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« Last post by Leslieann on Wed, 05 August 2026, 19:56:09 »
The most extreme tactile depends on how much noise you will tolerate.
You can get full Cherry blue tactile with dampened sound doing jailhouse blues, but jeez, it's a lot of work and there is some noise.
Another extreme one is Zeal 62g v2 switches,Zealencios or Zilents and then put in the lightest springs they can tolerate. If you want easy, go 45g springs. If you are really into punishment getting a switch to work, go 39g but be prepared for a fight. This will give you a 15-20g start with a 20g bump, by comparison, browns are a 5g bump, most are close to 10, maybe occasional 15. They're monsters in terms of tactility and dead silent with Zealios. Beware the 39grams, they can fail to reset, particularly on a slow finger lift. Some can be a real fight to get working properly at this spring rate. On a small board I had to rebuild quite a handfull and even build a 3d printer switch-breaker-inner to cycle the switches to wear in a bit. I use these in Zilents at home.
A switch I have found really nice lately though and very silent and simple (no effort at all) is Akko V3 Creamy Purple Pro which come with 30g springs. Cheap, pre-lubed, quite tactile and very, very quiet. They've become one of my favorites. Just slap them in and go. I use these at work.
None of these will come close to a Model M or F, but still very tactile and the silence is golden.