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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Novus on Sat, 14 February 2015, 05:18:11
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How do you guys like Cherry MX Grey?
I'm very curious about these switches. At 80 and 105cN the grey switch family seems very stiff.
To those that have used Cherry MX Grey (either the linear, tactile or clicky) please share your experience and you preferred switch as a reference point.
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I've played with tactile greys and they're interesting. They're stiffer than stock Clears, but don't seem to have the steep ramp-up, more like stronger black springs. The tactile bump is a little less noticable than Clears due to the stronger spring, but still quite a bit more noticable than Browns.
Personally, I wouldn't want to use a full board of them, due to the stiffness, but if you like really stiff switches they're good.
My favourites are 62g ErgoClears.
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I'm thinking of using these to make 62g Ergo Clears. Will they be as good as clears?
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How do you guys like Cherry MX Grey?
I'm very curious about these switches. At 80 and 105cN the grey switch family seems very stiff.
To those that have used Cherry MX Grey (either the linear, tactile or clicky) please share your experience and you preferred switch as a reference point.
there are clicky greys?
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I used them to make light linears once because the stems were pretty :p They were very stiff/heavy stock, I wouldn't be able to use them.
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I'm thinking of using these to make 62g Ergo Clears. Will they be as good as clears?
Yes, the stem is exactly the same shape, just a stronger spring, like Reds and Blacks or Blues and Greens.
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How do you guys like Cherry MX Grey?
I'm very curious about these switches. At 80 and 105cN the grey switch family seems very stiff.
To those that have used Cherry MX Grey (either the linear, tactile or clicky) please share your experience and you preferred switch as a reference point.
there are clicky greys?
yeah, it seems cherry just got lazy and made three versions of the same color :p
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Greys really are a significant step-up in stiffness. Difficult to bottom out and mushy at the bottom IMHO.
Favorite switches are clears. I'm a pretty heavy typist and switched from browns to clears because I was bottoming out way too hard. But I don't think I'd want to take on greys.
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How do you guys like Cherry MX Grey?
I'm very curious about these switches. At 80 and 105cN the grey switch family seems very stiff.
To those that have used Cherry MX Grey (either the linear, tactile or clicky) please share your experience and you preferred switch as a reference point.
there are clicky greys?
yeah, it seems cherry just got lazy and made three versions of the same color :p
They're slightly different shades of grey, very subtle, but still slightly different. You can tell them apart by the shapes of the sliders. The tactile has the cutout on the side of the switch with the Cherry logo and the little ridges that make caps fit more tightly, the linear has the cutout on the other side and no ridges and the clicky has the little round protrusion on left side of the base, no ridges and the cutout on the logo side, like all the clicky switches.
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They are very heavy. Well for me at least. I don't think its even appropriate to use as a spacebar switch.
Or maybe I just have girly fingers lolol ^-^
I used mine on the techkeys business card just for display/testing. Mine's the tactile one btw. So yeah. :D
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Oddly, something I never studied was the slider notches on Cherry switches. Interestingly, Cherry MX Brown has the notch at the front, the same as linear switches, so it's not consistent.
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Are greys even readily available?
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How do you guys like Cherry MX Grey?
I'm very curious about these switches. At 80 and 105cN the grey switch family seems very stiff.
To those that have used Cherry MX Grey (either the linear, tactile or clicky) please share your experience and you preferred switch as a reference point.
there are clicky greys?
yeah, it seems cherry just got lazy and made three versions of the same color :p
They're slightly different shades of grey, very subtle, but still slightly different. You can tell them apart by the shapes of the sliders. The tactile has the cutout on the side of the switch with the Cherry logo and the little ridges that make caps fit more tightly, the linear has the cutout on the other side and no ridges and the clicky has the little round protrusion on left side of the base, no ridges and the cutout on the logo side, like all the clicky switches.
hmm, TIL
Are greys even readily available?
They have them on mk.com
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Are greys even readily available?
They have them on mk.com
And even a Massdrop for Varmilo with grays.
TIL
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I really like tactile greys but you have to lube the springs because they are pretty loud coming from cherry.