Keyboard at the Office

[terrpn]

wow............brought my mx red, 1800 to the office, have been using all day and no complaints

blues, browns, clears, blacks, alps, bs............all got comments, but maybe this one is a keeper

i could really care less, but you know how it goes

i personally like clicking, thocking, hammering-- it's a symphony to us..........

[SpAmRaY]

I'm surprised the blacks or clears bothered anyone, they seem pretty quiet to me.

[illy865]

I think you recalibrated your co-workers' ears when you brought in all those other keyboards.  I think now they just think the MX Reds are quiet enough.  Good idea honestly.

[Melvang]

My wife got zero complaints from her Filco with blacks.  But her work enviroment is fairly noisy with the machinery running.  She works in a photo lab that does all sorts of stuff, from banners to posters, to metal prints to mouse pads.

[terrpn]

I think you recalibrated your co-workers' ears when you brought in all those other keyboards.  I think now they just think the MX Reds are quiet enough.  Good idea honestly.

ha!

yea...........my blacks r vintage and quiet, so i was surprised and now that you mention it the clears with the thick pbt caps are not that loud?

reckon i am easier on the reds i guess

bunch of people with nothing else to complain about...........funny how they all envy the boards though ain't it

[Sifo]

I think you recalibrated your co-workers' ears when you brought in all those other keyboards.  I think now they just think the MX Reds are quiet enough.  Good idea honestly.

Wow... mind blown. It makes perfect sense

[IPT]

im using my topre typeheaven at work
about the same noise as my co-workers dell USB Rubberdomes lol.

[rowdy]

I've used blues, greens and blacks at work.  People only seem to notice the backlighting and custom keycaps.

I was doing something repetitive one day, and someone actually said the sound of typing was hypnotic.

[Shayde]

I suspect the only reason they comment on the noise of your board is because they're not doing any work, so notice more that you are.  )

[mashby]

Congratulations on finding a keyboard that you can use at your office! 

I was on a similar quest about a year ago and I found the audio of a mechanical is dependent upon both the switch as well as the key cap and even the case. Thick PBT sound noticeably different than thin ABS for example and a case that lays flat on my desk is noticeably quieter as well.

Personally, I'm using MX-Black with the SA profile from Commando 23, which sounds very muted compared to the Round 3 set I used previously and since I'm on the phone a good bit, I think I have it really dialed in for a quiet mechanical keyboard for my office.

[fohat.digs]

What about the concept that if people hear the key clicks they know that you are working?

[dorkvader]

Interestingly, my WASD KB (browns) is too loud, but my pingmaster KB is acceptable.

I hate the fact that the browns are quieter than the RDs everyone else uses.

[JPG]

When I first got my filco with browns at job, my director was not so happy because of the sound. So I told him I would get O-rings and it would be much better. I did and never had any complaint.

Recently I bought a F122 and since I fell in love with it, I decided to bring it to the job. I was scared someone would complain about it, but they must have accepted that I have a keyboard hobbyist and I got no complaint at all. Some people even found my F122 "cool", others just considered my weird, but only because of the look of the keyboard, not the sound.

I suspect that my F122 is intimidating everyone so they don't dare complain about it lol!

[terrpn]

What about the concept that if people hear the key clicks they know that you are working?

ha!

one of the things i would hear with my other boards is how sorry a typist i am.......thank you and your mothers mustache too scooter

brutha can't get a break

i mean we do have a life, i get it.........and this may sound tedious- but come on...........getta life

people can be a trip. i have my own office, yet somebody down the hallway takes the initiative to comment on a keyboard. guess it broke their concentration and woke them up )

anybody know what the loudest our out there?

i like that (dorkvader)..........my F122 must be intimidating everybody