More info on this Cherry keyboard?

[colinstu]

G80-3000LQMUS



Best picture I could take of the switch... White Cherry switches



What exactly is this kind of switch like? The feel of the whole thing doesn't seem much different then a membrane keyboard, but there is a certain feel that makes it 100% better then one.

[lam47]

it should feel 100% different to a membrane.
The clear Cherries should be tactile clicky switches and be a million miles away from any membrane board.

[sandy55]

lam, It's Soft Contact, in cherry language.

[lam47]

Oh ball is it?
They look like proper switches to me.
If its one of those horrible ftsc ones then eww. My apologise. Its worse than a membrane.
I didnt sleep so I might be talking rubbish but wise is the star captain in a flock of rubber geese.

[sandy55]

lam, It's Soft Contact, in cherry language.

Wow, big mistake.    "Soft Tactile"  actually.

[lowpoly]

G80 Cherry MX switch
3000 the big standard case
L lasered keycaps
Q soft tactile
M ps/2 connector
US ANSI layout with horizontal enter

The soft tactile should have a stronger spring than the brown which is 'soft tactile ergonomic'. I'm still puzzeled when it comes to white and clear MXs.

[sandy55]

Well, It's a proper MX mechanical switch with stiff spring like MX/blacks, bit stronger tactile feel than MX/browns.  Worth than membrane. But MX/white is not my choice.

Anyway , very very sorry for confusion.
 
sandy, the fox

[colinstu]

This keyboard is a 100x nicer then a membrane, but no definite click sound, etc like my Model M

[xyzzy]

If you press the key very slowly, you should be able to feel a "bump" about 1/4 or 1/3 on the way down.

As sandy said, they're basically Cherry brown switches (soft tactile feedback with NO click sound) with stronger springs (like Cherry blacks).