looking for some input/opinions

[ih8]

First time poster here.

I've owned a Das Pro and found the audibility of blues to be pretty annoying even with headphones on. However I felt the overall quality and feel of that keyboard was excellent. I recently was feeling out the browns on the CM quickfire pro and they seemed to be considerably lighter than the blues in my Das (if I'm able to recall accurately). Is it possible that this is due to the cheapness feeling of that board, or is my recollection just flawed? Unfortunately there were no other boards to test out browns on so I couldn't test this for myself.

With that all being said I'm currently leaning towards blacks and sadly the CM quickfire rapid offering isn't as ideal as their blue pricing. Is it worth spending an extra $20-25 for a Leopold tenkeyless?

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

Browns are supposed to be lighter than Blues.



Oh, and:

[Icarium]

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Where did you get that horrible diagram?

[rowdy]

Welcome to Geekhack!

It also depends on whether you bottom out the keys all the time.

The tactile click on my MX blues is slightly quieter than my mouse buttons.  But buttoming out the keys, which I tend to do a lot, is much louder.

Blacks are much stiffer, and you might find that yuo do not end up pressing the key all the way down simply due to the extra force required.  Although you might miss the tactile bump.

Apparently with practice on blues or browns you can become sufficiently accustomed to only need to press the keys half way down to the activation point, but I don't get that.  After a couple of months (admittedly not typing all day every day) I still tend to bottom out the keys most of the time.

[ih8]

Welcome to Geekhack!

It also depends on whether you bottom out the keys all the time.

The tactile click on my MX blues is slightly quieter than my mouse buttons.  But buttoming out the keys, which I tend to do a lot, is much louder.

Blacks are much stiffer, and you might find that yuo do not end up pressing the key all the way down simply due to the extra force required.  Although you might miss the tactile bump.

Apparently with practice on blues or browns you can become sufficiently accustomed to only need to press the keys half way down to the activation point, but I don't get that.  After a couple of months (admittedly not typing all day every day) I still tend to bottom out the keys most of the time.

I typically bottom out the keys. With that in mind what do you think?

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

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Where did you get that horrible diagram?

The old geekhack wiki...

[gvfarns]

Welcome to Geekhack!

It also depends on whether you bottom out the keys all the time.

The tactile click on my MX blues is slightly quieter than my mouse buttons.  But buttoming out the keys, which I tend to do a lot, is much louder.

Blacks are much stiffer, and you might find that yuo do not end up pressing the key all the way down simply due to the extra force required.  Although you might miss the tactile bump.

Apparently with practice on blues or browns you can become sufficiently accustomed to only need to press the keys half way down to the activation point, but I don't get that.  After a couple of months (admittedly not typing all day every day) I still tend to bottom out the keys most of the time.

I typically bottom out the keys. With that in mind what do you think?

All cherry MX keys bottom out super loudly.  I think what you need is some silencers.  I got the following:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051XWXCE/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i01

And now my keyboard is ever so much quieter and still satisfying.

[ih8]

Welcome to Geekhack!

It also depends on whether you bottom out the keys all the time.

The tactile click on my MX blues is slightly quieter than my mouse buttons.  But buttoming out the keys, which I tend to do a lot, is much louder.

Blacks are much stiffer, and you might find that yuo do not end up pressing the key all the way down simply due to the extra force required.  Although you might miss the tactile bump.

Apparently with practice on blues or browns you can become sufficiently accustomed to only need to press the keys half way down to the activation point, but I don't get that.  After a couple of months (admittedly not typing all day every day) I still tend to bottom out the keys most of the time.

I typically bottom out the keys. With that in mind what do you think?

All cherry MX keys bottom out super loudly.  I think what you need is some silencers.  I got the following:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051XWXCE/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i01

And now my keyboard is ever so much quieter and still satisfying.

I don't mind the bottom'ing out sound. For clarification I was referring to the clickyness of the blues