It would be an interesting test to adhere a layer of felt on the plastic below the keys and see how much it dampens the sound.
Do you have a rattly spacebar? Maybe this is responsible for the spacebar noise.
You should probably look for a low-noise Realforce model, or mod the original one with a rubber ring.
Bought a 86UB recently. It's a high quality keyboard. However, I really miss the feeling of typing and rolling on MX brown switches.
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Comes to mind every time I see a spdx post.
Brown is very quiet, so you should bring a model M and annoy your colleagues like hell for a week.
After that, they will be happy and grateful when you bring back your brown.
As an engineer, I'm interested in resolving problems and it seems to be pretty challenging this time.
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"Guess there are three factors contributing to the noise:
1. The rattling stabilizer mechanism in Filco key caps: spacebar, enter, backspace...etc.
2. The acoustics due to shape (or volume) of those key caps
3. The force tapped on these keys is usually by powerful fingers."
After the issue was raised to senior managers, I need to give up brown cherry at work.
Your place of work must be full of absolute ****ing bellends.
. . . this likely because my work keyboard has trained me to smash the space bar very hard...
After 3 months of whacking that thing, I can't seem to untrain the habit now!
You mean someone actually went to management, instead of coming to you first and asking if you wouldn't mind using a quieter keyboard?
All and every mech board has its own specific/unique/natural sound.
Ten things you could do to reduce unwanted/noisome noise.
1. Hit the spacebar more gently
2. Glue thin layer inside spacebar keycap to prevent (to absorb) sound wave reflection
(try not to stuff all the empty space there. Because it makes spacebar keycap heavier, finally downward/upward striking sound far louder)
3. Glue thin damping layer onto plate socket. Damping material is located between plate socket and keycap sokets to prevent sudden striking sound and shock.
4. For metal wire, i guess, not much thing to do (Teflon taping ? nah, just let it go).
5. Lots of grease. At contact areas such as between both sockets and between socket/wire.
6. Stuff something which can reduce echoing/trembling, between steel plate and PCB. Too much stuffing will make a side effect, so try to keep moderate. (Sometimes you have to dismantle the soldering of switch or not.)
7. There is empty space too between switch lower housing and PCB, if you want to stuff it, you must dismantle the soldering of switch.
8. Stuff empty space between PCB and keyboard lower casing. (and keyboard upper casing has its own empty spaces too)
9. Put thick cloth between keyboard bottom and your desk
10. Pick the more suitable desk to reduce noise.
Wow thanks for this! Putting a towel under my keyboard made a world of difference for acoustics. I also put o-rings on my blue switch but with the towel, I feel like I can isolate just the pleasing click and reduce the other chatter.
Sixty one month necro, this has to be a new record.No way. There are still plenty of unbumped 2007 threads I'm sure.
BrBSixty one month necro, this has to be a new record.No way. There are still plenty of unbumped 2007 threads I'm sure.
Wow thanks for this! Putting a towel under my keyboard made a world of difference for acoustics. I also put o-rings on my blue switch but with the towel, I feel like I can isolate just the pleasing click and reduce the other chatter.
You got a link for the towel? Does the color match your keyboard? Don't leave us hanging.