Cherry Silent Red Switches Review

I use silent reds on my work driver.

Cherry silent red switches review.

The patented noise reduction reliably minimizes any operating noises. The mx silent switches that cherry uses in this board come in a choice of two flavors. Mx cherry red silent and mx cherry black silent. There are two switch versions of the cherry mx silent that differ in the required release force of the switches.

However the silent reds and the browns will have the same actuation force. Both are quiet mechanical switches further enhanced with rubber domes within the keycaps to reduce the. I got my hands on some black housing silent blacks but those had more scratch to them because of the black housings. The mx board silent comes in two flavors.

For example cherry mx red cherry mx blue cherry mx brown cherry mx white etc. After that order was done i knew i needed some silents. This is the most silent form of quality precision and reliability making it ideal for office environments and teamspeak. Cherry s silent switches which also include a variation of the mx black do reduce the bottom out and top out noises like their spec sheets say and if i type as softly as i can someone in the.

They do have some specialized switches as well. A silent light and linear keyswitch that is nice for typing and great for gamers looking for something lighter than cherry blacks. Silent reds and silent blacks are the same exact switch with different springs reds have 45g springs and blacks have 60g springs both of these are going to feel super different since browns are tactile and the silents are linear. The mx red silent is rated at 45 centinewtons and the mx black silent is 60.

The first silent switch i ever tried was a cherry rgb silent red through a send in lubrication order. For example the cherry mx super black is best used on the space bar while the cherry mx lock was intended to be used as a caps lock key.