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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: dman777 on Thu, 23 October 2014, 10:21:00
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I love clicky switches when I program. I was wondering, amongst coders....which would be preferred between the two, green switches or blue?
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Whichever ones you like better.
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it's a personal preference. some like the heavier greens, while others get tired when typing on the heavier and prefer the lighter blues.
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It's a preference thing, although unless you have some strong fingers, blue are probably gonna be what you choose
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blues, personal preference.
greens are too heavy for me.
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They are the same except the Greens have a stronger spring. The springs in Greens are similar to the spring used in MX Black switches. If you have used a board with black switches and found it nice, but just thought it was missing that clickiness, then you'd probably like Greens.
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Whichever ones you like better.
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I have a Blue switch Ducky, which I like. I tried my co-workers green switch keyboard and I like it alot. But, I have nerve pains in my hands and sometimes my ducky will feel uncomfortable. Would the greens be a bad choice?
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exchange keyboard for a week and see how it goes ?
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Linears :P
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I thought I liked heavy and bought some MX clears to replace my MX reds.. but they turned out to be more tiring than I expected.. the MX greens are even heavier actuation. I think the blues are pretty good tactile.
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I have a Blue switch Ducky, which I like. I tried my co-workers green switch keyboard and I like it alot. But, I have nerve pains in my hands and sometimes my ducky will feel uncomfortable. Would the greens be a bad choice?
That depends on if it is the force required to actuate or bottoming out that is causing the issue.
Is it is from the force, then you would probably be better with blues.
If it is the harshness of bottom I g out the switches then you would probably benefit the most from clear springs and/or o-rings.
I personally find clears easier to not bottom out on than grey springs due to the steeper force curve.
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I thought I liked heavy and bought some MX clears to replace my MX reds.. but they turned out to be more tiring than I expected.. the MX greens are even heavier actuation. I think the blues are pretty good tactile.
Or your fingers actually became weaker, while you were using reds...? I've been there and still have to exercise to keep my hands capable of typing on stiffer switches, but it's been well worth it.
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I like my greens with 62g springs that I got from the gb. Makes Java coding bareable
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I have a Blue switch Ducky, which I like. I tried my co-workers green switch keyboard and I like it alot. But, I have nerve pains in my hands and sometimes my ducky will feel uncomfortable. Would the greens be a bad choice?
That depends on if it is the force required to actuate or bottoming out that is causing the issue.
Is it is from the force, then you would probably be better with blues.
If it is the harshness of bottom I g out the switches then you would probably benefit the most from clear springs and/or o-rings.
I personally find clears easier to not bottom out on than grey springs due to the steeper force curve.
Ya, it feels like the bottoming out is what is doing it. It would be nice if the clicking was sooner also with less travel. I wouldn't want to go through the trouble of placing o rings on all the keys.
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I have a Blue switch Ducky, which I like. I tried my co-workers green switch keyboard and I like it alot. But, I have nerve pains in my hands and sometimes my ducky will feel uncomfortable. Would the greens be a bad choice?
That depends on if it is the force required to actuate or bottoming out that is causing the issue.
Is it is from the force, then you would probably be better with blues.
If it is the harshness of bottom I g out the switches then you would probably benefit the most from clear springs and/or o-rings.
I personally find clears easier to not bottom out on than grey springs due to the steeper force curve.
Ya, it feels like the bottoming out is what is doing it. It would be nice if the clicking was sooner also with less travel. I wouldn't want to go through the trouble of placing o rings on all the keys.
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Have you tried buckling springs? If you don't care to try those I would suggest clear springs with your switches. I also find it easiest to not bottom with linear stems.
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As said, it comes down to preference, and how strong your fingers are. I find that switch preference goes in phases, what you like now may change when you try a different switch. I've been through (listing Cherry only, in order): browns, clears, reds, blues, greens.
I loved my greens for everything (felt more solid than blues, less toy-ish in my opinion), but busted out my TKL brown board just to have nav/arrow keys for an Arduino project and they're so light I typo a lot. I'm getting used to the light switches again though, ghost typing this post on my Poker with greens took some effort (only some but noticeable, I'm a mechanic by day). I bring out my Alps boards at tax time because I need that extra enjoyment to balance out the process, lol.
It's hard to tell someone which switch to get. For long coding sessions I might suggest blues, if your fingers aren't super strong then the reduced effort will help over time. If you want a change later on, or want something more satisfying to hammer away at then get a board with greens.
The blessing/curse of this game is there's no one right answer. :)
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That depends on if it is the force required to actuate or bottoming out that is causing the issue.
Is it is from the force, then you would probably be better with blues.
If it is the harshness of bottom I g out the switches then you would probably benefit the most from clear springs and/or o-rings.
I personally find clears easier to not bottom out on than grey springs due to the steeper force curve.
Ya, it feels like the bottoming out is what is doing it. It would be nice if the clicking was sooner also with less travel. I wouldn't want to go through the trouble of placing o rings on all the keys.
I prefer greens - I prefer stiffer switches in general. Blues are too light.
Also I bottom out all the time, on greens (which I am using now), blacks and even on buckling spring).
You can use O-rings to dampen the bottoming out, which might help. They also reduce the total travel distance a bit. Nothing will alter the time to actuate on blues or greens as the 2mm actuation point is part of the design.
Although I think I read somewhere that Kailh switches that mimic blues/green actuate 0.5mm higher up than blues/greens.
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Alps is the correct answer.
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I agree with Davkol. It sounds like you might like dampened ALPS like the Matias quiet switches.