Breaking In Blues?

[Rafen]

I was wondering if it takes a while to break cherry mx blues in? I own a Leopold that I don't have the problem with but the CM Quickfire Rapid that I just purchased seems to take more force to actuate the switches. I did the nickel test and all the keys required 12 nickels, which if I'm not wrong is 60g's. My Leopold on the other hand only takes 11 nickels. So I was wondering what the break in period is with these? The only reason I noticed the difference is then when I'm typing I miss letters because the key is being fulling depressed on the CM but on the Leopold I have no problem. So any feedback would be great here. Thanks in advance.

[Ahlitah]

it took mine about a week to break in.

now I find them too light!

[Rafen]

Yeah I don't think mine are very light on either board but I do prefer the feel of the blues on the Leopold. I had the Leopold for about nine months so I figured that some form of breaking in I just didn't know how long it was. Thanks for the feedback.

[Acedio]

I also just recently received a new CM Quickfire Rapid with blues and am finding them much stiffer than other blue keyboards I've tried. I'm hoping they break in a bit over the next week or so! The left shift is especially hard to press. Most of the keys take around 60g of force, but the left shift is about 65g. The right shift feels lighter at 55g. I emailed customer support and they said they do take a little while to break in and that I can try lubricating the stabilized keys. They actually directed me to Ripster's guide on this forum

[mkawa]

they definitely change in feel over the first few thousand actuations. given that there's a spring involved it's not all that surprising. comparing the very used, well used, kind of used, and brand new blues i've typed on, i would say that overall the force curve gets smoother and shallower as they age. same with the browns i've tried.

[Daniel Beardsmore]

I've never noticed my Cherry blue or brown keyboards break in. The spacebar on the one stopped squeaking over time, and the scrapiness of some of the switches has faded, but I never noticed any change in key feel at all. If there was a change, it was too gradual to detect without having an unused keyboard as a comparison. That said, my perception of blues can change several times a day, from too light to too stiff!

It does feel like my Tactile Pro 3 has broken in – it gets very little use, but it's not as balky now as it was when new. I have no idea what blue ALPS are like new, as my blue ALPS board feels good enough to be new even though it's old and heavily used.

I dread to think what Acer boards are like new, as they're a menace even when they are well worn!