Mechanical Keyboard Sound Isn't That Simple
Figure 1: I couldn't think of a more literal way to represent this article if I tried... Looking back just a few years ago, there’s no doubt that the huge influx of people that joined the hobby at the peak of the COVID pandemic were drawn to keyboards by way of YouTube, TikTok, and other audio-visual content platforms. Even as the output from these content creators has waned in recent months, their collective impact and legacy on the keyboard hobby is rather firmly etched in the history books. As a result of all of their sound tests, build logs, and opinion videos, the message is clear to any new person joining the hobby: mechanical keyboards are all about the sound. Thock this, clack that. Whether it’s keyboards, keycaps, or even singular switches, seemingly everyone new to the hobby meticulously pores over each component of their keyboard not in an attempt to figure out how it will feel in hand, but how it will sound as they’re furiously grinding their way out from...
Mar 27, 2024
Ordered an all Grey Casing with the "Typewriter" styled key-caps all in CherryMX Brown switches because she has to be the one using it rather than me. Always safer to go with Browns rather than the gaterons, simply because I don't trust their longevity here.
CherryMXs always last longer when used over time.
The TKL which I used quite a bit, started having a different feel when used. The keys I used most had taken on the task of wobbling when pressed and they were far easier to push down. The other keys that were not regularly used attained their firmness and wobbled less.
Granted, I'm no light fingered ballerina when using my keyboards but these Gaterons, lose their firmness far quicker than any CherryMX switched keyboard. You will find out for yourself when you buy one of these and use it for over a year. Remember Gaterons originally are just cheap versions of the CherryMX, so why take a risk when spending your money?
I was curious in just trying the gaterons out but in the end the choice was clear, the original Cherry's were the way to go.
This of course is just my decision, so don't go scribing it upon any Tablet and run down the mountain and later proclaim it as the only truth worth knowing ; )