I have a cherry mx switch tester and i just modded clears to make ergo clears using the brown switch spring. I really like ergo clears :O are matias quiets anything like the ergo clears? Reason I ask is because I don't want to mod a whole board and risk damage and stuff and also there's no ergo clear boards for sale.
Clears or ergo clears are the closest MX switch you’ll find to the feeling of Matias quiet switches, but not that close. Cherry MX switches are all fundamentally linear, and the way that MX blue/brown/clear switches add tactility is by putting a big plastic bump on the slider. So the force curve you get looks linear with a bump of plastic-on-plastic friction in the middle.
Matias switches are based on a metal leaf spring which pushes against the slider and provides a substantial part of the upward force on the slider, up until the slider passes it, whereupon it stops providing any upward force at all (leaving just the main helical compression spring). As a result, there is a relatively steep drop in force required when you pass the tactile point (which is also basically the actuation point). This feels fairly different than getting past the bump in a Cherry MX switch, in my opinion.
But anyway, I suspect many or most people who like ergo clear switches would also like Matias quiet switches.
As blackbox says, you could buy a 5 pack if you want to test a few loose ones, before buying a full keyboard.
