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Offline Nerif

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Quite a stupid question i still want to ask about O-Rings.
« on: Mon, 29 August 2022, 10:59:20 »
Hello everyone. I've been using an Anne Pro 2 keyboard with Kailh Box Dark Yellow switches for two months. Also (if that matters), I've clipped and re-lubed the stabilizers and ordered some artisan keycaps (I'll show that two weeks later maybe), and I want to silence this keyboard a bit. The thing is, the downstroke sound gets annoying for me from time to time, so I'm about to buy some O-Rings. But, since the Kailh Box stem is quite different, I don't really know will the orings fit or not. Will the O-rings dampen the sound on Kailh box switches or not? Which thickness will be better for them?

Thanks for all of you in advance.
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Offline Nerif

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Re: Quite a stupid question i still want to ask about O-Rings.
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 29 August 2022, 11:01:52 »
By the way, for everyone who would ask "Why you just don't buy them, they're dirt cheap?" I would say that I really don't want to wait them to arrive if they're useless in my case.
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Re: Quite a stupid question i still want to ask about O-Rings.
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 29 August 2022, 16:01:06 »
tie a rubber band around it, see if it works.
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Offline Nerif

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Re: Quite a stupid question i still want to ask about O-Rings.
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 30 August 2022, 07:52:50 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 29 August 2022, 16:01:06
tie a rubber band around it, see if it works.

ok, now i guess that 1.5mm orings will fit while the 2.5 ones wouldn't. Thanks.
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Re: Quite a stupid question i still want to ask about O-Rings.
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 30 August 2022, 08:37:12 »
I don't usually use Cherry-style switches, but my son, the gamer, does. He (and I) recommend the thinnest, softest o-rings you can find.
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Re: Quite a stupid question i still want to ask about O-Rings.
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 08 September 2022, 21:54:39 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 30 August 2022, 08:37:12
I don't usually use Cherry-style switches, but my son, the gamer, does. He (and I) recommend the thinnest, softest o-rings you can find.

someone once made these thin foam squares with holes in the center obviously for the stem and they were fantastic. Haven't seen them in years though...


Edit: heres what i was looking for https://next.wooting.io/post/sound-dampen-your-mechanical-keyboard-noises  'Reaper' on here made them

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Re: Quite a stupid question i still want to ask about O-Rings.
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 09 September 2022, 08:18:59 »
Quote from: OfTheWild on Thu, 08 September 2022, 21:54:39

someone once made these thin foam squares with holes in the center


"Landing pads" are a more mushy feel but are better at sound dampening. If you can't find them store-bought they are not hard to make.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: Quite a stupid question i still want to ask about O-Rings.
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 09 September 2022, 08:29:54 »
I mainly use my hhkb nowadays but for the MX board I do use at work, I put some o-rings for the sake of sound. They for sure serve a purpose and are worth having around.

On all of my MX boards in the past, I have always stuck a really think o-ring on my spacebar. I can not stand a noisy space bar. My hhkb has bumpons under it so it will not be too loud
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Re: Quite a stupid question i still want to ask about O-Rings.
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 09 September 2022, 12:44:15 »
BOOBS!!!!!11!
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Offline Polymer

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Re: Quite a stupid question i still want to ask about O-Rings.
« Reply #9 on: Mon, 12 September 2022, 15:31:28 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 30 August 2022, 08:37:12
I don't usually use Cherry-style switches, but my son, the gamer, does. He (and I) recommend the thinnest, softest o-rings you can find.
This...it changes the travel which you may or may not like....
Longer term..get different switches with dampening...
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Offline Nerif

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Re: Quite a stupid question i still want to ask about O-Rings.
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 20 September 2022, 14:46:27 »
Quote from: Polymer on Mon, 12 September 2022, 15:31:28
Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 30 August 2022, 08:37:12
I don't usually use Cherry-style switches, but my son, the gamer, does. He (and I) recommend the thinnest, softest o-rings you can find.
This...it changes the travel which you may or may not like....
Longer term..get different switches with dampening...
I guess I'll buy/build a keyboard with heavy linear silent switches after some time, but now I'm using a keyboard which I really enjoy to type on so I really want to improve it as much as I can.
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Re: Quite a stupid question i still want to ask about O-Rings.
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 20 September 2022, 14:47:22 »
Quote from: granola bar enthusiast on Fri, 09 September 2022, 12:44:15
BOOBS!!!!!11!
truly the best thing I've ever read here.
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