL or Fullsize)

- Foam?

- Keycaps (i have some cheap PBT Keycaps here which i would use first)

- Switches? (see above)

- Stabs

My Budget is around 500€ with some wiggle Room.

Thank you very much!

Riverman:
With that kind of a budget, have you considered a factory silent Topre?  Those are out of most people's budgets, but well under yours.

granola bar enthusiast:
a realforce tkl  (topre) with some DES silencing rings or KBDFans rings would be great but not quite fully silent for your taste,
For that budget there are a lot of great keyboards but IMO I would look at some boards such as the Frog TKL (restocks each month, check geon's discord for updates) and if you are willing to sacrifice an arm and a leg maybe a already run tkl such as the Mr. suit but it may not be quite as good of a deal as the frog

Sprite089:
Thanks for the answers so far.

I'm not sure about Topre because I have never typed on a Topre Board. Thats why I want a Board with regular switches :)

The Frog TKL looks great, but i think Production stopped until June because they produce other Boards for now.

Is there anything thats kinda like the Frog TKL?

WhiteHelix:

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If you want linear, I would got for the bobagum. They really are exceptionally quiet, while the feel is kind of something to get used to due to the dampening inside the switch. If you want a tactile switch, I would look at the T1 Shrimp. Also with dampening, but not as noticeable as on the bogagumgs due to the tactile feedback they provide (which also is kind of strong)

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