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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Tracer on Thu, 12 April 2012, 08:50:46

Title: Soft Landing
Post by: Tracer on Thu, 12 April 2012, 08:50:46

So I couldn't take bottoming out on my new TE board. I simply was not used to a mech keyboard. Switching between scissor switch keyboards regularly was not helping. So I went to WASD Keyboards and picked up a set of 40a o-rings to soften the blow. I love them already. Not only is it more comfortable, but it's also much quiter.

While I was there I couldn't;t resist getting a new escape key... of course.

Photos and more details below on a G+ post I did.
https://plus.google.com/111552470866096382975/posts/KP4UyTLXGQC

Title: Soft Landing
Post by: boli on Thu, 12 April 2012, 12:32:25

Welcome to the o-ring fan club, which I also joined earlier this year (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?27089-A-Kinesis-Advantage-fan-tries-the-TrulyErgonomic-keyboard&p=510263&viewfull=1#post510263).

Title: Soft Landing
Post by: sordna on Thu, 12 April 2012, 14:04:01

Good choice those pink o-rings. Easy to find if you drop one between the keys on a black keyboard too!
I put o-rings on ALL keyboards that I use regularly, and I had been using a mechanical keyboard for years before I found about dampening methods.