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Title: Quiet blues?
Post by: DrinkTea on Tue, 03 December 2013, 21:57:19
Is there a mod to quiet the click on blue switches? I have whites, which I like (apart from the mild inconsistency in click) when modded with lighter switches. So, is there anyway to make 'ghetto whites' out of blues?
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: Pacifist on Tue, 03 December 2013, 22:02:59
lube the **** out of them
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: Linkbane on Tue, 03 December 2013, 22:15:32
That, or you can do the rather time-consuming jailhouse blue mod.
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: metalliqaz on Tue, 03 December 2013, 22:18:34
MX whites or MX browns
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: Linkbane on Tue, 03 December 2013, 22:23:40
MX whites

Please read his post.

MX browns

Not clicky.
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: dustinhxc on Tue, 03 December 2013, 23:58:47
Is there a mod to quiet the click on blue switches? I have whites, which I like (apart from the mild inconsistency in click) when modded with lighter switches. So, is there anyway to make 'ghetto whites' out of blues?
Lube and sticker!
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: Pacifist on Wed, 04 December 2013, 00:22:02
Is there a mod to quiet the click on blue switches? I have whites, which I like (apart from the mild inconsistency in click) when modded with lighter switches. So, is there anyway to make 'ghetto whites' out of blues?
Lube and sticker!

what would the sticker do?
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: Linkbane on Wed, 04 December 2013, 00:25:52
Is there a mod to quiet the click on blue switches? I have whites, which I like (apart from the mild inconsistency in click) when modded with lighter switches. So, is there anyway to make 'ghetto whites' out of blues?
Lube and sticker!

what would the sticker do?

Increase the price and decrease its appeal to anyone with common sense.
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: terran5992 on Wed, 04 December 2013, 01:41:10
Is there a mod to quiet the click on blue switches? I have whites, which I like (apart from the mild inconsistency in click) when modded with lighter switches. So, is there anyway to make 'ghetto whites' out of blues?
Lube and sticker!

what would the sticker do?

Increase the price and decrease its appeal to anyone with common sense.

This ^^
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: dustinhxc on Wed, 04 December 2013, 01:48:00
I've never tried it but it was on the tester I just had and it was quieter
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: Beca on Wed, 04 December 2013, 01:55:47
I wonder what makes the click softer in an MX white switch?
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: BlackWidowMan777 on Wed, 04 December 2013, 02:53:05
Does anyone want their blues to click even louder? I would still use o-rings to dampen the bottoming-out but I love the sound of blues clicking it sounds sexy  :p
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: Oobly on Wed, 04 December 2013, 03:30:14
Is there a mod to quiet the click on blue switches? I have whites, which I like (apart from the mild inconsistency in click) when modded with lighter switches. So, is there anyway to make 'ghetto whites' out of blues?
Lube and sticker!

what would the sticker do?

Increase the price and decrease its appeal to anyone with common sense.

Or it increases the stability of the top case and stem, depending on who you ask.  :p
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: MKULTRA on Wed, 04 December 2013, 04:50:18
I've heard of people receiving blue switches which don't make the click noise.  I think it has something to do with the leg that causes the noise being pressed in too much.  Next time I have some blue switches I'll check it out
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: lonedruid on Wed, 04 December 2013, 06:53:15
the question is paradoxical in itself  :)) I dont know about modding and all. but I think brown= blues tactility without clicky noise. You can further dampens the noise with O-rings and lubing.

But i like my keyboard to be noisy. It gives me satisfaction while typing  :thumb:
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Wed, 04 December 2013, 07:26:18
O-rings, lube, trampoline mod, take your pic. Also, take this pic:

(http://www.overclock.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=197802&stc=1&d=1298910971)

Click is caused by the slider hitting the bottom of the switch stem, so anything you use to dampen the impact of the slider will reduce noise.
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 04 December 2013, 07:55:21
If you have the time and skill, the "jailhouse blue" mod is the way to go.

A much quicker and easier thing to try is landing pads. I prefer O-rings on all the other Cherries, but landing pads with blue switches.

I think that they cost about $12-15 from elite keyboards.
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: MKULTRA on Wed, 04 December 2013, 09:08:28
for all we know, someone in gh might actually be a serial killer, but is addicted to keyboards

In that case, his weapon of choice would be a Model F.

Do we know of anyone who specializes in Model F's?   :-\ I vote that we all send our home addresses to fohat for evaluation.  :D

I still think CF should mark each keycap and take a photo so that in the future people could authenticate the markings. Each one is a little work of art unto itself, why not treat them as such? Even if these fakes are obvious fakes, they're likely to get better -- especially if we show the forger exactly where they fell short. So with a unique marking on each and a photo you'll make it harder to mass produce a lot of fake CCs. Sure, you might be able to make one really good forgery, of a single one, but multiples of the same one (with the same markings) would set off some alarm bells.

It's not perfect, but it would be better than letting a forger prosper.

the question is paradoxical in itself  :)) I dont know about modding and all. but I think brown= blues tactility without clicky noise. You can further dampens the noise with O-rings and lubing.

But i like my keyboard to be noisy. It gives me satisfaction while typing  :thumb:
Not true, browns are much less tactile than blues.
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: Jixr on Wed, 04 December 2013, 10:02:33
just note jailhouse blues are not clicky, it basically turns them into a brown/ergo clear style switch with a higher actuation point.
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: Pacifist on Wed, 04 December 2013, 15:36:31
just note jailhouse blues are not clicky, it basically turns them into a brown/ergo clear style switch with a higher actuation point.

how so?
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 04 December 2013, 15:39:15
just note jailhouse blues are not clicky, it basically turns them into a brown/ergo clear style switch with a higher actuation point.

how so?

jailhouse blues compilation thread

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=45992.0

oh and here's another thread about the same exact topic

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49507.0 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49507.0)
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: Pacifist on Wed, 04 December 2013, 15:46:31
just note jailhouse blues are not clicky, it basically turns them into a brown/ergo clear style switch with a higher actuation point.

how so?

jailhouse blues compilation thread

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=45992.0

oh and here's another thread about the same exact topic

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49507.0 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49507.0)

Ah I see. I always assumed that jailhouse blues were blues with black springs, because people in jail wear those black and white clothes....now I see its a jailhouse because they're stuck together
Title: Re: Quiet blues?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 04 December 2013, 15:47:31
just note jailhouse blues are not clicky, it basically turns them into a brown/ergo clear style switch with a higher actuation point.

how so?

jailhouse blues compilation thread

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=45992.0

oh and here's another thread about the same exact topic

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49507.0 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49507.0)

Ah I see. I always assumed that jailhouse blues were blues with black springs, because people in jail wear those black and white clothes....now I see its a jailhouse because they're stuck together

blue's with black springs are 'ghetto greens'