@@Marqan I got silent reds. The press is kinda silent and it's a pleasure to write on them (esp. if you O-ring them), but the sound shifts from the actual press to the spring. So it may be quieter but you also hear that metallic spring "twang" more pronounced all the time. I got used to it but your keyboard sounding like a steampunk contraption instead of a keyboard could be a bit off-putting to some.
@⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Same here. Within a couple of days on reds my average wpm is about 100. Years on browns and blues had me at 80wpm on both. Silent reds are a little faster for me as the key travel distance is shortened slightly by mechanism that makes them silent, so about 105-110 there.
“You can just borrow a keyswitch tester from a friend” i must not have the right friends because i know for a fact not a single person I know has a keyswitch tester handy and ready to let people borrow haha
Clear information gives informed and knowledgable consumers. The worst type of consumers as they can get the most bang for their buck. Companies hate that!
@@bongjovi4928 while it may not seem vital to you but it does to us all keyboard enthusiast. for example, new people mostly don't know what's the difference between tactile, and linear switches so that's why we teach them about it so that they can understand more and make them know what keyboard do they prefer for their daily basis. without these information, they'll probably just get a random mechanical keyboard and regret doing so after a few days.
I'm honestly shocked I never knew about the 'silent red' switches... I always thought red=silent, but no, apparently you can go even more silent I'm impressed
@@CONTXGIOUS I'm sorry but how in any way did he copy ur comment? Ur really gonna get butt hurt about someone having the same thought as you. Your not the only person that watched this and thought it was ASMR....
I hate noise but I love cherry blue clicks. Its either blue or browns. Right now I have a normal dome switch keyboard and I tried mechanical blues and I loved them instantly.
@@ivanshen7263 i agree , went from reds to blues to see if i would prefer them but in my experience, the blues are slightly better for typing but far worse for gaming . therefore i am selling my blue switch board and using the money to get what i think will be perfect for me , silent red keyboard.
This is the best video for Cherry MX Switch demonstration I have ever seen. really helpful for people not having hands on opportunity with switch selections.
I really wish we lived in a world sometimes where I'm not forced to buy a key tester or multiple keyboards online just to sample them all. I'd love to be able to walk into an actual store and have everyone of these types set up for people to actually try in person before buying!
The two-at-a-time force test with led indication is genius. That's all I needed to know and no other video has managed to convey it in clear terms! Thank you!
this was the most helpful and detailed video i've seen on the different switches. Thank you so much. I think I'll choose brown because I want the tactile feel but not too loud.
Probably one of the best guides to picking a switch vs clattering away on keyboards. Appreciate the thoroughness and the little LED is a nice touch that most people I'm not a very fast typist so your medium speed key presses is what my blue switches sound like to my wife when she's sleeping. Might go speed silver and get some rubber bands with a k70. Thanks!
Just me who gets anxiety when he presses the silent red? its like a bad dream when you try to run away from a monster but its just right behind you walking chill AF even you're sprinting for your life
I know what you mean. I have had 2 attacks (anxiety attack or something, it was so random so idk) where all of a sudden, everything around me... felt wrong. I was just chilling, with my music, when all of a sudden the beats to the song were making me want to puke, it sounded all wrong, too fast paced but too slow at the same time. I thought it would help to turn the music of and just relax in silence, but the silence was also wrong. That silence is kind of the same feeling I got from that that key switch. Just wrong. ... But wtf I still want that switch for my keyboard cause that's silent as fuck and I'm so tired of my Blues 😅
@@WhiteTree97 Nah, just that sometimes ya gotta have a silly way to fight with the Mrs. Nobody ever said she's bad, clearly they care because they're using silent switches while she's sleeping. :)
this video wins the internet today. the smooth nerdout on the raspberry pi lighting was sensational! the soft press of blues sound like how asmr would chip a tooth. i went from the terrible blues to the reds and now i want the silent reds. great video, you made it very easy to understand.
