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    Is Das professional Silent loud?

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by seiyafan, Sep 6, 2011.

  1. seiyafan

    seiyafan Notebook Evangelist

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    I am currently using a Dell keyboard in my office, I know in terms of typing feel it is among the worst but it is not as loud as other mechanical keyboards. Lately I want to switch to mechanical (I have read good reviews on Das keyboards) but fear the noise might annoy my coworkers. How much louder is the Das Silent?
     
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    I have a Das Regular & Silent.
    Pretty much all the noise from the silent is from the keycaps bottoming out not from the mechanical switches. So if you type soft or learn to not bottom out it would be very quiet actually.

    The keycaps on the Das are above standard quality for any stock ABS keycaps I have come across.

    I DO bottom out my keys because I type fast and the noise is not bad, shouldnt really bother anybody but you can also add on soft landing pads or do the o-ring mod to prevent bottoming out noise.

    The other thing I like about the Das is the Ultimate model with blank keys, it looks so freakin awesome and if you know how to touch type and others in your office dont nobody will mess with your keyboard :D

    I posted up sound samples of both Das, when I get on my laptop later I'll edit in the links.


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  3. seiyafan

    seiyafan Notebook Evangelist

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    looks like the brown doesn't have the metal clicking sound of the blue.
     
    seiyafan, Sep 7, 2011
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    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Nope. :p Thats the whole point, to have the tactile feel without the noise. Note that MX Brown switches also have a lighter activation weight of 45cN. (Blue is 50cN)

    More information here...
     
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  5. Vogelbung

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    You're always going to be bottoming out to a degree - but in any case, the majority of the "everyday sound" is actually from the return of the switches, especially on the browns where it's not being drowned out by the clicks on the blue switches.

    Silent they are not, and even the noisier regular keyboards are going to be slightly more silent than the Cherry brown equipped keyboards - and that's assuming you don't bottom out on a regular basis.

    The Topre Realforces are slightly better, but again there's a fair amount of noise from the return stroke once you start typing quickly - and again, acoustically not much better than the noisier regular keyboards.

    If it's not gaming, I'd suggest giving scissor-switch keyboards a try, especially since you're using them on a laptop anyway.
     
    Vogelbung, Sep 9, 2011
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