hello new guy o/
you're gonna love the zilents, they're some of my favorites.
Funny story, after picking up a bunch of switch testers, I thought I settled on Glorious Panda's and was sure I made the right decision... then for whatever reason I picked up the Zeal switch tester and the moment I hit the Zilent I immediately changed my mind and returned the Pandas. I love tactile but I need things to be as silent as possible for my WFH setup.
Basically the same for me, except that I annoy myself with the sound of tying when hacking away at the keys like a child on a sugarRush.. that's also why I can't type on the new cherry blues with their super high pitch without wearing headphones.
I also don't understand the feel snobs being like "uuugh that mushy bottom out feel is so craptastic" and "why do you need that, don't you touchType". Turning that around: If you touchType, why would you bottom out and feel the silicone bumpers on the stem?!
The good news is that the gatekeeping and snobbery has taken more of a backseat in the last few year through the influx of new members.
One suggestion I can make for silenced switches tho is to definitely lube the spring, otherwise you're gonna have a pingy sound on release and if you have/wanna make it, put a bit of foam or silicone sheeting between plate and pcb, that in addition with a bit of foam to fill out the space in the bottom of the case will give you a much more pleasant low pitched, rounded off sound profile, which while not reducing the volume too much will make it less intrusive or even nice to listen to for people not on the mechanical train. And a deskMat to decouple the board from the table of course. Towel will do in a pinch
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