Cherry Silent Red Switches Review

Each is identical in all respects save clickiness to the standard non silent mx black and.

Cherry silent red switches review.

The mx board silent comes in two flavors. Mx cherry red silent and mx cherry black silent. Cherry s silent switches which also include a variation of the mx black do reduce the bottom out and top out noises like their spec sheets say and if i type as softly as i can someone in the. For example the cherry mx super black is best used on the space bar while the cherry mx lock was intended to be used as a caps lock key.

They do have some specialized switches as well. For example cherry mx red cherry mx blue cherry mx brown cherry mx white etc. There are two switch versions of the cherry mx silent that differ in the required release force of the switches. However the silent reds and the browns will have the same actuation force.

I got my hands on some black housing silent blacks but those had more scratch to them because of the black housings. The patented noise reduction reliably minimizes any operating noises. Both are quiet mechanical switches further enhanced with rubber domes within the keycaps to reduce the. Full keyboard review here.

The first silent switch i ever tried was a cherry rgb silent red through a send in lubrication order. This is the most silent form of quality precision and reliability making it ideal for office environments and teamspeak. The mx silent switches that cherry uses in this board come in a choice of two flavors. After that order was done i knew i needed some silents.

I use silent reds on my work driver. A silent light and linear keyswitch that is nice for typing and great for gamers looking for something lighter than cherry blacks.