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Clear/ergoclear.

Or the new matias switchs maybe. They sound very promising.

Topre. They are tactile while still being smooth and quieter than any cherry switch.

I still like those MX browns.

Or mx black, or red... as long as you forget about mx blue and buckling springs you should be fine in terms of noise.

The "best" switch doesn't exist. If you want some adapted advice please tell us first about what you like in terms of tactility, lightness, your environment, the reasons why you need them to be silent etc. Otherwise all you will get is an endless collection of personal preferences (I vote for ergo clears ).

Also, check the try before you buy section for some great tryout experience.

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Clears or mod to Ergo Clears (clear stem with brown, red or blue spring). Depending where you live depends on your options for Clear switch keyboards.
55g topres should also meet your statement.

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If you got MX already, and you use any of the linear ones, use o-rings. You can even make your own from a craftware store (where you cloths, needles, cotton, and sewing materials). Sometimes the sell plastic for beads that have that visco-elastic Non-Newtonian composition (i.e. rubber). You can probably by them from china from anyone manufacturing o-rings or plastic/rubber toys like those. Lots of those are made for the plastic water presure games we sell to kids.

wasd sells them anyways:
http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/ ... eners.html

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I know how you feel. Customer here get annoyed while I am typing and talking to them, thinking I am not paying attention at all.

You should certainly try out the Topres if you get the chance.
They're quieter and more tactile than browns IMO, even the variable boards.

PC Case Gear occasionally have the Realforce boards on special. I've seen them as low as 200 AUD before.

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Or, as I said, the new matias ALPS.

But they're not out yet, so we'll have to wait to see !

I'm also interested in the Matias boards. Poor ALPS doesn't get enough love around here

Cherry clears, once you have learned not to bottom out on them. (Every switch that is new to you needs you to adjust your typing style a little bit)

... But I think that the dampened Matias switch (the other one is clicky) in the Tactile Pro version 4 due to be released in August-September could be even quieter. The dampened Matias switch is supposed to be a clone of the Cream Alps CM switch which is dampened both on the downstroke and the upstroke. However, there are people who think that the Alps Cream feels too much like a rubber dome switch.
I am looking forward to reading the reviews.

Djuzuh wrote:Or, as I said, the new matias ALPS.

But they're not out yet, so we'll have to wait to see !

Any more news on them? I haven’t heard anything else since the R00tworm episode took down Geekhack, and I’m very interested in finding out more.

Matias is back on GH.

Just check his subreddit out.

Almost all the known information is in there.

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Some cherry keyboards have them.

Or you could mod them onto your keyboard yourself.

Or you can wait for the next WASD.

For Cherry keyboard the easiest to find with clears is the G80-8113 and G80-8200 unfortunately the same model number seems to share both the clears and browns variants so getting it used and having the seller verify is best, or for non-pos the G80-3000LQCEU. There is also Leopold and Keycool boards with clears out there if you would prefer tenkeyless.

ISHYGDDT wrote:[...]
How about this...
For typing, quiet and more tactile than browns.
Any switches meet that definition?

Clears might be stiff if you come from browns.
Ergo clears could be a good choice. Same force as browns, but a lot more tactility. The downside is you need to mod your board to get them, and they might give you weird sensations at the beginning (gritty feeling, sometimes they might even get stuck). Once they get going it's wonderful however.

If you want to try clears out 7bit is running a group buy, you might wish to have a look at it.

i'd first decide if you want a light or heavy switch and from there norrow down the options.
try out some different switches before you invest in an expensive board. the Mr Interface Sample Bag is a good option. of course those are only single switches and it's better on a full keyboard, but it helps alot in evaluating.
topre sounds like a good option, since it's quiet. with cherry i find this order of loudness (blacks quietest): black, red, brown, white, blue. o-rings reduce the noise considerably too.

if you want 100% typing then go for topre.

Another recommendation for topre. I'm almost surprised they even made a quieter version.

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Djuzuh wrote:Or the new matias switchs maybe. They sound very promising.

I see what you did there.

brown/clear/ergo clear. They aren't clicky and won't be bottoming out as much as black/red.

Blacks or Topre's for quietness

Regularly change back to my 86u Variable for work.. typing on it right now..!

Lysol, do all G80-3000LQCEU's have clears?

I have access to "G80-3000LQCEU-2", is there a part number break down that I can gather more information from, maybe indicated whether that specific model is grey/black and ansi/iso?