Re: What is your favorite keyboard switch?
2021/08/31 16:16:24
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I used cherry blues at home for a long time so I when I finally bought a mechanical keyboard for work I decided on cherry browns. They didn't click as much, but I found out I was a still a bit of a heavy typer so they are "kinda" loud. In the office setting it wasn't noticeable because of all the other din from people chatting and making they're own clickity-clack. But when we transitioned to working from home it was a lot more noticeable to others over virtual meetings for a couple of reasons.
1) I wasn't taking my keyboard to meetings so they just heard my laptop keys or I was taking notes.
2) The keyboard is pretty close to the microphone and it seems to be picked up better than other background noise and I touch type so it's not a chicken pecking type noise but a constant drone of keys being smashed.
So I constantly have to mute because I don't want to hurt anyone's ears.
What I'm getting at, is even with quiet switches, you maybe also want to look into o-rings to help dampen the physical sound of the keycap being pressed.