This was a beautifully executed test. You even put in extra effort to add some flair with controlling the brightness and explained everything (from each PCB connector wiring to the individual switches' travel distance) thoroughly. Easily the best key switch comparison video on RU-vid to date. Thank you for sharing.
Man amazing not only just sound thock thock thick thick like the other but you actually explained all of them deep down one by one this is what i looking for thankyou 👍
Best video i've found thus far demonstrating the difference between Red and Silver actuation distance (6:39). Sure I know it's 1.2mm vs 2.0mm but it's very nice to see the simultaneous press and led activation. thank you for posting this, which helped me decide with switches to purchase.
dudes i used silver for years now and its the way forward for pro gaming lol. travel helps but being softer to press it forces u to be precise if you weren't before coz otherwise u press 5 keys at once. once i got over that after a few days i am much more accurate with my keypresses. before i would subconsciously touch the sides of other keys to make sure i was in the right place, but u cant do that on silver coz it will press lol. i type this last bit with my eyes shut lol
This is great you give a very good description of what the keys actually feel like rather than saying”it’s clicks or linear” you describe what linear means and helped me a lot!
I worked for Cherry from 1980 to 1985. The MX switch was invented during that time. The production of the switch took place at Cherry Mikroschalter in Germany.
The whole point of the silent switches are that they have rubber dampeners to silence the upstroke and downstroke. It's not exactly like a rubber dome and they tend to have a deeper sound to them as well as not feeling as mushy. It mainly depends on the keyboard you're using though. If you're using some cheap keyboard which is already similar to a rubber dome then you'll end up having a closer sound to it
Thanks for this comparison! I have a keyboard with Cherry MX Reds (it’s a Cherry keyboard too) and I was getting worried that I’d got the wrong switches but after watching your demo, happy now that the one I have is likely to be best for my needs.
A lot of these types of videos has a lot of voice overs during the keypresses whereas you give great audio samples of the different switch types. Thank you!! Your video was a lot more helpful than many others!
Being new to looking this stuff up and wanting to see direct comparisons between switch types, this was very helpful. Thank you. Can’t believe I just watched a video of button pushing, but it was EXACTLY what I needed to see.
This is the best Cherry MX Switch video EVER! So awesome in the tactile and sound review. So shocked at how quiet the MX Silent Red is compared to all others. Sort of like the MX Green though it'd been dumped from my conference calls when trying to type while sharing documents. I think I need two full keyboards --one with Silent Reds and another with Greens for alone time typing and light gaming.
This was excellent. Thank you for demonstrating the differences. It will come down to personal impressions using the keyboard in the end but seeing and hearing the differences already helps the newcomer in "do I want blue or brown" to kick things off :)
This was really helpful bro. Thanks for getting right to the switches and showing multiple times how they differ instead of me having to press "J" every ten seconds. I was actually thinking about getting that switch tester on amazon but you made a good point that it won't let you experience the switches closing. I think I'm an MX Blue fan. I like the Clicky and ever since my ABS M1 broke, I haven't been able to find a switch like it considering it is no longer in production.
Never left a comment all my life on this platform and this one will be the only exception, this is the best review i've watched EVER. I dont even want to buy a mechanical kb.
I'm very impressed by your idea with the lights. I thought my keyboard with blue switches was wonky because I noticed my map coming up when I hit M before I heard the click sound. Now I know why!
Glad I found the video, Bought my first mechanical about a year ago for gaming with cherry reds and I personally find them too sensitive. Really happy you included the actuation force because I thought blacks would be best for me although hard to find, however, seeing that brown and blue are quite a bit firmer helps tremendously.
two years later, I'm in the same boat. I picked up a keyboard with reds in them and there are so many times I inadvertently press a key and not realize it due to the sensitivity and lack of tactile feedback. just resting my hand on the keyboard can end up pressing a key. next board I get I'm gonna try to get browns in them for sure
Finally a review that does a good job of demonstrating the differences between Cherry MX Switches. Normally it's just subjective waffle but this really shows the objective differences. One thing I think you forgot to mention is that blues don't reactivate if pressed down again within the lower half of their travel. You have to go above the half-way click otherwise it won't register a press. Absolutely terrible for mashing keys in a game or whatever.
