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Title: o ring or soft-landing pads?
Post by: phx on Sun, 22 July 2012, 23:20:31

I love my mech keyboard but the downside is the noise at work disturbing others.
should I get some O-rings from WASD or soft-landing pads from EliteKeyboards?
from WASD I see 3 types of O-rings, which would be the best in terms of noise reduction but least amount of change to the feel? and what about the landing pads?

also, any recommendations on ~$100 keyboards with dye printing? I hate the feel of the letters when I type. I currently use a DAS Silent with blank keycaps but I'm considering getting a non blank for work.

thanks!

Title: Re: o ring or soft-landing pads?
Post by: touchtype on Sun, 22 July 2012, 23:51:40

IbM model m.

Title: Re: o ring or soft-landing pads?
Post by: Djuzuh on Mon, 23 July 2012, 00:29:26

http://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/wbjrq/review_of_the_most_common_sound_dampener/

Title: Re: o ring or soft-landing pads?
Post by: SkyBlaze on Mon, 23 July 2012, 01:17:29

I use the soft landing pads from Elite keyboard but I hear more people use the wasd o-rings.

I'm not to sure on what are the differences are though.

Title: Re: o ring or soft-landing pads?
Post by: quake4mhg on Tue, 24 July 2012, 23:51:17

Everything works exactly as advertised. I think both soft landing pads & o-rings work the same.
But I prefer o-ring personally, cos I can freely stack few o-rings into one keycap more easier.

(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j283/digitalillustration/DSC04988200x150.jpg)

Title: Re: o ring or soft-landing pads?
Post by: The_Beast on Wed, 25 July 2012, 00:02:36

I got o-rings with my first keyboard. They defiantly take something away from the typing experience. However if you need to dampen the sound they are nice (I had a roommate who liked to sleep, so I got some o-rings)

Title: Re: o ring or soft-landing pads?
Post by: dko2o on Wed, 25 July 2012, 04:39:56

same i also prefer it without them. But out of o-rings and landing pads, i prefer landing pads. O-rings have to much travel reduction.

Title: Re: o ring or soft-landing pads?
Post by: Kronen on Thu, 26 July 2012, 23:03:57

hey dude! 

I started a thread about this on the WASD vendor page, but I thought I'd post here as well.

I have a copy of noobcake's trial pack of o-ring and dampener pads and I'm sending it out to people trusting that they'll send it back to me when done or send it on to the next person who wants to try them out.  If you're interested (and trustworthy  ;)) send me a PM with your address and I'll send it away.