MX silent reds

[reallylikeskeypad]

How are MX silent reds in terms of feel? I know that theyre quieter than normal reds but how do they feel? Are they mushy or basically the same feel as reds? Would I be better off getting MX reds plus o rings?

[Enderman]

MX silent keys are quieter than using o-rings.

Reds with o-rings are still pretty loud imo

[Noah0302]

5 hours ago, reallylikeskeypad said:

How are MX silent reds in terms of feel? I know that theyre quieter than normal reds but how do they feel? Are they mushy or basically the same feel as reds? Would I be better off getting MX reds plus o rings?

I had the fnatic Mini Streak Silent Red and is was ok.

They are pretty silent, but feel a bit too mushy for me, my girlfriend likes the feel though and she had green Razer switches before.

I prefer standart Reds way more.

[geo3]

I've never used them but have used Zilents which have the same silencing mechanism. To me they felt mushy. Not as bad a O-rings, but still enough to bother me.

[reallylikeskeypad]

would cherry mx silent reds with o-rings feel the same as mx reds with o-rings?

[Noah0302]

16 hours ago, PacketMan said:

How's the feel and the noise? I'd like to buy my father one of those with silent red for his office (closed office with no mates) and I'm interested in the feeling, type speed and noise

If you bottom out the keys is does not feel as sharp to me as with the standard reds, thats why I got rid of it. Noise is good though, as silent as I expected from them. Some Youtube videos can give you a general idea how they will sound like.

[geo3]

14 hours ago, reallylikeskeypad said:

would cherry mx silent reds with o-rings feel the same as mx reds with o-rings?

The will feel the same, but sound different. Silent switches also silence the upstroke, an O-ring does not.