Great explanation of the "key" differences! I've been programming for +20 years, and didn't know all the specifics. I think I would go for the Silent Red or Tactical Brown 45 and 55 centinewtons keystrokes. BTW, nice work with the test boards setup, looks like it deserve video in its own.
I have the silent reds and they are still relatively noisy, I would love to try the silent blacks because the silent reds only offer 45 cN of force, which is a little soft for my liking. The Browns are only offered with 55 cN "standard" switches while the Blacks are offered in both "standard" and "silent" switches with 60 cN of force.
Great review, it's amazing how quiet the Silent Red switch is... well deserved that name, I don't know which should I pick, I'm between red and brown, maybe I'll buy one of those switch tester
My list from best to worse (out of experience and only the one's I have owned) 1. Speed Silver (no question about this, shorter travel distance, faster key registrations, perfect for MOBA's and FPS games especially if you're a competitive gamer this is a must imo) 2. Standard Red (saw great improvements when playing FPS games and during times where I had to tap the keys really fast back to back for example when doing corner peeks or weapon quickswitches.. not so much difference for MOBA's compared to Speed Silver imo) 3. Black (again very minor difference from Red unless you're a competitive player that plays games on the highest level I don't think you'll notice a difference) 4. Brown (no comments about this one, good enough for gaming if you can't find Red or Silver switches in your country these will do just fine as a starter) 5. Red Silent (even though the actuation force and travel distance is the same as regular Red, these somehow feel a bit delayed or slower for some odd reason. The standard Red makes very little noise but if for some reason you really really need a quieter keyboard for example if you're sharing your room then these are the ones for you? 6. Blue & Green (I personally see no reason to have these for gaming unless you like the clicking sound these switches make as stated in the video. Other than that I would recommend getting any other one from the ones mentioned above)
@@rs.zsalma The Silver's are more there for a first timer, when making the switch from anything between Silver-Black I highly doubt you'll notice a difference and not sure if it's worth going through the effort of returning your product and getting a new one. I myself have been using the SteelSeries Apex Pro with adjustable Omni-switches lately because of the fact I play lots of different games and sometimes the lowest actuation force setting is too sensitive for anything other than FPS games so whenever I switch to a MOBA I increase the actuation to prevent accidental clicks. Keep that in mind if you're planning on getting Silver (steady fingers are a must)
@@ZeqHDx Thanks for your reply dude. I ended up sticking with the black switches and love it, before this i was on the razer optomechanical switches which were ridiculously light. Much prefer the blacks, perfect for me as its not often i play FPS, and even then - im quite heavy handed so works great.
I'm so glad I watched this video. I've been researching my first mechanical keyboard and now I know I absolutely don't want clicky switches. I was fairly fond of both the tactile and linear though.
If you want for gaming get the silver switches if you want for gaming and typing get the brown if you want for typing consider getting a membrane keyboard or one of the red switches
I was actually looking for a video to show the difference among all types of switches both in terms of click and explanation. I guess this video (compared to all the others seen so Far) is able to perfect fit these 2 goals. Well done guys.
Thank you for all of your efforts in comparing the switches. I know its seems dumb to some but is really helpful when you want to buy a $100-$200 and there are very few brick and mortar stores left that have keyboards on display to check out let alone ones that have more than one or two models.
thank you! I have been searching online for years for a good sound and release comparison between switches. I write novels and code, so I type a lot. I hate loud keyboards and have been struggling with what was the best sound to keep the noise level down but still able to keep the key activation at a recognizable pressure point. I had no idea Silent red existed, this will be my go to switch from now on
Thanks for this. I am looking to change my switches in my keyboard and I am pretty new to the differences. Before this video I was under the impressions that since my keyboard already has Cherry Red switches It will not make a big difference. After watching I realised I have the silent switches and it is a huge difference and i need switches asap.
