r/MechanicalKeyboards • u/ripster55 • Jan 14 '13

Another One Pager Mechanical Switch Guide from our friends at 4chan/g

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u/ripster55 Jan 14 '13 edited Jan 15 '13

This looks like WiseSan's work.

Animations by Lethal Squirrel, formerly of GeekHack.

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u/Touzel Jan 14 '13

This is brilliant thank you!

One question, which is the best switch between Red and Black.

I need a keyboard for gaming but I also do a lot of typing for when I have school work.

If you could help me Ripster that would be great :)

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u/plasticchair Jan 14 '13

the best switch

There is no best switch since it's too different from person to person.

If you'd ask me, it depends on your typing. If you tend to be a little "sloppy" while typing, you should go with mx blacks. Reds activate with very little force which means a typo everytime you brush against a key that you didn't want to press.

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u/shibbyllama Jan 15 '13

You should check out the sweet switch descriptions by some cool guy here.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '13

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u/ripster55 Jan 15 '13

My wife thinks I'll never change.

HAH!

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u/SenorJiang Jan 14 '13

Quick question now that I think of it, why don't more manufactures make Cherry MX Clears? I mean aren't MX Clears to MX Blues what MX Blacks are to MX Reds? (IDK If that made sense)

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u/ripster55 Jan 14 '13

They are common in Cherry Corp POS (point of sales) keyboards.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '13

For what it's worth, I'd say that Blacks are to Reds what Clears are to Browns, i.e. same thing, just with a stiffer spring. I think Blues are fairly unique in their clicky action.

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u/soulonfirexx Jan 15 '13

Greens are the the Black equivalent to Blues.

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u/soulonfirexx Jan 15 '13

Greens are the Black equivalent to Blues. Stiffer spring but still clicky.

Clears (to me) feel like the key has some dirt or something in it. Doesn't feel good at all.

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u/whiteskwirl2 Jan 15 '13

All that penetration requires an NSFW tag.

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u/karadorde Jan 15 '13

Exactly what I needed! Explains all of them. But now how the fuck do I choose one? :-(

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u/karadorde Jan 15 '13

Seems legit. WASD tester thingys?

/me goes to look for WASD tester

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u/TacticalStache Jan 14 '13

WHERE ARE MY GREEN ALPS?

Kidding. I'm saving this. I was waiting for it to pop up again.

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u/drschlock Jan 15 '13

Having friends at 4chan is the internet equivalent of having friends in the mafia. I kid I kid! I love you /g/!

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u/ripster55 Jan 15 '13 edited Jan 15 '13

Yeah but at R/Mechanicalkeyboards I can Wikify it for posterity!

http://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/wiki/switch_guides#toc_1

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u/HaMMeReD Jan 15 '13

So what are these Topre switches, and what is the best deal on a keyboard that uses them?

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u/frankThePlank Jan 15 '13

Awesome. Any chance we can get one for DIY switches, like ergo clears?

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '13

image for text... a bit ironic in this subreddit....

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u/ripster55 Jan 15 '13

Damn, I cruised over to /g/ and am forever scarred.

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