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Title: I bought O rings from AliExpress for my Filco Tenkeyless, I paid $2, my Review:
Post by: 5443 on Thu, 18 July 2024, 11:50:07

I never used O rings before, so I was looking up where buy them in Canada, I didn't find any sellers, and the American sellers were charging like $15 for a pack + $10 for shipping to Canada.

So I looked on AliExpress and did a search for O rings and found some 1.5 mm O rings for $2 and bought a pack:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006997613276.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.3.5ddf7ddcPoPURO&algo_pvid=dfcc0b17-e606-48cd-95c2-27fbd9d26110&algo_exp_id=dfcc0b17-e606-48cd-95c2-27fbd9d26110-1&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21CAD%215.33%211.38%21%21%2127.90%217.21%21%402101dee017203579294185543ed0f6%2112000038992504211%21sea%21CA%210%21AB&curPageLogUid=kdUJqt51waAF&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A

I have no idea on the hardness (or softness) but i will see how they are when they get here.

9 days later they arrive, free shipping:
(https://i.postimg.cc/K8J84YJ9/Screen-Shot-2024-07-08-at-8-29-33-AM.png)


(https://i.postimg.cc/gpBw9BRs/IMG-20240717-180158.jpg)

next to my Model M, but I will be using them on my Filco Cherry Browns

Pretty fast from across the ocean I must say, and you can't beat $2.56, sellers on this side of the planet were charging 6 x that amount of the same thing.

I tried them out on my Filco Tenkeyless, I added them to the Home/End island cluster of 6 keys, from my initial tests those keys were like 20 % quieter and had like 20 % less key travel.

I don't know if it is worth it, I didn't like the reduced key travel since I always bottom out when I type so I need the travel distance.

Maybe I should try it on the letter keys before jumping to conclusions?

What are you guy's opinions when it comes to O rings on Cherry switches?

Title: Re: I bought O rings from AliExpress for my Filco Tenkeyless, I paid $2, my Review:
Post by: wjrii on Thu, 18 July 2024, 17:12:15

When I shared an office with my wife, I went from Blues to Blacks to Blacks with O-Rings (which was finally "enough.")  I felt like I was back on the road to a rubber dome, but not far enough to give up the Steel-plate gamer board I was using.  I did, however, remove them promptly as soon as I got my own space.

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Title: Re: I bought O rings from AliExpress for my Filco Tenkeyless, I paid $2, my Review:
Post by: Sup on Wed, 24 July 2024, 09:25:18

I feel like O-rings are not effective. Silent Cherry switches or clones are the way to go.