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Title: Cherry MX Silent Reds or MX Silver for everyday use
Post by: kol on Thu, 30 March 2017, 20:36:56
So at the moment I'm using an IKBC f87 with Cherry MX blacks, and I like the stiff feel and smoothness of it, but I'd also like something lighter to swap out with every now and then.

The silvers and silents both bottom out shallower than the stock reds. With the silents you lose that nice clack and sharpness of bottoming out, I've read some people compare it to the mushy feeling of typing on rubber domes. But then others say they're the best and smoothest Cherry switches they've used so far, rivaling a Topre board.

As one of the newer switches, should all the silvers have the new smoother Cherry stems too? I've got a set of reds on a Corsair right now that are kinda scratchy and just don't feel too great, I'm returning that one soon.

So for general use (forums, reddit, some fairly casual World of Warcraft and Overwatch maybe), is there anything I may be missing to help me make a decision? I don't have a lot of disposable income for things like keyboards so I don't want to regret my decision.

For the silents I was thinking a WASD v2 tkl with a set of their blank white pbt caps, those look nice. I can't find a whole lot of boards with silvers in stock but MK.com has a Ducky One PBT, shame it's not tkl though.
Title: Re: Cherry MX Silent Reds or MX Silver for everyday use
Post by: Puddsy on Thu, 30 March 2017, 20:40:09
MX silents still have some issues. I haven't used silvers but I think you might get more mileage out of them.
Title: Re: Cherry MX Silent Reds or MX Silver for everyday use
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 30 March 2017, 20:44:26
Quote from: Puddsy on Thu, 30 March 2017, 20:40:09
MX silents still have some issues. I haven't used silvers but I think you might get more mileage out of them.

what's wrong with mx silent ? the stabilizer thing?
Title: Re: Cherry MX Silent Reds or MX Silver for everyday use
Post by: Puddsy on Thu, 30 March 2017, 20:45:59
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 30 March 2017, 20:44:26
Quote from: Puddsy on Thu, 30 March 2017, 20:40:09
MX silents still have some issues. I haven't used silvers but I think you might get more mileage out of them.

what's wrong with mx silent ? the stabilizer thing?

stab thing and feel weird

if you're only playing games it's probably fine tho
Title: Re: Cherry MX Silent Reds or MX Silver for everyday use
Post by: Marvellion on Fri, 31 March 2017, 02:53:34
Its probably a choice between the feelings of bottoming out between these switches. If you want the usual, get the Silvers. If not then a little more softer and mushy Silents/Pinks.

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Title: Re: Cherry MX Silent Reds or MX Silver for everyday use
Post by: northpark on Mon, 03 April 2017, 08:01:22
I've been eyeing the Red silents lately.  I'm torn between reds and browns for my favorite switch.