O-rings or pads for Ducky Shine 3 w/ brown cherry keys

[mslinn]

I just ordered a Ducky Shine 3 tenkeyless with cherry brown keys for use recording instructional videos for software programmers. I would like to minimize the bottoming out sound and am willing to compromise the keyboarding experience slightly. Should I use O-rings, pads or something else? If o-rings, what thickness? If anyone has a recommendation, please point me to where I can buy online.

Many thanks,

Mike

[fourzeropooh]

For the quietest your mech can go you will probably need to go with the thickest O rings.

[Photoelectric]

Look for transparent o-rings--I've seen them linked from someone on eBay (I think an international seller).  Opaque o-rings will block the LED light from illuminating the keycap legends properly.  I know because I've tried regular opaque o-rings on my Duckies.

edit: found them:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/261265487004

[mslinn]

Sweet! Thanks!

[mikeyjk]

Hey Mike,

I have tried O-Rings (the smallest mm that I could find.. they were red if that helps?) and soft landing pads.
I far preferred the soft landing pads, they provided a very smooth experience without bottoming out.
The O-Rings prevented bottoming out I found, but they have a bit of 'bounce-back' / it wasn't really what I was looking for.

The pads are a bitt of a hassle to maintain if you like to clean the keyboard every so often imo, whereas the O-Rings basically just sit in the same position on the key.

I hope my experience has been helpful.

What is the nature of the videos you will be doing Mike? I am a comp sci under grad and am always on the look out for good learning resources .

[infiniti]

Look for transparent o-rings--I've seen them linked from someone on eBay (I think an international seller).  Opaque o-rings will block the LED light from illuminating the keycap legends properly.  I know because I've tried regular opaque o-rings on my Duckies.

edit: found them:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/261265487004

Yes, definitely go for the translucent o-rings.  I used black o-rings on my Shine 2 and it did block out some light.  The legends were still readable but the portion closer to the stem and the o-ring seemed a little dimmer -- meaning that the letter O is visible but the bottom part was a little dark.

I bought from that supplier.  They shipped it out to me the day after I paid.  I bought some for my friends and extras for myself.  In total, I bought 5 of the 240-piece packs (http://www.ebay.com/itm/261269381932) and had less than 15 o-rings that either had the center part that needed to be popped out or had irregularities in molding.