Cherry MX Blue - Break in?

[CX23882]

I've had a Chery G80-3000 LSCGB-2 for a while and initially I didn't like the sound that the switches made but now they seem great (not to mention that I have never typed so accurately and quickly as on this keyboard - it's so nice to just glide across the keys without bottoming out).  The thing I wonder is whether the sound has simply grown on me, or whether the blue Cherrys take time to losen up and get "broken in".  I recall that originally I found the switches too high pitched clicky (almost jarring audibly) but now they seem more subdued.

Any thoughts?

[wellington1869]

I've only had my blue cherries for 4 days so I cant say. But it appears that cherries do get 'broken in'. I've seen people on this forum talk about brown and black cherries becoming much lighter in resistance after a year or so. I suppose the same would apply to the blues.

[lowpoly]

Haven't noticed that on mine but I didn't use it that long.

[xsphat]

I didn't have the M10 for long enough to even give it a good try, much less break it in, but every other mechanical switch I have ever used got lighter with time. The Alps don't get any less clicky though.

[lam47]

Its true. My 10 - 20 year old alps keyboard still sounds like a bunch of tap dancing rats.

[bigpook]

I can't imagine the cherry browns in my filco getting any lighter than they are now....wow.
It would be like typing on air....

[bigpook]

Its true. My 10 - 20 year old alps keyboard still sounds like a bunch of tap dancing rats.

Yeah, but they are some mighty fine dancing rats...really, I got the visual going. : )

[Chloe]

I can't imagine the cherry browns in my filco getting any lighter than they are now....wow.
It would be like typing on air....

It feels like that on my older Compaq, but I started to feel tired of bottoming out so I'm using the newer one which has stiffer springs and more tactile feeling.

[bigpook]

Coming from a BS keyboard all I can say is that the cherry browns are ultra light, more so then the blues that I have used.  For me its a matter of retraining my fingers to go lighter on the keys, while I "bottom out" I am doing so without excessive force. Its not like I am jamming the keys as I type as it is not necessary on the browns.
I may have said this before but it is worth repeating: if you change keyboards alot you need to allocate enough time to make the transition. Each switch has its own personality and you need to accomodate for that. Its dangerous to make a brash decision about a key or keyboard without giving the appropriate amount of time to adjust to it. You will end up chasing your tail and will always be dissatisfied.

[Chloe]

I think the switches in the other Compaq are too broken in. I used it for a nearly a month, long enough for me to get used a new board. It wasn't physically tiring in the sense I was bottoming out hard, but I think it takes muscle effort to not bottom out when there is no tactile feeling. It feels like that on the linear MEI switches in the Datalux and the springs are much stiffer, probably more like Cherry blacks.

[bigpook]

I suppose that could be true. But there is some tactile feel to the cherry brown, granted no where near what a BS key or the Topre key has. But tactile none the less.
I agree it does take muscle effort not to bottom out. But I think overtime that would be resolved. Its only been a week or so and I am already adjusting to it.
You know, if you like the keyboard you will then give it the time to adjust. However, if you don't like the keyboard, and that could be for whatever reason, then you will be quicker to dismiss it.

[Chloe]

Well, it's the same model keyboard, not too much difference there. I really like the Compaq, and I loved the feel of the older one, my fingers just floated over the keys. The switches were broken in to the point of having no tactile feedback unless I pressed the key slowly. It is not very noticeable when typing on new browns but it's enough of a difference for me to feel more comfortable on them.