how loud are cherry mx silent reds? comparison w/ osu 

Literally me too lol

I really wanna have a keyboard which doesn't annoy my mates in dc and such lmao Very much so thinking about the Ducky One 2 Mini or SF with silent reds cuz duuuudeeee they're sooooo quiettttttttttttt

@@reserved2921 I was thinking about the osu keyboard with two keys with silent reds. btw I've ordered it and its almost had arrived

i got better acc on the reds, but this should not be indicative of anything in terms of gameplay improvement because this map for me is easy to over-stream, which i did a lot for both plays. it's also important to note that my finger control is quite bad actually and i'm not known for high acc plays in osu communities xd

both boards are placed on the same towel, it's just that the full sized board covers it a lot better i hope i cleared it up for you

i can work on something in the near future :- )

cherry mx reds are also very quiet on the leopold, get them if you don't want the mushy feeling of the silent reds

i think most retail stock keyboards that do not use silent switches are loud af regardless of whether it's a clicky switch or linear. getting reds won't solve your noise issue very much, although they won't pierce your ears as hard as blues

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i think it's more fatiguing to experience the shock of the key slamming down a lot sooner on something short and light like silvers, which is ironically counterintuitive for long sessions of either gaming or typing. standard travel distance is 4mm; silent reds have 3.7, silvers have 3.4. the differences between travel length may sound small, but it's a lot more noticeable than you might think. how short and light silvers are can make you more prone to making inputs you did not mean to make, this happens to me on reds because reds are already so light, like i could be playing a game such as league of legends and press q by accident just from my fingers resting on qwe xD. take note though that all of this is different from person to person, i'm only speaking based on my personal experience. i don't follow keyboard stuff like i used to years ago but maybe nowadays there is a switch that matches what you described in your comment :-). good luck.

maybe to some extent but it's been a long time since i've last used a membrane board so i have no proper way to compare

everything in the video is stock

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i have a separate video about this, but yes, there are 2 main differences. to sum it up: - the most notable difference is scratchiness. silent reds are a lot scratchier than normal reds - bottom-out: since parts of the silent red stems are slightly rubberized, the bottom-out is a bit softer, and this is where they're known to be "mushy". you can probably observe my two keyboards in other videos, might help

@@meckdonalds ok thank you I got the keyboard mainly for OSU! But I ordered it 8 months ago so my preference has changed. I hope I’ll like them because blues are very good for me especially on OSU!

@@meckdonalds i dont know why but my reds are scratchier than my silent reds (both cherry mx)

the feeling of mushiness comes from the rubberized parts of the stems on the silent reds, so technically, yes, they are "mushy" to an extent because the bottom-out is slightly dampened. it's mostly this part of the switch that makes it a hit or miss for most people. i should also mention that s. reds have a shorter total travel distance than reds (3.7 mm vs 4.0 mm) probably due to the rubberized parts, but as for me, i don't mind either of these things. i can't tell you which one to buy, but hopefully these were interesting pointers :- ) my liveplays feature either one of my boards with reds and silent reds, so you can check those out for more sound difference etc. some people have told me they like the faint thock of s. reds while others say they like the snappiness of reds.

@@meckdonalds thanks, i think im gonna buy the red one

@@meckdonalds just bought the red switches. I hope its good

@@evonix2814 good luck :- )

@@evonix2814 so was it good? or it is too loud ?

no, bottoming out silents will never be as crispy as their "normal" counterparts because it wouldn't be silent otherwise

unfortunately, no. i would love to, though, but that's not something i can get to doing any time soon.

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if the silent red switches have the same actuation force, then no it will not affect your gameplay

@@daniwha tq for the tips

yep, kinda. the travel distance of s. reds is 3.7 mm and 4.0 for reds. this might not sound like a big difference but it kinda is(?) as someone who bottoms out my keys for osu. it's more prominent for me since i rotate between my two keyboards. there are some nuances in my hand position and the way i tap that i have to change if i ever decide to play on either keyboard (though usually i stick to one keyboard only when i play osu)

@@meckdonalds ok thx for the reply

nooo this map is only 250 bpm haha

@@meckdonalds still over streaming it lol

besides the laptop, i live in a pretty urban environment, so something like... the air is "loud" hahaha

with the right recording setup it's possible 👍

@@meckdonalds also i use a ducky one 2 mini on my shift key its slightly bended to the left how do i fix it?

@@halloguess4944 bent how? from what i interpret of your comment, it sounds like a stabilizer problem

@@meckdonalds so the shift key, you can see the silent red switch is between 2 blue things like the spacebar but its compact. Now that shift key is bent; but i do t see any problem in those blue things

@@meckdonalds so what should i do?

osu profile or fish around my older vids, i have links

@@meckdonalds ah got that, thanks

generally you'd want to lube switches like these but i keep mine stock because i don't have the means to solder/desolder etc.

unfortunate :- ( why do you dislike them? scratchiness/mushiness?

@@meckdonalds i feel the same. i wanna switch out of them. i only got them to be more silent while playing at night but they really feel too mushy and i just dont get that nice bounce back or feedback out of clicking that i want to have for getting used to good acc or improving single tapping

@@erystic yeah, i get you. i bottom-out when singletapping and when streaming, and it does feel a lot different compared to normal reds, though i also don't let it affect me too much

@@meckdonalds i learned to stream with these switches and got used to mashing because of their non distinct presses, and thats why I wanted to train streaming with black switches that are heavier and have a more distinct key press.

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yeah i understand that :-(

yes. even from where I am. That's why i got a blue switch one

It’s available everywhere

that's the beauty of hobbies like keyboards, it allows you to have your own form of self-expression! sound profile preference is one of the many things that set us apart from each other, and that's okay :-)

they CAN get a little loud compared to their demo here, i have a singletapping liveplay with silent reds in my channel if you're interested

i don't mind either but i think if noise is not a concern for you i'd probably go with normal reds since silents have better potential when lubed etc

aw! what makes you think so?

@@meckdonalds i had the option to get silent reds but i didnt, sadly

drive.google.com/file/d/11Wz0hvYnzlWWPXpHOEr3jqDWvX1FF4Gz/view?usp=sharing

@@meckdonalds thank you

Idk but I heard silent red feels mushy

i cannot comment on performance preference. i think because they are similar weight and both linear switches i find it easy to adapt to either one so performance is more or less the same. when it comes to gameplay it doesn't matter very much what they feel like personally because i bottom out regardless, although the travel distance difference can be noticeable switching from one switch to the other, which, again, only needs some time to get used to. i apologize because i cannot provide very tangible feedback for your question since it's a perfect example of "you don't know until you try," good luck with whatever you end up with

never tried em, sorry

@@meckdonalds why not

@@friendsRfor773 o rings never came across me as a necessity and i imagine they would make my fingers hurt more because i bottom out

@@meckdonalds wdym caps stay same height just lowers total travel

no, i didn't notice anything wrong with latency :- ) i've been playing osu with this board for a few months now, and it's been all good

@@meckdonalds thank you for your reply bro :D now I dont know which to pick between red and silent red....

you could actually buy fl esports 68 from aliexpress with kailh box silent pnk swtiches. I have already bought one.

i'll make a short video about the differences i noticed between the two & my opinions soon

@@meckdonalds okay thanks!!