Do you use mechanical keyboards at work? If so, what switch?

[Sintpinty]

My keyboard, although TKL size would simply not work with the computers i have at school. They're too old.

My daily drivers are Cherry MX Red, or blue if i had one.

[tobiasvl]

At work I have a silent build, with 78g Zilents on alphanum and Healios on modifiers.

There are several others with mechs in my shared office, though, and most have MX Brown with o-rings.

My keyboard, although TKL size would simply not work with the computers i have at school. They're too old.

How old are we talking here?

[SBJ]

My boss absolutely HATES mechs and I have to work in the same office as him.
So no. Don't need him *****ing all day about the noise.

[Dongulator]

In the office and at the home office definitely topre, currently using a fc660c at both locations. pretty quiet and feels great for that all day typing experience.

[Sifo]

yes, 63.5g clear

[sncbraxsc2]

My boss absolutely HATES mechs and I have to work in the same office as him.
So no. Don't need him *****ing all day about the noise.

I'm grateful my coworkers tolerate mine, though it's one of the more quiet boards I've had - lubed and filmed Tealios from 1upkeyboards in a sandwich build with wood inserts

[Sifo]

there are very few people in my section that don't have a mechanical keyboard at work. like 5 duckys here, a unicomp M, a filco, no customs except me tho

[SBJ]

My boss absolutely HATES mechs and I have to work in the same office as him.
So no. Don't need him *****ing all day about the noise.

I'm grateful my coworkers tolerate mine, though it's one of the more quiet boards I've had - lubed and filmed Tealios from 1upkeyboards in a sandwich build with wood inserts

That does sound nice.
I've tried a couple switches out at the office and they always get complaints.
He can't stand ANY sound, really. Disrupts his concentration or some ****. He'll never know the joy.

[sncbraxsc2]

there are very few people in my section that don't have a mechanical keyboard at work. like 5 duckys here, a unicomp M, a filco, no customs except me tho

lucky! I only have a few coworkers and neither of them share this interest.. In fact, I brought in an old cherry doubleshot board for one to use (she talked about how she used to use typewriters and clicky keyboards "back in the day") and she was like, "I actually have a keyboard I prefer to use at home that I'll bring in." She proceeded to bring in one of these

My boss absolutely HATES mechs and I have to work in the same office as him.
So no. Don't need him *****ing all day about the noise.

I'm grateful my coworkers tolerate mine, though it's one of the more quiet boards I've had - lubed and filmed Tealios from 1upkeyboards in a sandwich build with wood inserts

That does sound nice.
I've tried a couple switches out at the office and they always get complaints.
He can't stand ANY sound, really. Disrupts his concentration or some ****. He'll never know the joy.

Thanks!

The chiclet and rubberdome boards in the office are almost as loud as mine so hopefully no one complains.

You know, I used to find it annoying that my boss would tune people out but perhaps I should be thankful 

[tobiasvl]

I feel pretty lucky. In my open office, besides me, there are three Ducky (all with Browns), one Tada68 and one KBD75/Ergodox. Some other people with mechs elsewhere in the company. We have our own chat channel at work and regularly have a Friday after-work beer where we discuss keyboards, lol.

[dgneo]

vintage mx blacks

[chuckdee]

MX Browns.

[mountainblocks]

I use 62g V2 Zilents. Never had a complaint although I'm in a pretty noisy environment already.

[Sup]

Well used to work now i am chilling before starting with school again  . When i was still working i used my HHKB Pro 1.

[romevi]

Realforce 55g
Jane v1 with 72g Tactile Gray

My next boards will have Silent Blacks and Holy Pandas. I also plan on building a Tris with Aristotle stems in Gateron housings.

[rxc92]

I brought my keyboard with MX Clears to work (relatively open office area) and nobody minded, even though most of my job was typing.

[zslane]

Topre on my main driver at work.

