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Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: Hydroid on Wed, 10 August 2011, 02:19:07: I was out with a friend today and he wanted to get another HDD for his computer so we popped into a local computer store that I haven't been in for ages. Obviously I headed right for the keyboard section and to my delight they had a BlackWidow and ThermalTake Meka G1 on display. So I did a little fiddling and decided that I'm not really a fan of black switches. It might be purely due to me being used to my blues now, but I felt like I was having to put too much effort into pressing a key and kept missing them. In addition, with no tactile bump or clickyness I felt fairly lost when trying not to bottom out. I'm sure I'll pickup a board at some point with blacks in the future, but I am glad I went with the blues when I was buying and right now wouldn't trade them for any other switch. The BlackWidow felt exactly how I expected, it has the nice feel of the blues, but it doesn't compare to my Ducky. Still feels like you are on a cheap board in comparison.
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: noodles256 on Wed, 10 August 2011, 09:53:34: hmmm, interesting
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: advancedgamer on Wed, 10 August 2011, 10:13:39: the blackwidow was way to oloud for me and it also had problems with double tapping and such.
that aside, it is a good keyboard, yeh
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: daerid on Wed, 10 August 2011, 11:05:02: I do agree about the build quality of the Black Widow. And I may be a sheep, but Browns are still my fav switch
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: ashort on Wed, 10 August 2011, 11:58:54: Quote from: daerid;396446
I do agree about the build quality of the Black Widow. And I may be a sheep, but Browns are still my fav switch

Cherry Brown FTW!

I don't have a lot of time with all the cherries, but I've put in time on blacks, browns, and blues. Blacks and Blues both have higher actuation pressure than I care for. And for me, the actuation click (as opposed to the lesser "clack" that nearly all keyboards exhibit) of the blues isn't something I'm a fan of either.

From what I've read, reds are a lighter black, but still no bump. I like the bump.
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: EllipticSquare on Wed, 10 August 2011, 12:23:42: I damn hope I'll have a similar story to yours to tell, ONCE I get the keyboard (air mail from china heck yeah).

Tried the BlackWidow, and while I like the click I think it will get on me after a long time of typing, but the bump was wonderful to have there so I ended up picking browns. I'm sure ashort will agree on that decision.
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: noodles256 on Wed, 10 August 2011, 12:57:26: cherry blues all the way.

hey
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: hella on Wed, 10 August 2011, 13:00:00: Blues and buckling springs are both my favorite switches. Tactility and clickyness are the two reasons I wanted to switch to mechanical keyboards in the first place.
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: noodles256 on Wed, 10 August 2011, 13:09:41: the clicky is the best.

clickykeyboards.tk
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: Hydroid on Wed, 10 August 2011, 17:08:52: I also called my friend over who has never seen or used a mechanical keyboard to come try them. I showed him the Meka G1 first and his immediate reaction was that he didn't really like it, and then I put him on the blues and his face lit up as he started typing and he said he liked them a lot.
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: ashort on Wed, 10 August 2011, 19:57:20: RE: Blues and gaming at a LAN center.

It would seem to me that if you are playing someone else, they may not want you to hear with painful accuracy, every keystroke they make.

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing....shut up"
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: daerid on Wed, 10 August 2011, 20:44:32: I still can't game on Blues. For gaming, Linear all the way.
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: Atenacius on Wed, 10 August 2011, 20:51:33: Worn-in Blues are so amazing to type on. I never realized that the keys got lighter with time but I can see how some people might be turned off by them at first.
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: daerid on Wed, 10 August 2011, 22:35:13: Yeah, reds are really, really comfy. Second favorite switch by far
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: ashort on Wed, 10 August 2011, 23:00:43: Quote from: EllipticSquare;396490
I damn hope I'll have a similar story to yours to tell, ONCE I get the keyboard (air mail from china heck yeah).

I already had a Filco with browns, it was why I went with brown switches in the Poker too. I love brown cherry switches.
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: hashbaz on Thu, 11 August 2011, 01:25:14: I can understand the distaste for the gratuitous extra click of blue switches, but personally I love it. I take my keys loud and tactile. Right now I use blues at work and buckling springs at home. I also have a Cherry board with black switches but I can't say I prefer it to the Unicomp for gaming (which for me means just Starcraft).

Browns are too light for me. Haven't yet tried reds or the various clear mods.
Title: I think I chose the right switch.
Post by: Hydroid on Thu, 11 August 2011, 02:31:55: The click is something I really really like on the blues. Its also fun to be talking on Skype and then suddenly let rip with a quick e-mail or start IMing someone else and the first time usually gets interesting responses from people.