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Comment by stevage

6 days ago

The noise of a room full of mechanical keyboards, dear god.

Me, I bought a mechanical keyboard but I despise it. Switched to a Logitech Keys.

Not all mechanical keyboards are noisy.

I use TTC Silent Bluish White switches which produce a muted "thock" sound, rather than the loud "clickety-clack" that you're probably thinking of. They're only slightly louder than a typical membrane keyboard.

  • True. Only 98% of mechanical keyboards are noisy.

    • Nope, not even close. Mainly just the ones with clicky (e.g. mx-blue, less so mx-brown) switches. It's an option but not a requirement, and honestly not that common for gaming-oriented ones, which typically have linear non-clicky switches, which can be quieter than membrane buttons, even. I like the semi-clicky brown ones for typing but haven't used them for years for noise reasons. My mechanical KBs have generally always had rubber o-rings that dampen the sound from bottoming out, too, a fairly common feature.

      Apparently, based on your earlier post, you bought the noisy kind. That's on you.

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