[Riverman]

I have a Cherry G80-3494 with silent blacks at work right now.  Before that it was a Filco with brown switches, and before that a silenced Topre Type Heaven.  I don't know if anyone in my office has a clue what a mechanical keyboard is, other than possibly the two IT guys.  I work in the health insurance industry, so people here aren't exactly techies.

[livewirerc]

I use a Tokyo-60 with the MassDrop Holy Panda switches in HHKB layout for my main driver at work, but I also carry an HHKB Pro BT that I converted with 55gm domes, lubed rails, and rings/sliders from a Type-S in my backpack for meetings and working out of the office.

[cassiozen]

I use Zilents and have no problem at all.

[tydlwav]

I currently use Anne Pro 2 with Gateron browns for most of my work. I'm a college student and spend a substantial amount of time in the library, so I put o-rings on them. Not really liking the o-rings, so I got some 60g Aliaz I plan to swap in. Will do it after I get my nutcracker v2 and lubed them.

[arydi]

I'm using a Massdrop ALT for work and Maxkey SA caps on 67g Zilents are my work standard but, for fun, I'm trying out PYK DSS profile Dolch caps on box jades. The jades click twice which makes them feel more "crunchy" than "clicky" and I'm not sure I like that.

[OnceS]

Holy Panda and Ergo Clear.

[nyry43]

Currently either MX Clear or BOX Royal. No one has commented on the noise, but they do compliment the looks

[nappis]

I use Leopold with Mx Clears and Topre Realforce at work. Almost everybody at our work has a mechanical (although most of them have generic gaming boards).

Our company is super mech friendly: every new employee gets high end noise cancelling headphones and money to spend of keyboards, mouse and so on. Some have Mx blues and the noise is not an issue.

[jamster]

I've used Topre, Topre silenced, MX non-clicky with o-rings.

No way would I consider using clicky switches in a work environment- IMO that's kind of douchey.

Edit: A couple of posts mentioned that people can wear headphones at work, so noisy keyboards are okay. I disagree- forcing other people to wear headsets all day just to block out the noise from your keyboard is still not cool. Some people might prefer to listen to music as they work, but many do not. Have a noisy keyboard? Keep it at home or in your closed office. Same way you shouldn't be blasting your speakerphone into a public place.

[SenhorHoshino]

45g topre silenced and lubed with krytox 205g0

[whinmeister]

Currently use a topre keyboard (Leopold FC980C)

[NoPunIn10Did]

Kailh browns on mine; MX browns on my neighbor's.  There's a mix of mechanical and non-mechanical in the office, though I haven't detected anyone using full clicky switches like Blues.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

Floss-modded IBM Model M SSK

[poodude]

Realforce 87u lubed with silencing rings.

[vegs]

Vintage mx blacks

[chyros]

SKCL Green.

[GLaDOS]

ALPS Dampened Cream. A colleague who moved to my office brought MX Greens. That didn't last long.

[neoberg]

I use box navies. also 2 of the colleagues are with mx browns and 1 with blues. Never had any issues with the noice. People are tolerating and the company has a "headphones of your choice" policy.

[Sintpinty]

My boss absolutely HATES mechs and I have to work in the same office as him.
So no. Don't need him *****ing all day about the noise.

What evil of a boss do you even have! 

[Sintpinty]

there are very few people in my section that don't have a mechanical keyboard at work. like 5 duckys here, a unicomp M, a filco, no customs except me tho

lucky! I only have a few coworkers and neither of them share this interest.. In fact, I brought in an old cherry doubleshot board for one to use (she talked about how she used to use typewriters and clicky keyboards "back in the day") and she was like, "I actually have a keyboard I prefer to use at home that I'll bring in." She proceeded to bring in one of these

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My boss absolutely HATES mechs and I have to work in the same office as him.
So no. Don't need him *****ing all day about the noise.

