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Title: Elite Keyboards Soft Landing Pads Vs. O-Rings ?
Post by: Encabulator on Tue, 21 March 2017, 09:28:24

I'm currently doing my first actual "modifications" on my new keyboard (case painting, lubing etc.)  I really like my cherry blue switches for typing but I only have really had experience with linear switches in my past so I tend to bottom out the keys a lot. What do you guys prefer for noise dampening. If O-rings what thickness and hardness? If landing pads, soft or hard? Thank you :)

Title: Re: Elite Keyboards Soft Landing Pads Vs. O-Rings ?
Post by: dante on Tue, 21 March 2017, 13:49:05

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40227.0

Title: Re: Elite Keyboards Soft Landing Pads Vs. O-Rings ?
Post by: Blue_Moon on Tue, 21 March 2017, 17:33:52

i recently tried the soft landing pads. i've also tried o-rings, but i forget which. i was surprised that the soft landing pads had the same effect as o-rings to me. let me explain

i liked how the o-rings cushioned the key from bottoming out, but i hated how it changed the travel of the key, so i got rid of them. it's been so long, i can't remember to compare the feel of the soft landing pads to the o-rings, but they shorten the travel in exactly the same way. i don't like soft landing pads either

Title: Re: Elite Keyboards Soft Landing Pads Vs. O-Rings ?
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 21 March 2017, 18:47:36

I like soft landing pads for MX blue (and probably, by extension, green) only.

All others I like O-rings, and I wish that O-rings were available for all types of switches.