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o-rings and mx blues
« on: Wed, 07 August 2013, 16:18:25 »
Would o-rings dampen mx blues or does most of the noise come from the switch and not from bottoming out?
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 07 August 2013, 16:19:57 »
There's noise when you actuate and when you bottom out. My review has videos showing the difference between the two. I personally don't think that o-rings really made Blues that much quieter.
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 07 August 2013, 16:22:51 »
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 07 August 2013, 17:06:00 »
I found most noise from blues came from bottoming out, not the clicking of the switch.

Adding O-rings did reduce that slightly, but they are still noisy switches.
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 07:43:59 »
I like landing pads with blues, and O-rings with all the others.
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 07:48:16 »
I'm also a fan of landing pads/dampeners on Blues. Used them for a long time before I put a mat underneath my PCB in my 700R
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 12:59:48 »
where's a good place to score some landing pads?
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 13:00:03 »
EliteKeyboards.com my man
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 13:02:22 »
grazie sir...firm or soft?  :eek:
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 13:37:29 »
I like the soft ones.
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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."
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #10 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 14:02:17 »
ordered softies per you and CBA, thanks.
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #11 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 14:29:56 »
I'm currious as trying to dampen blues as well, couldn't you just get a thin foam pad at any hobby store and cut to fit?
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #12 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 14:32:21 »
I'm sure you could easily find the same material. But for $12 a sheet pre-cut is good for me. I don't really want to sit down with a hobby knife and cut em out.
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #13 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 14:51:22 »
In my case at least, most of the sound from my keyboards with blue switches comes from bottoming out. My typing style is heavy, and I bottom out on every stroke.

I did an O-ring mod on my Leopold FC660M using 40A-L (red) rings, which are purported to soften the landing with a minimum effect on key travel. I noticed a substantial silencing -- so much so that I have used the modified board to take notes during conference calls; it would have been too noisy for use during calls before the modification.
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #14 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 15:23:24 »
Well i'm just a poor boy with little money and an impatience for ordering things online.
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #15 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 15:32:17 »
Quote from: Jixr on Thu, 08 August 2013, 15:23:24
Well i'm just a poor boy with little money and an impatience for ordering things online.

A few months ago somebody bought a foot of rubber tube and cut thin slices off of it.
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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."
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #16 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 18:14:18 »
quick question for people that use the landing pads.  Do they block the LEDs when you install them?
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #17 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 19:07:24 »
No, just offset them a little.
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #18 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 19:28:34 »
Ok thanks for the response   Going to order some for mx blue.
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #19 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 19:30:15 »
Np, you can also just cut them a little so they fit around the LED.
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #20 on: Fri, 09 August 2013, 04:50:30 »
Gawd I miss reds!! Gotta find me some.
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #21 on: Mon, 12 August 2013, 22:42:03 »
Just got done installing the soft landing pads under my blues, not sure I dig it... The reason being is that there is inconsistent bottoming out action due to the various height of the key caps ranging from the bottom to the top of the board. Before the landing pads, every key would bottom out the same. Yea, I think I'm not liking this.. :(
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #22 on: Tue, 13 August 2013, 09:00:19 »
Are you using the gray or the black soft landing pads (SLPs)? Are they seated properly? (I have not tried these yet; I have only tried O-rings, but I just received some SLPs in both gray and black to try out).
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #23 on: Tue, 13 August 2013, 10:15:19 »
Quote from: rjrich on Tue, 13 August 2013, 09:00:19
Are you using the gray or the black soft landing pads (SLPs)? Are they seated properly? (I have not tried these yet; I have only tried O-rings, but I just received some SLPs in both gray and black to try out).

I am using the soft black landing pads. I made sure each pad would sit as well as it could under the cap. On the SP modifiers, the base of the stem doesn't allow the pad to sit at the bottom of the cap so it doesn't work well on modifiers from what I can tell.

On your A-Z keys, because the height of the caps vary throughout each row, the result of the key press varies because some are closer to bottoming out than others. Without the pads, each key press will bottom out exactly the same. This changes when you modify the travel distance with the pads.

I appreciate the attempt for making a product that will quiet down the switches down, but for $18, I wouldn't buy them again.
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #24 on: Tue, 13 August 2013, 15:59:33 »
i use these on plate mounted blues and love them:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051XWXCE/ref=oh_details_o07_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

for me adding o-rings makes a huge difference in the office. no one complains about my clickity clack after i installed them. i dont like soft landing pads from ek, they make my board feel all rubber domey which is super gross.  i am a huge fan of o-rings on blues. i love 'em.
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Re: o-rings and mx blues
« Reply #25 on: Tue, 13 August 2013, 16:02:27 »
Thanks for posting those..
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