I'm grateful my coworkers tolerate mine, though it's one of the more quiet boards I've had - lubed and filmed Tealios from 1upkeyboards in a sandwich build with wood inserts

That does sound nice.
I've tried a couple switches out at the office and they always get complaints.
He can't stand ANY sound, really. Disrupts his concentration or some ****. He'll never know the joy.

Thanks!

The chiclet and rubberdome boards in the office are almost as loud as mine so hopefully no one complains.

You know, I used to find it annoying that my boss would tune people out but perhaps I should be thankful  ^-^

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[Sintpinty]

At work I have a silent build, with 78g Zilents on alphanum and Healios on modifiers.

There are several others with mechs in my shared office, though, and most have MX Brown with o-rings.

My keyboard, although TKL size would simply not work with the computers i have at school. They're too old.

How old are we talking here?

Intel Core 2 duo, 2008

[ideus]

Using Ergo Clears at work with this guy:

[ollir_]

Was using Topre (fc660c) until today. I decided it's time to try my Apple M0118 with salmon Alps and so far it's been all good. The clacking on it is very low pitched and buttery so it blends in the soundscape better than, say, something obvious like MX blues, which someone tried to get in once. It took about 5 minutes until someone complained about it

[Sintpinty]

Using Ergo Clears at work with this guy:

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Thats a beauty  :eek:

[rondg]

KBD75 v1 + PBT BoB + Holy Chickies (Cherry MX Blue housing + Halo Clear stem)

I have used Gateron yellows, Holy GSUS and Box Royals at work. Nobody complained but I was always conscious about the noise. Holy Chickies are not loud.

[jakereps]

Previously a Pok3r with MX Browns and then more recently a Das Ultimate (also Browns), but within the last two months I picked up a HHKB Pro 2 and added Deskey's silencing rings (went with #3) and 205g0 on the sliders w/ the stock 45g domes. The layout and Topre have really really grown on me. Don't think I'll be looking to change it for a while.

[Hyde]

45g topre silenced and lubed with krytox 205g0

^ Pretty much this also, except I don't know which lube is used.

A buddy hooked me up and he's pro at this stuff, so I just trust whatever he gave me LOL.

But silence Topre at work is amazing.  I could be chatting away on my work chat program and no one will notice LOL.

[ideus]

Using Ergo Clears at work with this guy:

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Thats a beauty  :o

:thumb:

[eas]

I use a Fractal with Aliaz at work. Sounds nice to me.

[azhdar]

ergo clears.
and before that gateron blacks.

If I can't use a mech at work, I might aswell change.

[Stupidface]

My keyboard, although TKL size would simply not work with the computers i have at school. They're too old.

You may already have thought of this, but just in case: have you considered starting a new thread giving the makes/models of the computers and the make/model of the keyboard you would like to use on them?

I would be very surprised, indeed, if someone on GH could not contrive a way for you to use the keyboard you enjoy with the computers with which you are stuck.

I only wish I had something to offer in the way of practical advice.  However, my own formative computing years were spent cranking away* on one of these:




...and keyboards did not enter the picture until much later, alas.






*When I say, "cranking away," I am not speaking in a metaphorical sense.

[saint_james]

My keyboard, although TKL size would simply not work with the computers i have at school. They're too old.

You may already have thought of this, but just in case: have you considered starting a new thread giving the makes/models of the computers and the make/model of the keyboard you would like to use on them?

I would be very surprised, indeed, if someone on GH could not contrive a way for you to use the keyboard you enjoy with the computers with which you are stuck.

I only wish I had something to offer in the way of practical advice.  However, my own formative computing years were spent cranking away* on one of these:

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...and keyboards did not enter the picture until much later, alas.






*When I say, "cranking away," I am not speaking in a metaphorical sense.

What exactly IS that thing?

To answer OP's question:  yes... Topre 55G currently, previously MX Blues w/o-rings to suppress the sound.

[audiosl4ve]

Just some random HP membrane. It hurts but not allowed to have our own stuff