berkeleyblue@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Dumb question: Aren’t mechanical keyboards inherently loud after? Always what kept me From buying one :-/
berkeleyblue@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Dumb question: Aren’t mechanical keyboards inherently loud after? Always what kept me From buying one :-/
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
They’re inherently louder. But they’re not always inherently loud. There’s a lot of different switch types, and some are loud on purpose. So if you get a keyboard with blue switches they’re going to be loud because they’re specifically intended to be both tactile(you feel a ‘bump’ when the key activates) and loud (you hear a click when the key activates).
Personally I like tactile keys, but I absolutely hate loud keyboards. So I have brown switches- they have the tactile ‘bump’ that I like the feel of, but they’re not obnoxiously loud.
You can also go with red switches, and those are just straight up-down switches. No bump, no click. They’re generally the quietest common switch, especially if you’re not whaling on them. “Silent” switches also exist, but I have no experience with them.
Note: I’m not crazy into mechanical keyboards. I just did a bit of research before I bought one awhile back. So… grain of salt and all.