Cherry MX Switch Comparison

[creativename]

I have gotten 6 keyboards with Green, clear, red, black, brown, and blue switches. I will give my opinion on all 6 switch types, and try to describe how they feel, because alot of the descriptions I see from people are way off, such as "browns are like blues without the noise" is not true at all.

 

 

Cherry mx red/black

They feel about the same, blacks require a bit more force to push, but its not that big. The difference is not that big. I typed faster on the blacks.

 

Clear/brown

Honestly, they don't feel very good. I'm not sure how to describe this, it feels like a defective blue switch or a red/black switch with a misshaped plastic in the middle. The feedback is barley there, and its actually more annoying then anything. I forgot I was even typing on browns most of the time, it felt closer to reds than any other switch. Same for clears, it felt closer to the linear switches. I'm not sure why this is popular, or how this is a good compromise. It felt alot better typing on the linear switches then these "bumps".

 

Green/blue

Even if I ignore the noise, the click is there. These switches defenitley have a clear feedback unlike the clear/brown switches. They feel nice to type on, greens feel a bit better for me, but I guess I like heavier switches more. Greens aren't any louder than blues, but I hear a different click on the greens, might just be my brain playing a trick on me, but the green has a crisper click noise.

 

 

Overall.... I think I prefer the black switches over all else. And I least prefer the brown/clear switches. They just don't feel good. They don't have any sort of useful feedback, it just feels like you're using a linear switch, and then the key gets stuck halfway through, and you force it all the way down, and it comes back up. They feel terrible IMO.

[Enflics]

Greats thanks, its handy for those who haven't chosen yet... Rubber dome master race!? Anyone...? No..? Okay... /s

[Vek1313]

I have gotten 6 keyboards with Green, clear, red, black, brown, and blue switches. I will give my opinion on all 6 switch types, and try to describe how they feel, because alot of the descriptions I see from people are way off, such as "browns are like blues without the noise" is not true at all.

 

 

Cherry mx red/black

They feel about the same, blacks require a bit more force to push, but its not that big. The difference is not that big. I typed faster on the blacks.

 

Clear/brown

Honestly, they don't feel very good. I'm not sure how to describe this, it feels like a defective blue switch or a red/black switch with a misshaped plastic in the middle. The feedback is barley there, and its actually more annoying then anything. I forgot I was even typing on browns most of the time, it felt closer to reds than any other switch. Same for clears, it felt closer to the linear switches. I'm not sure why this is popular, or how this is a good compromise. It felt alot better typing on the linear switches then these "bumps".

 

Green/blue

Even if I ignore the noise, the click is there. These switches defenitley have a clear feedback unlike the clear/brown switches. They feel nice to type on, greens feel a bit better for me, but I guess I like heavier switches more. Greens aren't any louder than blues, but I hear a different click on the greens, might just be my brain playing a trick on me, but the green has a crisper click noise.

 

 

Overall.... I think I prefer the black switches over all else. And I least prefer the brown/clear switches. They just don't feel good. They don't have any sort of useful feedback, it just feels like you're using a linear switch, and then the key gets stuck halfway through, and you force it all the way down, and it comes back up. They feel terrible IMO.

So this really isn't a comparison, it's your biased preference...

[creativename]

So this really isn't a comparison, it's your biased preference...

While I did state which I preferred more, most of the post was me describing how they felt.

[Vek1313]

Ok well things feel different to other people so I'd say as you did reach out trying to help with this it is better still for people to test out on their own because nothing will feel the same for everyone. I know that Browns do feel like Blues without the click though so maybe you got a poorly built board or maybe you are a heavy typer (guessing blacks are your favorite) and the bump isn't much for you.

[Beskamir]

While I did state which I preferred more, most of the post was me describing how they felt.

Still from what I know Cherry MX Switches are very subjective. While you may think that browns feel similar to reds someone else might be equally convinced that they feel much more similar to blues.