Fastest Switches?

[EngineerGod]

Cant seem to find a straight forward answer through google searches so I'm here to get an answer from the experts. If some 1 could just list the top 5 fastest Keyboard Switches in order

[pythonmegapixel]

Surely that depends on how fast the person types on them?

 

Different switches aren't going to make you type faster - that is, unless you are replacing ones which are broken, or which you find uncomfortable to use.

[The Blackhat]

5 minutes ago, pythonmegapixel said:

Surely that depends on how fast the person types on them?

 

Different switches aren't going to make you type faster - that is, unless you are replacing ones which are broken, or which you find uncomfortable to use.

Typing speed is different from the speed of the switches.

[EngineerGod]

7 minutes ago, pythonmegapixel said:

Surely that depends on how fast the person types on them?

 

Different switches aren't going to make you type faster - that is, unless you are replacing ones which are broken, or which you find uncomfortable to use.

yeah im not trying to type faster im trying to figure out which Key Switch is fastest

[kelvinhall05]

9 minutes ago, EngineerGod said:

yeah im not trying to type faster im trying to figure out which Key Switch is fastest

No such thing. An engineering god such as yourself should know that all switches will perform the same and the only possible causes of latency are completely unrelated to the switches themselves.

[Kilrah]

Technically the "fastest switches" would be short throw laptop-style ones, or those like LTT made I believe a shortcircuit video about which have the usual long throw but click at the very beginning of their travel - which while "faster" can feel off-putting and weird/cause unintended presses. 

[RaddedMC]

Mechanical keyboards are a very user-preference thing and imo you have to try them out to get a proper feel of whether you'd like them or not. Personally I use cherry MX blue and voice chats just have to deal with my loudness .

What are you looking to use the keyboard/switches for? Gaming? Typing? Work in a noise-sensitive environment? A 'fast' keyboard can simply mean that you can type faster with it, as I sometimes feel that I can with my Cherry Blues; or that it literally has a lower response time from actuating a key to the computer recieving a signal, like an Optical switch.

[Dr0y]

If by fastest you mean the shortest actuation point then it's probably the omnipoint switches in the steelseries apex pro.

 

https://steelseries.com/blog/adjustable-mechanical-switches-104

 

If not those then about any switches that have speed in their name like cherry speed silver, kailh speed etc. 

 

IMO there's not point in getting a speed switch if it's intended to be better in games ... a good mouse will make much more of a difference than any keyboard could do. 

[Doobeedoo]

Yeah like mentioned really any switch with speed in it's name will have low actuation and total travel. There are also optical ones that have even lower actuation point.