Cherry Silent Red Switches Review

The mx silent switches that cherry uses in this board come in a choice of two flavors.

Cherry silent red switches review.

After that order was done i knew i needed some silents. This is the most silent form of quality precision and reliability making it ideal for office environments and teamspeak. 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. Full keyboard review here.

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. For example cherry mx red cherry mx blue cherry mx brown cherry mx white etc. The mx board silent comes in two flavors.

I use silent reds on my work driver. 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. Silent reds and silent blacks are the same exact switch with different springs reds have 45g springs and blacks have 60g springs both of these are going to feel super different since browns are tactile and the silents are linear. Mx cherry red silent and mx cherry black silent.

The patented noise reduction reliably minimizes any operating noises. Each is identical in all respects save clickiness to the standard non silent mx black and. I have the silent red s also known a. I got my hands on some black housing silent blacks but those had more scratch to them because of the black housings.

They do have some specialized switches as well. A silent light and linear keyswitch that is nice for typing and great for gamers looking for something lighter than cherry blacks.