How loud are MX Blues? I know that there are a ton of variables in this, and it's really hard to tell, but I have no idea how loud they really are, and it's so hard to tell by the youtube videos. I'd really like to have MX Blues, but not if they are going to wake up my parents in the next room. How much quieter do they get with O-rings? Will that help me, or does that mess with the feeling of them so much that I'd be better off getting browns anyway. Also, is the tactile point so soft on browns that it's going to make it hard to touch type?
They should reduce the noise but it probably won't be enough, you will probably have to go with brown switches. But seriously, just go into a random techie shop and try out some keyboards, best way to do it.
They should reduce the noise but it probably won't be enough, you will probably have to go with brown switches. But seriously, just go into a random techie shop and try out some keyboards, best way to do it.
No store near us has them, unfortunately. We have a Best Buy and quite a few funky old computer stores (and one that's not so old, but it's more of an electronics store that doubles as a computer store, and doesn't have keyboards). There's a Frys an hour away, and we're currently out of town, so maybe I can convince them to stop at a Frys on our way back into town.
i'd go to that bestbuy and see if they have a blackwidow just to get a feel for the switches, about the only one your going to see at bestbuy with mechanical keys
i'd go to that bestbuy and see if they have a blackwidow just to get a feel for the switches, about the only one your going to see at bestbuy with mechanical keys
Do they have blues? I do know that our bestbuy has a Blackwidow in a box with a window so you can try it, but does it have blues?
Do they have blues? I do know that our bestbuy has a Blackwidow in a box with a window so you can try it, but does it have blues?
yeah, the only blackwidows that don't have blues are the Stealth editions, which you can only get from Razer's online store or amazon, they dont stock them in retail
Oh, and it depends on how you type. I wake up everyone on the bloody street when I type on a membrane keyboard simply because I type at 120-130wpm and press the keys as far as they go. I am a heavy typer I guess.
yeah, the only blackwidows that don't have blues are the Stealth editions, which you can only get from Razer's online store or amazon, they dont stock them in retail
Okay, I'll try to go to BestBuy soon and sit in the isle punching at the exposed keys through the window on the packaging lol. I wish they had some out of the package.
Oh, and it depends on how you type. I wake up everyone on the bloody street when I type on a membrane keyboard simply because I type at 120-130wpm and press the keys as far as they go. I am a heavy typer I guess.
I do that at school, their membrane keyboards squeak so badly...
Okay, I'll try to go to BestBuy soon and sit in the isle punching at the exposed keys through the window on the packaging lol. I wish they had some out of the package.
Some BestBuy's have one out of the package ontop of the shelves holding the product, dunno if your BestBuy does that...
I saw a Razer Black Widow at Walmart on Black Friday. It claimed to have blue switches and I didn't think it was that loud. It didn't feel solid at all though.
indeed. Razer seems to have modified there switches for some devil may know reason.
also, the blackwidow is like.. the worst mechanical keyboard to buy in my opinion.
Did they modify it to make it more quiet? If so, then that's not going to be a very good way of determining whether I should get the blues or not. (I was planning on going to bestbuy and trying the blackwidow to see what it sounds like)
Oh, and it depends on how you type. I wake up everyone on the bloody street when I type on a membrane keyboard simply because I type at 120-130wpm and press the keys as far as they go. I am a heavy typer I guess.
Aren't membrane keyboards full depression by default? That's how they work, after all.
Thanks for the help.
That sucks, that noise would drive them crazy. Will o rings improve it much?
No store near us has them, unfortunately. We have a Best Buy and quite a few funky old computer stores (and one that's not so old, but it's more of an electronics store that doubles as a computer store, and doesn't have keyboards). There's a Frys an hour away, and we're currently out of town, so maybe I can convince them to stop at a Frys on our way back into town.
Use it alot and they will get used to it.
Do o-rings make it quiet enough?
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i'd go to that bestbuy and see if they have a blackwidow just to get a feel for the switches, about the only one your going to see at bestbuy with mechanical keys
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Do they have blues? I do know that our bestbuy has a Blackwidow in a box with a window so you can try it, but does it have blues?
yeah, the only blackwidows that don't have blues are the Stealth editions, which you can only get from Razer's online store or amazon, they dont stock them in retail
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Okay, I'll try to go to BestBuy soon and sit in the isle punching at the exposed keys through the window on the packaging lol. I wish they had some out of the package.
I do that at school, their membrane keyboards squeak so badly...
Some BestBuy's have one out of the package ontop of the shelves holding the product, dunno if your BestBuy does that...
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Did they modify it to make it more quiet? If so, then that's not going to be a very good way of determining whether I should get the blues or not. (I was planning on going to bestbuy and trying the blackwidow to see what it sounds like)
Aren't membrane keyboards full depression by default? That's how they work, after all.
Also, 130 WPM? Dayum- I hit 100 on good days.