Reds, silent reds or reds with o-rings?

[Entropia]

To anyone who has tried all these options...

Do you prefer reds, silent reds or reds with o-rings (for typing)?

Do reds with o-rings feel the same as silent reds but with reduced travel?

Have you tried silent reds with o-rings?

Is the reduced travel a good thing for typing?

[E3E]

To anyone who has tried all these options...

Do you prefer reds, silent reds or reds with o-rings (for typing)?

Do reds with o-rings feel the same as silent reds but with reduced travel?

Have you tried silent reds with o-rings?

Is the reduced travel a good thing for typing?

I haven't tried silents, but I can tell you that one difference between O ringed reds and MX Silents is that the o rings only silence the downstroke whereas the silents silence both the up and downstrokes.

Silencing clips also do this too.

[Giorgio]

To anyone who has tried all these options...

Do you prefer reds, silent reds or reds with o-rings (for typing)?

Do reds with o-rings feel the same as silent reds but with reduced travel?

Have you tried silent reds with o-rings?

Is the reduced travel a good thing for typing?

I prefer silent reds which are very nice, and smoother than standard reds.

I don't like very much orings because they're too soft.

Silent reds with o-rings don't make sense.

[zpcomstock17]

To anyone who has tried all these options...

Do you prefer reds, silent reds or reds with o-rings (for typing)?

Do reds with o-rings feel the same as silent reds but with reduced travel?

Have you tried silent reds with o-rings?

Is the reduced travel a good thing for typing?

There's no such thing as a perfectly silent keyboard and silencing already silent reds would be a bad idea, it might dampen the feel of mechanical switch.

The cherry red switches are pretty light and a hair trigger if you're a heavy typer, I would recommend MX Silent Reds WITHOUT O-rings.

[zslane]

I will echo was has been said so far. Silent reds are far superior to reds with o-rings.

However, silent reds are hard to come by right now. Especially in Chinese-branded boards. The only boards I know of that have them are Vortex Pok3r RGBs, Filco Majestouch-2s, and WASD V2s.

[dante]

I will echo was has been said so far. Silent reds are far superior to reds with o-rings.

However, silent reds are hard to come by right now. Especially in Chinese-branded boards. The only boards I know of that have them are Vortex Pok3r RGBs, Filco Majestouch-2s, and WASD V2s.

The Fission brand boards on MechanicalKeyboards.com also have silent red switches:

https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=2112
https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=2102

Also Ducky Pro's (none on MK at the moment) have silent reds as well.

[Entropia]

Isn't Leopold installing silent reds in some of their boards?

[dante]

Isn't Leopold installing silent reds in some of their boards?

Yes they are, forgot about that one.

FC750R and FC980M.  No FC660M yet for some reason.

[RykoZin]

For typing purposes have you tried Matias Quiet Clicks? I heard they're almost like blues but a lot quieter.

[zslane]

I have a KBP V60 mini with the quiet clicks, and it is pretty good. Not as good as a silenced Topres, mind you. About as quiet as an MX silent red. Of course its main deficiency is the paucity of good keycaps available for the switch mount.